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Online Awareness Challenge: Hacker Motives Crossword
Explore hacker motives in the Online Awareness Challenge: Hacker Motives Crossword. Decode clues, uncover cybersecurity insights, and enhance your online safety.
Phishing Leveled Up with Phishing As A Service
Phishing has always been an issue and quite of an annoyance and now with phishing leveling up to Phishing As A Service gives criminals the ability to subscribe to working phishing templates that are sure to trick every day regular people. Microsoft found a service that makes it easy to create phishing attacks. It’s called…
Pentester Insight On Phishing
Even if your company secures its website and business network, it is still vulnerable to phishing attacks. This is because humans are the weakest link in security. Cybercriminals know that humans are much easier to manipulate than to hack into technology. The situation becomes even graver as the COVID-19 crisis continues. Everyone is worried about…
Ensure Your Cybersecurity While You Travel With NordVPN
Cyber security is no longer just about protecting your computer, website or network. Over the last decade, the borders between cyberspace and travelling have been eliminated. As a result, it’s become a necessity to make sure you’re protected wherever you go – especially if you’re travelling abroad Free WiFi is a hacker’s dream! A skilled…
CISA & FBI Releases Ransomware Awareness for Holidays and Weekends
The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have warned of a rise in holiday and weekend related ransomware attacks. The reason: They can catch businesses by surprise and cause major damage. holiday ransomware awareness report. FBI experts observed that hackers were especially active during holidays when offices are typically closed. Specifically, the…
Understanding Hacker Motives
Not all cases are clear-cut. Even when you know how something happened, there’s usually more than one way to interpret the events. Cyber crime is a good example. Investigators often spend a lot of time trying to understand why the crime occurred in the first place. They ask questions like “why did the perpetrator do…
Keep Your Home Office Safe And Secure
I am sure we can all say that working from home is great but it poses a whole new set of cyber security challenges and without the convenience of in-house technical support, it can be a problem it’s not like a corporate tech will just go to your house. Here are a few cyber security…
FBI says that hackers are hijacking online food and agriculture accounts
The FBI has a warning for companies in the food and agriculture industries: Hackers are using the tactic known as credential stuffing to hijack your online accounts and drain your cash. The FBI’s Cyber Division recently sent a Private Industry Notification to businesses in these sectors, warning them that hackers have been targeting accounts at…
How To Create Strong Passwords
Passwords represent one of the most important and most misused forms of security. I say these passwords are misused because even in a world where everyone is concerned about cyber security and getting hacked, people still create weak, easy-to-crack passwords. Below are some common concepts to consider when creating passwords. Password Length The longer…
Why Data Privacy Matters
Data privacy refers to the handling of personal data. When it comes to their personal information, people have very specific rights. We need customer and employee personal data to run our business successfully. We are trusted to look after this essential information. Mishandled data can have serious repercussions for us, our colleagues and our customers….