IT Security Tip - Hovering over links
How can you tell if an email is safe? Even if you catch red flags in an email, such as typos or poor grammar, ...
‘Smishing’: An Emerging Trend of Phishing Scams via Text Messages
via Webroot.com Text messages are now a common way for people to engage with brands and services, with many now preferring texts over email. But today’s scammers have taken a liking to text messages or smishing, too, and are now ...
Top 5 Facebook Scams
Facebook now has over a Billion users, that's a mind-boggling number of people who check their page regularly. The bad guys are irresistibly attracted ...
Phishing Attack Warns About Boeing 737 Max Crashes And Infects Workstations
Large airline crashes tend to uniquely focus almost everyone's attention. Lowlife internet criminals are exploiting the fear connected to these incidents, and leverage it in ...
Lock Your Screen
Locking your screen when you get up from your desk is a security action that is often overlooked and can have dangerous consequences. Failing ...
Georgia county pays a whopping $400,000 to get rid of a ransomware infection
Officials in Jackson County, Georgia, paid $400,000 to cyber-criminals this week to get rid of a ransomware infection and regain access to their IT systems. The ...
Skype Video Calls Get Background Blur Feature
Skype is introducing a new feature to its video call service that users have been asking about for quite some time now. Background blur. If you regularly make video calls, you've probably ...
Lie, lie, lie!
Social engineering is big business. What is it? Figuring out who you are and then using that information to make money off ...
If this type of alert pops up, DON’T click on it!
You’re working at your computer when all of the sudden – BAM! – you get a pop-up notification that your PC is infected ...
Have You Heard About Vishing
Cybercriminals not only use the internet and email to gain access to sensitive information, they use telephones to their unlawful advantage. Vishing is ...
