Cybersecurity

On this week’s One Minute Wednesday, Melanie Nunn will be giving an overview of social engineering tactics. Cybercriminals commonly use social engineering schemes to manipulate their targets into giving up sensitive information. And since these attacks can come from a variety of angles, it’s important for you to identify the features of a social engineering attack so you can protect yourself.

Protect your data while browsing the internet in public! On this week’s One-Minute Wednesday, Drew Lawson will be discussing some of the risks associated with public wi-fi networks, and how to avoid falling victim to “man-in-the-middle” attacks. Don’t miss out on these valuable tips for keeping your data secure.

Our mobile devices are a part of today’s everyday life. We perform a multitude of daily tasks on them that reach far beyond just making phone calls. But mobile technology, such as smartphones, can be just as vulnerable as any computer to cyber attacks. So in this week’s One Minute Wednesday, Joon Koh will give you some advice on how to keep both you and your data secure when doing different functions on your device.

Social engineering scams come in many forms. Have you thought about what to do when a hacker shows up at your front door? On this episode of One-Minute Wednesday, John McCormack will go over some steps to protect yourself from an attack called “tailgating”, where hackers disguise themselves as legitimate vendors and try to infiltrate your office.

During the holidays, cybercriminals and hackers prey on shoppers with a host of scams like fake ads, phishing emails, malicious apps and more. So on today’s One-Minute Wednesday, Drew Lawson will give you some steps you can take to stay secure and protect your sensitive data during this season.

Pop-up notifications often feel like a nuisance, and we tend to click through them without paying much attention. But today’s cybercriminals can use pop-ups to install malicious code on your computer, so you should always take a closer look before clicking. On this week’s One Minute Wednesday, Andy Shin will discuss a recent malware popup scam called “Hoefler Text” and walk you through some steps you can take to protect yourself. Tune in to learn more!

WannaCry Ransomware Causes Global Security Breach You may have seen the news this weekend: cybercriminals released a new strain of ransomware that can automatically spread itself across all computers in a network. It’s been dubbed “WannaCry” and it’s causing a global epidemic. More than 40 hospitals in the UK were shut down over the weekend. […]

Learn how to avoid spear phishing attacks, keeping yourself and your company safe from security breaches. On this episode of One-Minute Wednesday, Drew Lawson will explain how the Target security breach occurred, so you can prevent something similar from happening to you.

Protect yourself from the latest trend in cybercrime! In this week’s episode, Aspen Lindblom will be talking about “smishing”, a type of phishing attack that targets cell phone users via text messages. Cybercriminals will spoof a phone number and send text messages that appear to be coming from a legitimate source, all in order to steal sensitive information. Today we’ll show you how to identify and protect yourself from this new threat.

Make sure you change duplicate passwords immediately! On Thursday of last week, website security provider Cloudflare announced a major security vulnerability affecting their service. This vulnerability has caused sensitive user data to be exposed across a number of popular websites, like Yelp, Uber, and others. To protect yourself, make sure you are not reusing any […]

Tax season kicks off with W-2 phishing and wire transfer scams These days, most of us are probably aware of CEO fraud, where cybercriminals impersonate high-level executives and trick employees into wiring company funds to an external account. And you may remember hearing about W-2 phishing during last year’s tax season, where scammers impersonated CEOs […]

Protect yourself from phone scams—learn how to spot vishing attempts on this week’s One-Minute Wednesday! In this episode, Drew Lawson will be talking about vishing, or “voice phishing”, which involves cybercriminals making fraudulent calls in an attempt to trick someone into giving up sensitive information.

Shop Smart and Secure This Holiday Season! Christmas is just around the corner, and while you might have all your shopping done already, most of us are still looking around for the perfect gift! And like many people, you’ll do a good portion (or even all) of your shopping online. However, is your financial data […]

Create ultra-secure passwords without having to worry about remembering them! Last week on One-Minute Wednesday, we showed you how to create secure passwords and protect them from hackers. This week, Jackson Roberts will be talking about our favorite password management tool: LastPass.

For this episode of One-Minute Wednesday, Dan Myers will be discussing a few tips for creating secure passwords and keeping them safe from hackers. With millions of user credentials compromised by each new security breach, it’s important to know what steps you should take to protect yourself.

On Thursday, Yahoo announced a massive security breach involving user account credentials for its services. According to Yahoo’s investor relations page, “a copy of certain user account information was stolen from the company’s network in late 2014 by what it believes is a state-sponsored actor”. The account information in question includes names, email addresses, passwords, […]