At this point, you may say, “why would someone be so foolish as to fall for a phishing attack?” The most prevalent reason is that there are some people who start using the internet, even now, in 2021, who are not very tech-savvy. They might set up an email account, and the nex...
Because most desktop operating systems include phishing protection. Phones, on the other hand, are far more vulnerable to those attacks. What can you do? The simplest thing you can do is not scan QR codes…especially those from unknown sources. Specifically, the FTC recommends that if...
In 2018, 93% of security breaches involved phishing attacks. The internet is full of dark alleys, so it's important to give your employees flashlights to see through its deception. Here are some ways you can loop your employees into your security tactics. Train employees to spot...
I just wrote a little C# "Box" that takes the SecureString clear text and hashes it immediately --- this way I simply know that it will never be logged or passed to a library I don't expect. This is not so much about a protocol as it is just the programmer here sitting and looki...
There are a few common threats to online privacy to be aware of. Phishing attacks Phishing is a type of social engineering and is considered to be a cybersecurity attack. Some threats to your online privacy and security are more severe and could result in identity theft. For example, an...
Biometrics, such as fingerprint and facial recognition, ensure that only the legitimate user gains access. Authenticator apps use push notifications and software tokens as secondary authentication factors. This approach, combined with private key cryptography, protects against phishing and brute force attack...
However, just relying on strong passwords is not enough. Managing Director at Admincontrol, Møyfrid Øygard, think it is alarming that the usage of 2FA is so low People do not use Two-factor authentication The Norwegian annual hidden statistics report (“Mørketallsrapporten”)...
Using both automated and manual procedures, we have found more than 1300 videos that promoted crypto scams on similar websites that likely came from the same phishing kit. It is rather common for videos to point to the same website, but more than 150 distinct websites have b...
Skype phishing calls Now, there’s another one that I’ve not heard of quite as often. I’ve not experienced it myself, but it is something that one of my assistants has described to me and I know does happen. This occurs if you happen to run Skype – and it’s possible that this...
That was the day I had an earth-shattering epiphany — I’m more alone in the kitchen cooking dinner than my boys are gaming upstairs.So I started embracing my kids as gamers, and this is what I yell out still to this day; “It’s almost time for dinner, where are you at in your...