Ransomware Attacks: Essential Steps for Investigation

Understanding Ransomware Attacks: The Basics Ransomware is a malicious form of software that blocks access to a computer system or files until a sum of money, or ransom, is paid. Its impact on organizations can range from temporary disruption of [...]

2024-10-09T05:29:09-07:00October 2nd, 2024|

Are You Phish Bait? Unmasking the Tactics That Target You

Phishing is a common type of social engineering attack that attempts to trick people into revealing confidential information, such as passwords, credit card numbers, or Social Security numbers. Phishing emails are often disguised as legitimate communications from people you [...]

2024-01-09T21:19:38-08:00December 7th, 2023|

What are the Impacts of AI on Cybersecurity?

AI is a double-edged sword in cybersecurity. While it provides powerful tools for defending against cyber threats, it also poses new challenges as cybercriminals adopt AI-driven techniques. AI and Cybersecurity - Potential Threats Automated Attacks: Malicious actors can use AI [...]

2024-02-07T11:53:28-08:00September 30th, 2023|

Phishing for Your Destruction

A Timely Warning About Fake Communications and Persuasion Methods As many of us have experienced, there are people in the world who want to steal from us, our company or employer. In some cases, they want to pretend to [...]

2021-06-28T10:06:16-07:00May 17th, 2019|

Auto-fill Phishing Attack – This is scary. You better turn off your browser’s auto-fill feature.

There is interesting breaking news from web developer and hacker Viljami Kuosmanen as reported in The Guardian - Browser autofill used to steal personal details in new phishing attack.

 “The phising attack is brutally simple… when a user fills in information in some simple text boxes, such as name and email address, the autofill system, which is intended to avoid tedious repetition of standard information such as your address, will input other profile-based information into any other text boxes – even when those boxes are not visible on the page.

Disabling Autofill in Web Browsers

Google Chrome

1.       At the top right, click on the Settings icon (represented by three vertical dots)....

2024-04-21T19:39:44-07:00January 11th, 2017|

Don’t go on a phishing trip!

Kevin McDonald guest writes a blog for Dave Berkus' Berkonomics TUESDAY, June 21st, 2016 By Kevin McDonald Phishing, a play on the word “fishing,” is a dangerous form of executive or CEO email fraud, and is negatively impacting individuals and [...]

2024-10-09T05:03:31-07:00June 21st, 2016|

Ransomware and Phishing Awareness Training for your end-users

If you don’t treat network security as important, don’t expect your users to treat security as important. Irvine, CA - Ransomware and phishing threats are the most prevalent cyber-risk problem facing your organization today. Securing your system is a layered [...]

2019-09-08T21:59:01-07:00May 23rd, 2016|