Through the past few months, we have been bombarded with information on Coronavirus. We have watched the mockery of politicians and key public figures pointing the fingers and placing blame as the country shuts down. We are constantly drilled to wash our hands, cover our...
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness month and this week, we will explore a sub-set of phishing topic called “Spear-Phishing.” The large–scale propagation of news reports on cyber-attacks and phishing scams suggests that global conglomerates and corporate titans are most susceptible to fixation from cyber criminals. The unfortunate truth is that small and...
Identity Theft and Phishing This week, we are going to dive a little deeper to help you better identify a true phishing scam. The term “Phishing” was coined for the practice of “Baiting,” an attempt to trick or fish (“Phish”) personal information from unsuspecting victims for...
Protect Your Personal Information In preparation for National Cybersecurity Awareness month in October, we are going to brush up on some additional physical precautions you can personally use to reduce or prevent identity theft. A few new practices in physical data housekeeping can be the tools...
Identity fraud and theft has a significant impact on a victim. Between lost funds and dealing with the aftermath of restoring one’s identity is an incredibly frustrating, tedious process. There are ways to be proactive in protecting your identity, such as credit freeze, credit monitoring,...
In 2017, 14.2 million had credit card numbers exposed and 158 million had Social Security numbers exposed. Totaling 1,579 data breaches, 2017 had a 389% increase in records exposed in comparison to 2016. In 2018, 3 million identity theft and fraud incidents were reported. Of...
Along with advancing technology, cybersecurity has been increasingly problematic in the world of data protection. In the past ten years, there have been nine major data breaches of well-known companies in the United States. Looking at these past data breaches, we hope to point out...
Artificial intelligence is becoming the hot trend of technology. It is changing the way employers are recruiting and hiring, but more importantly it is another significant player in cybersecurity systems. While Artificial Intelligence provides countless advantages to cybersecurity systems, its ability to quickly adapt to...
After the recession in 2008, banks and other lending institutions took a very aggressive approach to lending, by becoming more rigorous in managing credit risk by how a person can pay and if their credit is where they deem it be “acceptable” to their business...