3 Reasons Employees Fall for Phishing Attacks
3 Reasons Employees Fall for Phishing Attacks A phishing attack is one of the most common types of cyber security threats. Phishing is the use of bait information to trick the recipient into opening, clicking on, or responding to a fraudulent email, phone call or message that is often crafted to look legitimate. Commonly, phishing […]
What is social engineering? (And four defense measures.)
What is social engineering? (And four defense measures.) In the context of IT security, social engineering is the manipulation of an employee to get them to divulge confidential information or mistakenly perform some action, usually involving the transfer of funds. Cyber criminals rely on people’s trust to get them to reveal passwords, account details, or […]
New Email Attack to Watch Out For
Email is most certainly the primary form of communication for most businesses. As such, it is also the primary way for someone to mount an attack. We are generally used to seeing phishing attacks, spam or even a virus that got passed our filters. These days malicious people are getting creative and launching new ways […]