Welcome to the first blog in a series of blogs discussing phishing and social engineering – and ways of protecting yourself from hackers. We will be discussing the elements behind how hackers are trying to exploit you, and we will be discussing the techniques and other preventative controls you can take to protect yourself. In today’s blog, we’ll be discussing… Continue reading Phishing – Are you Susceptible? (Part 1)
One of the most common ways that you can discern if an email is a phish is by checking the sender. If it is someone that you don’t know, or it is about something you did not expect, you don’t click on the email. Spear phishing is a way that attackers can get around this… Continue reading A Short Primer on Spear Phishing
Imagine if your computer looked like this the next time you booted it up. This is one example of the effects of ransomware on a computer. Ransomware is a type of malware that blocks or encrypts files on a target’s computer unless they pay a ransom to the attacker to unlock it. Many targets are… Continue reading Beware of Ransomware
