Cybersecurity has always ranked high on the list of business priorities, but the current shift to online services and remote work has heightened its importance. Fear of a breach or fraud is rightly top of mind for business leaders, especially given that there are so many more opportunities for security breaches when people are working […]
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How to Secure Your Business Against Ransomware
During the pandemic, data breaches disproportionately affected smaller companies; they were targeted at twice the rate of larger businesses. Since the pandemic, those same smaller companies have been struggling with COVID-19 fallout ranging from supply and labor shortages to bouts of inflation. All those preoccupations have left them more vulnerable to ransomware attacks. Enemy at […]
How To Avoid Scams After the Death of a Loved One
When it comes to making money, scammers don’t think about the people they are victimizing. All they focus on is increasing their income by whatever scams necessary. That said, certain groups of people are at a higher risk of being targeted than others, and those who are in mourning are one of the categories of […]
How to Recognize a Scam
Nearly everyone has received an email, text or phone call that sounds legitimate but is a scam. Scammers have gotten quite sophisticated, and even savvy individuals have been taken in. As reported in the FBI’s Internet Crime Report, more than $10 billion in losses from online scams were reported to the FBI in 2022, the […]