Cyberattacks and resulting data breaches often begin with a spear-phishing email. Spear phishing differs from regular email phishing in its use of extensive research to target a specific audience, which allows the spear phisher to pose as a familiar and trusted entity...
As technology continues to evolve, more and more organizations are susceptible to becoming a cyberattack victim. Malware, ransomware, email scams, phishing schemes, and other threats to company data have become more prevalent in recent years, and cybercrime rates...
Employees always need to be on the lookout for email scams, but they can be more prevelant during tax season. Even an email from your CEO might be a phishing scam. For example, you received an email purportedly from your CEO requesting copies of employee payroll...
Small businesses are a popular target of cyber criminals. Thousands of attacks happen every day, successful ones can cost organizations hundreds of thousands of dollars, and over half of small businesses soon close following a successful cyberattack. Fortunately,...
Last spring, the IRS issued a warning about an emerging email scheme where the scammer purports to be a company executive and requests personal information about employees — often in the form of W-2s or payroll records. This troubling phishing scam targets payroll and...