In Honor of Valentine’s Day – Romance Scams
The FBI says that 19,000 people reported losing over $700 million to romance scams last year. Learn more about these scams by watching or listening.
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The FBI says that 19,000 people reported losing over $700 million to romance scams last year. Learn more about these scams by watching or listening.
Links mentioned in the video are:
In 2021 the DoJ announced the Civil Cyber Fraud Initiative to go after companies that lie about their cybersecurity practices. Under the False Claims Act, the government can recover damages and more. The “damage” could be as simple as we would not have given you the contract if we knew that you were not complying…
Many of us use password managers and some of us use multi-factor authentication apps and, in many cases, that app lives on your phone. But what happens if your phone breaks, gets dropped in the toilet or run over by your car? What do you do then? I learned some things today and have some…
I came across a recent survey that said that the vast majority of companies still don’t provide centrally managed password managers or require that they be used. Learn why this is a problem and what you should do about it. Audio Video
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Cyber insider threat is a significant issue. It comes in multiple flavors – accidental and malicious and can be caused by IT or by general users. While relatively rare compared to ransomware, it is more common than you might think. Learn about the problem here. Audio Video
The easiest way for hackers to steal your money is to get you to help them do it. We are seeing attacks where the victim gets a text message supposedly from their bank about a potentially fraudulent transaction and asking the victim if it is legitimate. If the victim answers, the hacker goes into high…