10 Steps against an email phishing attack. Phishing Definition Phishing is the term for the fishing for personal information in order to commit fraud. This usually occurs through unsolicited emails (spam) or by telephone contact with criminals masquerading as a trustworthy entity / bank demand (login) codes or to send your debit card. This [...]
How to prevent being hacked in your lunch or coffee break. How likely is it that I get hacked. You always think that couldn´t happen to me. For a moment you do not pay attention and suddenly there is malware on your laptop. Someone has infected your computer within a few seconds, and simply [...]
The Forgetting Curve of Herman Ebbinghaus German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus, a pioneer in educational psychology research, is considered the discoverer of the classical forgetting curve. He discovered that newly learned things could be fully reproduced, but as time passed, could ever reproduce less knowledge. In addition, he discovered that this curve eventually leveled [...]
How to secure your small business against data breaches and hacks. E-commerce and security experts offer 10 tips for preventing security breaches, hacks and security of customer data. Cybersecurity - and security breaches of systems- remains a hot topic. SMEs and e-commerce companies, especially those that use an open source platform, are particularly susceptible [...]
Whaling? Whaling, the phenomenon you're likely better known than the word itself. Whaling is another form of phishing in which it does not involve the retrieval of data, but rather to carry out an action such as activating a payment. The procedure is as follows: A so-called familiar or executive from the management will contact [...]
Whaling? Whaling, the phenomenon you're likely better known than the word itself. Whaling is another form of phishing in which it does not involve the retrieval of data, but rather to carry out an action such as activating a payment. The procedure is as follows: A so-called familiar or executive from the management will contact [...]
Continuous Security Awareness Training Security awareness programs are designed to educate users on the security policy of an organization. The goals for a security awareness program should include not only education about the organization’s security policy but should help to foster an understanding of how the policy protects the business, the employee, and customers. Training system administrators, IT [...]
How effective is your investment in IT security? Organizations have invested a huge amount of money and resources in securing the technology, but little or nothing to protect their employees and staff. Consequently, its employees, and not technology, have become the weakest link in cybersecurity. The most effective way to influence the human element is [...]
