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7 Examples of Social Media Scams You Should Avoid at All Costs

Fri, 04/05/2024
Image Social media platforms have become non-negotiables in our daily lives. We always find ourselves online at our favorite social media sites to connect with loved ones, share our thoughts, and discover interesting content. While social media has become central to our routines, its vast reach and anonymity provide certain risks...
Cyber Threats
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Social Media Scams
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2023 Gone Phishing Tournament Results Webinar

Watch the panel discussion break down the latest phishing statistics from the 2023 Gone Phishing Tournament and learn how to leverage them to help your organization strengthen security awareness initiatives.
Security Awareness Training
Phishing Simulation
How to Create a Strong Password in 7 Easy Steps
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How to Create a Strong Password in 7 Easy Steps

Fri, 03/29/2024
Image On May 7th of every year, organizations worldwide remind their end users of the importance of a strong password. But with remote workforces becoming the new normal and a sharp increase in the digital information exchanged daily, strong password best practices must be top-of-mind year-round. Despite the increased public...
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Are Password Managers Safe to Use?

Mon, 03/18/2024
Image Passwords have become a cornerstone of the Internet. These strings of letters and numbers allow us to validate access to various communities, online tools, healthcare, banking, and more. As more and more information is stored behind passwords, efforts to steal and crack them have vastly increased.  These new cyber threats led...
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Data Breach
Data Privacy
Data Security
Password Security
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5 Examples of Strong Passwords That Will Secure Any Account
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5 Examples of Strong Passwords That Will Secure Any Account

Fri, 03/15/2024
Image Passwords, our digital keys, wield a quiet power today. They protect your personal and business information, making them prime targets for hackers. With this power comes responsibility and the ongoing struggle to keep our virtual lives secure. AI has also made accessing passwords easier for cyber criminals. Modern cyber...
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What is Baiting in Cyber Security?

Mon, 03/04/2024
Image Cyber criminals are constantly evolving their methods, but their biggest leverage for growth will always be exploiting the human factor. Software and physical measures against cyber attacks have become so advanced that tricking workers is the only remaining attack vector criminals can reliably use. According to Verizon’s 2023...
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What is Quishing?

Fri, 02/09/2024
QR codes have come a long way since being invented in 1994 by a subsidiary of Toyota. Initially introduced to address some limitations of barcodes during the car manufacturing process, QR codes have since become staples in people’s day-to-day lives. The introduction of high-powered cameras to most modern smartphones is what allowed these codes to gain new uses. QR codes,...
Cyber Threats
Phishing
Mobile Security
Security Awareness Training
Phishing Simulation
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Phishing Simulation Free Trial

95% of data breaches are due to human error. Are you keeping your data safe?  Image Don’t let high-risk end user behaviors leave your sensitive information, networks, and systems at risk of a data breach. Give your employees and third-party vendors the knowledge they need to spot common phishing warning signs and keep critical data...
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Phishing Simulation
How Security Leaders Can Use Multi-Factor Authentication to Protect Sensitive Data
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How Security Leaders Can Use Multi-Factor Authentication to Protect Sensitive Data

Thu, 01/25/2024
As cyber criminals discover new ways to harvest login credentials, usernames and passwords have become less effective at keeping malicious users at bay. Research shows there are over 15 billion stolen login credentials on the dark web, which criminals routinely use to steal sensitive information from modern organizations. With such a high volume of data breaches and...
Data Privacy
Password Security
11 Cyber Security Tips for the Holidays
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11 Cyber Security Tips for the Holidays

Thu, 12/07/2023
E-commerce growth is expected to grow by 9.4% by 2024; by 2027, it’s forecasted to hit a whopping $8 trillion for the first time. More people shopping online means more opportunities for cyber criminals to strike. In fact, there’s a growing trend of cyber scams taking place during the holiday shopping spree. As we all get busy with our holiday shopping and preparations,...
Cyber Threats
Phishing
Password Security
Data Privacy on Social Media: How to Protect Your Information
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Data Privacy on Social Media: How to Protect Your Information

Fri, 12/01/2023
More than half of the world population (54%) spends an average of 2 hours and 21 minutes on social media daily. Users’ likes, opinions, geotags, photo uploads, and friend connections are considered personal data. What social media companies do with that information is vitally important. However, users often give those platforms enormous control over their data when they sign...
Social Media Scams
Data Privacy
How to Avoid Phishing Simulations False Positives?
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How to Avoid Phishing Simulations False Positives?

Fri, 11/03/2023
This year is seeing more phishing attacks in more places, having more detrimental impacts. One security messaging provider noted a 61% increase in phishing attacks between April and October 2022 compared to the same period the previous year. Another report observed that when phishing attacks were successful in 2022, financial losses from those incidents increased by 76%. In...
Cyber Threats
Phishing
Security Awareness Training
Phishing Simulation
Your Real-World Footprint Has a Digital Counterpart: Here’s What You Need to Know About Digital Footprints
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Your Real-World Footprint Has a Digital Counterpart: Here’s What You Need to Know About Digital Footprints

Mon, 09/11/2023
Detectives look for footprints and fingerprints because they’re instant proof of where someone’s been, what they touched, and where they’re headed. The concept holds online, too. Your digital footprint is a map of where you (and your devices) have been, what you do online, how you behave, and where you’re probably headed next in the cyber sphere. In this article, we explain...
Cyber Threats
Social Media Scams
Data Privacy
The Definitive Guide to Cyber Security in Cryptocurrency
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The Definitive Guide to Cyber Security in Cryptocurrency

Mon, 06/05/2023
Even after years of business evolution; it’s shocking that safe, quick and trackable payments are still often such a struggle for many companies around the world. Banks are often slow-moving institutions that are late to embrace technological improvements, and currencies have been increasingly fickle in recent years. This situation is what allowed cryptocurrency to go from the...
Cryptocurrency
Do You Know What You're Getting Into? The Risks of Social Media for Your Business
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Do You Know What You're Getting Into? The Risks of Social Media for Your Business

Wed, 05/03/2023
Social media has completely redefined our lives. From how we communicate to the type of information we broadcast, people worldwide have used these platforms to make new friends, share information, start and promote businesses, and so much more. These platforms have become amazingly convenient and powerful to the point where they have become a centerpiece of most people’s lives...
Cyber Threats
Social Media Scams
Countering The 5 Most Common Social Media Phishing Scams
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Countering The 5 Most Common Social Media Phishing Scams

Thu, 03/16/2023
It’s upsetting when bad actors turn the good things in life against us. We use social media daily to celebrate, learn, keep in touch, fall in love, and buy things that satisfy our needs and wants. Unfortunately, hackers exploit that information to execute phishing attacks. Social media platforms did not only experience more attacks in 2022, but it’s also become the fastest...
Cyber Threats
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Social Media Scams
The Crypto Crash: How it Affects Cyber Security in 2023 and What to Do About It
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The Crypto Crash: How it Affects Cyber Security in 2023 and What to Do About It

Tue, 02/14/2023
The crypto market has been on a wild ride over the past few years, with prices soaring to all-time highs in 2017 and then crashing just as dramatically in 2018. And while the market has been relatively stable in recent months, many experts predict another crash in 2023. But what does this mean for cyber security? In this article, we’ll explore the potential effects of the...
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How to Build a Successful Phishing Simulation Campaign
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How to Build a Successful Phishing Simulation Campaign

Thu, 02/24/2022
Phishing threats are everywhere, and if your employees don’t know how to spot them, you’re putting your information at risk. Knowing how to build a successful phishing simulation is vital for identifying how well employees can spot the latest threats and ensuring they know how to spot them independently. Unfortunately, many organizations fail to offer adequate security...
Security Awareness Training
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How Security Awareness Training Targets and Changes User Phishing Behaviors

Thu, 10/08/2020
Learn the secrets behind effectively managing the human element of cyber security -- watching the Terranova Security presentation from the 2020 Forrester Security and Risk Virtual Forum on-demand! This presentation, from author and Terranova Security's Lise Lapointe, includes expert insight into: Why high-quality content that’s available in multiple formats, accessible to...
Security Awareness Training
Phishing Simulation