What the Twitter Hack Revealed About Social Engineering
Less than a week ago, Twitter fell victim to a monumental security breach that saw hackers successfully orchestrate…
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Keep Your Employees Safe Online on Cyber Monday
Cyber Monday is right around the corner and this means employees will be shopping online at work. To…
9 Examples of Social Engineering Attacks
Examples of social engineering range from phishing attacks where victims are tricked into providing confidential information, vishing attacks…
Protect your loved ones from phishing, social engineering and other cyber attacks
Share these 5 cybersecurity awareness tips Valentine’s Day isn’t just a day for romance. It’s a time of…
Information security awareness against targeted attacks
In recent years, Advanced Persistent Threats or APT have emerged and have become increasingly sophisticated. They use insidious…
Emails too tempting not to open
A recent study showed that approximately 30% of users open emails despite suspecting that they contain malware or seeming dubious. Nearly 10% of respondents admitted to falling victim to infection on their system after having opened an attachment in a malicious email.
Phishing
Phishing is a social engineering technique that uses various subterfuges to make victims believe that they are dealing with trustworthy individuals or entities in order to steal personal information, such as passwords, payment card numbers, birth dates, etc. Usually, the perpetrator’s objective is to commit fraud using the stolen personal information (identity theft or fraud, intellectual property theft, etc.).