Would you know if you were the subject of a phishing attack? Many people claim that they’d be able to tell right away if they received an email from an illegitimate source.
If that were the case, there wouldn’t be 1.5 million new phishing websites every month.
Unfortunately, malware is not a foreign term, in fact it’s pretty well known to anyone that uses a computer.
There are several types of malware, as well as mediums in which you may receive it. So, before you click on that link for the free cruise you won, think about all of the personal data you could be giving away.
Even though ransomware attacks decreased in 2018, they remain a major threat in the cybersecurity landscape.
So much so, that ransomware was recently featured on 60 Minutes. The story primarily covers three major instances of ransomware, two that affected municipalities, and a third that targeted a hospital.
While the number of people falling for sending personal information to scammers in another country seem to be dropping, advanced phishing attempts remain a major issue.
In fact, the number of phishing campaigns pursued by hackers around the world increased 65% in the last year.
Most people are aware of terms like phishing and malware, but do you know those are a part of a larger scheme called social engineering?
This is not a new kind of fraud, in fact it’s been used for many years to manipulate a wide range of people into giving up important data about themselves or workplace.
In the last decade, billions of people have had their information stolen from one, if not multiple, business sectors. Technology is constantly expanding, and with new technology comes new ways of hacking into seemingly secure data. As technology advances, people tend to forget about outdated technology and are lackadaisical about security.
Here’s a quick test – what do these seemingly random alphanumeric groupings have in common?
123456
password
123456789
12345678
12345
111111
1234567
sunshine
qwerty
iloveyou
That is a list of the top ten passwords used in 2018. Recognize any of these? If you don’t, you’re not necessarily in the clear, but your chance of becoming compromised or hacked is far less than someone who uses one of these passwords.
Dark Web: (noun)
Part of the world wide web that is only accessible by utilizing special software, allowing users and websites to remain anonymous or untraceable. It exists on an encrypted network that uses masked IP addresses to maintain anonymity for users and site owners.
You’re happily humming along on the internet, thinking you’ve got a pretty good understanding. You can navigate your way around Google, Facebook, Amazon, and news sites. You’re actually only visiting four percent of the internet. There’s a whole world hiding beyond these safe surface-level sites, known as the Dark Web and it’s a much less hospitable place.
If you’re a Wells Fargo customer, you’ve probably noticed that the Wells Fargo site has been down since this morning.
To our knowledge, this is not an attack on Wells Fargo. Instead, it appears that one of their data centers experienced a power shutdown after smoke was detected in one of their facilities.
