Tag: cyber awareness

Business target

Okay, this is not some sales pitch or a target for Q1. No, in this case, business targets are those that are often dealing with cybersecurity threats. Threats such as: password guessing, phishing, vishing, smishing, social engineering, impersonation, scams, and other types of trickery. So, who are the business targets? The reality is that every […]

Should you buy alternative domain names?

In a digital world, the possibilities are endless. No, really, they are. When you buy a website, would you expect someone to abuse it? Most of us want to believe the world is good and for the most part, it is. However, a few bad eggs ruin things and thankfully a modern risk can be […]

What is a virtual cell phone number?

Have you heard of a P.O. Box? Well, it’s basically a mailbox that you can use without giving away your personal home address. Well, a virtual cell phone number is similar as it’s a way to communicate with you, without having your personal number. This virtual cell phone number (or virtual phone number) could be […]

Smishing

Smishing, or short message service (SMS) phishing, is the term those in cybersecurity use for text message scams. Similar to phishing with email, phishing with messages comes in many forms. Smishing could come in the form of a good old fashion text message or be received through chat services: such as WhatsApp, Signal, or iMessage. […]

Scam e-mails

It happens all the time, but it would never happen to you, right? Wrong. Scam e-mails are common, in fact according to EarthWeb, around 3.4 billion phishing emails are sent every day. Phishing is a generic term for attempted scams by bad actors. Scam e-mails can sometimes be challenging to spot, but we’ve put together […]

Secure e-mail

A common problem in modern computing, is communication. Many take communication for granted and assume that everything they say or type, is private. However, that’s not always the case. While many products and services are moving to secure and encrypted forms of communication, many things remain unsafe for the masses. While text messaging and voice […]

The First Lesson

Hygiene. It sounds so simple and maybe even a little gross. However, just as you wash your body, hair, and hands to stay clean, your cyber hygiene needs regular attention as well. Cyber hygiene is the action or steps taken by a user to improve their device and/or online security, by performing one-time and recurring […]