Business Email Compromise (BEC) recently targeted Arlington, Massachusetts, a town of about 40,000, and exposed a significant cybercrime problem. Jim Feeney, Arlington’s town manager, described the crime in detail to his citizens. In September 2023, Town employees received legitimate emails from a known vendor working on the Arlington High School Building Project regarding payment processing […]
Don’t Be Your Cyber Security Weakest Link!
Strong cyber security begins with basic steps that should be executed by anyone and everyone in your organization. If you feel like you have heard the following advice before, it’s because hackers are still successfully exploiting these weaknesses every day. A Stanford University study found that 88% of data breaches were caused by employee error. […]
Ticketmaster Hack Exposes Millions: How Cyber Criminals Stole the Show!
The Ticketmaster hack has a long reach. Don’t believe me? Are you a Taylor Swift fan? Maybe you have little ones who love Disney on Ice? Perhaps your dream ticket is the Kentucky Derby or the Super Bowl? Whatever your live entertainment preference is, you have likely dealt with Ticketmaster. You have probably cursed their […]
Still Saving Passwords to Your Browser? YOU’RE at Risk!
Saving passwords can be a real pain in the… neck. When you input your password online, does your Internet browser pop up a message asking if you want to save it to its password vault? Maybe it even saves your password automatically and looks something like this… Browsers that save passwords may offer convenience, but […]
Dell Hack Debacle: A Digital Fortress Breached
The Dell Hack: In April 2024, Dell Technologies suffered a three-week-long hack impacting 49 million customers who purchased products between 2017 and 2024. On May 9, Dell sent customers a data breach notification, which may be in your spam folder as you read this. Check your spam for an email titled “An important message about your […]
Password Pitfalls: The Hidden Dangers of Recycling Credentials
Reduce, reuse, recycle is good advice for the environment. However, it can be dangerous when it comes to your password. Over 80% of data breaches occur due to weak, stolen, or compromised credentials. Do you have any applications or profiles that share the same password? Maybe you even have one you use variations of whenever […]