Cyber criminals routinely incorporate the “crisis-du-jour” into scams to increase their likelihood of success. COVID-19, it seems, is no exception. In a single week, Google saw 18 million coronavirus-related malware and phishing emails…per day! It’s gotten so bad that the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the...
Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk Small businesses spend a lot of time and money to protect their sensitive and confidential information, and rightfully so. Data breaches can lead to crippling, often insurmountable financial and reputational harm. Unfortunately, many businesses overlook the most basic security measures. Cyber...
Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk Did you know that the average ransomware demand in the first quarter of 2020 was $111,605? Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts critical data so it cannot be accessed without a decryption key. Victims must, you guessed it, pay...
Cybersecurity Awareness Month was launched in 2004 to promote online safety and security. This is particularly important in 2020 because so many things took a back seat when coronavirus disease 2019 arrived. COVID-19 may dominate the headlines, but data security breaches continue to pose a...
Did you know that there will be nearly 21 billion devices connected to the Internet by 2020? According to Gartner, an information technology research company, 5.5 million new devices are connecting every day. This rapidly growing network of Internet-enabled physical devices capable connecting, communicating and identifying...
Did you know that 93% of data breaches could have been avoided? Everyone should be interested in this somewhat shocking statistic because cyber threats and data security remain primary concerns among virtually every organization, regardless of size, industry or purpose. It’s true that some cyber...
Virtually every aspect of our personal and professional lives is password protected. Forgetting your password is like forgetting where you parked. You’re stuck. With so many passwords to remember, we try to make passwords easier to remember by taking shortcuts. Though some are clever, many...
Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks are sophisticated scams that compromise legitimate business e-mail accounts to conduct unauthorized fund transfers. These attacks are also called ‘whaling’ because they are similar to phishing, but on a larger scale. BEC attacks have grown in popularity in recent years,...
Cyber security has become a game of cat and mouse. Security evolves and criminals adapt. Or is it the other way around? Either way, cyber threats pose a significant risk to businesses. And, according to the McAfee Labs 2016 Threats Predictions Report, businesses should be...
We hope you took time during National Cyber Security Awareness Month (October) to think about cyber security. Existing and emerging cyber threats can compromise business networks, devices and data. They can even jeopardize the success and existence of any business. Though 2015 will soon be...