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How Hackers Use Social Engineering Tactics in Phishing Scams

Social engineering is a popular term in the cybersecurity industry. What is it, though, and why are companies so terrified? It is a type of hacking that induces victims to provide information by tricking and manipulating them. Social engineering...

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Educating Your Staff to Spot Social Engineering

One of the newest techniques used by hackers to gain private data is social engineering. This method uses human psychology to gather data rather than simply attacking a system. When you consider it, this approach is quite brilliant because it...

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Top 8 Phishing Scam Tactics and How to Identify Them

Phishing has been a common hacking method for over two decades now. You would think that everyone already knows how it works and how to avoid becoming a victim, right? Sadly, that is not the case for these Phishing Scam Tactics. There are more...

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Recap: Personal Identifiable Information In Data Security

This month, we focused on a variety of topics regarding personal identifiable information (PII). PII includes an individual's name, address, phone number, and medical history. In this digital age, PII is increasingly being stolen from unsuspecting...

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A Guide to Protecting Your PII

PII is short for Personal Identifiable Information, which refers to any data that can identify a specific person. A hacker can exploit your PII to gain access to restricted areas, make unapproved purchases under your name, or even steal your...

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Managed Endpoint Detection and Response: The best way to manage today’s...

Security used to be so simple for the average business. You installed anti-virus (AV) solutions, trained employees not to click on unknown links, and kept software and websites up to date. For a few low-risk companies, that may still be the case,...

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