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Can QR Codes Wreck Your Cell Phone?
You’ve seen them everywhere, from restaurant menus to parking meters, flyers, and even on signs in your favorite cafés. Scanning a QR code is supposed to be easy and convenient. Since their widespread adoption during the 2020 pandemic, when everyone prioritized distance and hygiene, QR codes have been splashed across every city. You probably see several on your daily route Alone
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4 days ago4 min read
The Deepfake Dilemma: Can You Trust What You See Online?
When you hear “deepfake,” you might imagine fake celebrity pictures or convincing prank calls. Maybe you think about those AI tools that can “bring back” famous people as they would look today. However, deepfake technology has also infiltrated our workspaces and become a serious threat to our data privacy.
From finance departments to video meetings, threat actors use these convincing impressions of someone trustworthy or intimidating. By mimicking audio and video, these hack
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Nov 223 min read
Why Following the Rules Isn’t the Same as Being Secure
In every workplace, cybersecurity awareness begins with a laundry list of rules: Avoid unknown links. Never share passwords. Don’t plug in unapproved devices.
These rules exist for a reason, of course. They form the foundation of how we protect company data and everybody in the office. Unfortunately, security rules are only as strong as the people following them. In other words, your boss can lay out a ten-page manual about cyber hygiene, but it doesn’t matter if nobody read
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Nov 203 min read
Beating Alert Fatigue Without Losing Vigilance
Your phone pings with another “security notice.” A pop-up flashes about a “new login from an unknown device.” Your inbox fills with system notifications you barely understand.
We’ve all been there. After a while, it’s easy to start tuning out these incessant disturbances. That mental exhaustion has a name: Alert fatigue.
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Nov 173 min read
Hidden ROI of Security Awareness Training
When you think about security training, you might picture a mandatory module you complete once a year. Maybe you tolerate it, click through it, and move on.
Did you know that when done right, security awareness training doesn’t just tick a box — it actually saves money, cuts downtime, and protects your reputation. Security awareness training reduces phishing-click rates by 86% after 12 months.
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Nov 132 min read
From Routine to Resilience: Turning Security Habits into Second Nature
Suppose you’ve paid attention to your workplace cybersecurity training. In that case, you probably know that clicking the correct link, using a strong password, or locking your screen helps keep your devices private and your data secure.
After hearing this advice enough times, it may become second nature to practice cyber-hygiene every day. When secure behavior becomes a habit, it no longer relies on memory or willpower—it just happens.
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Nov 113 min read
How Oversharing and Overscrolling Lead to Breaches
Every cybersecurity breach tells a story. More often than not, that story starts with someone clicking, sharing, or scrolling just a little too far.
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Nov 53 min read
How Everyday Conversations Shape Cyber Safety
You might think cybersecurity is all about firewalls, patches, and anti-virus, but often, it begins (and sometimes ends) with a conversation. Small check-ins like, “Did you expect that email?” or a verbal confirmation from a coworker add up to
Security doesn’t just come from technology, in other words. It comes from people talking with each other; sharing when they notice odd things, asking questions, and refusing to assume everything is as it seems.
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Nov 53 min read
How to Use a Password Manager and Virtual Cards for Zero-Risk Holiday Shopping
Have you ever been concerned about your credit card or personal data getting stolen while shopping online? You’re not alone. Each holiday season, as millions of shoppers flock online for convenience, hackers ramp up their activity. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned that scammers often create fake shopping websites or send phishing emails to steal consumers’ money and personal information, especially during the holiday season.
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Nov 34 min read
When Convenience Becomes the Enemy of Security
Convenience has quietly become the new currency. We want to log in faster, share files more easily, and approve payments instantly. Unfortunately, cybersecurity often takes a back seat to the craving for speed.
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Oct 292 min read
Are Our Defenses Built to Protect or Reassure?
When you see a padlock icon on a website, or your company announces, “We’re fully compliant with XYZ standard,” it’s easy to feel safe. These signals are meant to reassure us that the other person takes security very seriously. How do you know, however, if those defenses are more about looking secure than actually blocking an attack?
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Oct 242 min read
Is AI Fixing Security, or Just Automating Our Flaws?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become an integral part of both personal lives and workplaces. Headlines now promise that AI will catch hackers before they strike, detect threats faster than humans, and make our digital lives safer.
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Oct 223 min read
When Zero Trust Meets Human Nature
Many workplaces have implemented Zero Trust policies. Does yours have one? Do you know what that term really means?
At its core, the idea sounds simple: never trust, always verify. That essentially means that, instead of assuming everyone and everything on your company network is safe, every request for access must be thoroughly checked, verified, and logged. When used well, it makes it much harder for attackers to move around unnoticed.
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Oct 163 min read
Spoofing: When Trust Gets Faked
You hear warnings about phishing, ransomware, malware, but there’s another threat that often flies under the radar: Spoofing. It’s where someone pretends to be someone (or something) they’re not. They do this by faking numbers, websites, or identities. The goal is to trick you, the user, into letting them in under the guise of a trusted person or URL. What makes this threat so particularly dangerous? How can you avoid becoming a target?
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Oct 164 min read
When Tax Season Texts Turn Into Smishing Attacks
Tax season is stressful enough on its own. Now, some California residents face an extra headache: A wave of smartphone scams (also known as smishing campaigns) designed to trick hardworking taxpayers into handing over sensitive information.
Whether or not you’re in the red zone for this particular wave of attacks, smishing scams can affect anyone—especially during tense and confusing times like tax season.
What can you do to protect yourself from threats like this?
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Oct 102 min read
Cybersecurity Is a Team Sport: The Role of Everyone from Interns to Executives
Do you know how to spot suspicious behavior in your day-to-day work? Although we all rely on technology daily, many people still think that cybersecurity and preventing breaches are solely the responsibility of the IT department. That couldn’t be further from the truth.
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Oct 103 min read
Your Business’s Digital Compass: Creating an IT Roadmap for Small Business Growth
Small businesses often struggle to effectively leverage technology. It can be a challenge to survive, much less thrive. In many cases, they instinctively fall back on a reactive approach to IT challenges, rather than planning and acting proactively. That’s where an IT roadmap can help. It serves as a digital compass for organizations, a strategic document that provides alignment between technology needs, initiatives, and business objectives
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Oct 73 min read
How to Use AI for Business Productivity While Staying Cyber-Secure
Most organizations have come to realize that AI is not a sentient system looking to take over the world, but rather an invaluable tool. They have come to utilize it to improve their productivity and efficiency. AI solutions have been rapidly installed. Some are used to automate repetitive tasks and to provide enriched data analysis on a previously unrealized level. While this can certainly boost productivity, it is also troubling from a data security, privacy, and cyber threa
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Oct 63 min read
Cracking Down on Credential Theft: Advanced Protection for Your Business Logins
During an era of digital transformation, data and security are king. That is why, as cyber threats evolve in this era of digital transformation, businesses must be prepared. Credential theft has become one of the most damaging cyber threats facing businesses today. Whether through well-crafted phishing scams or a direct attack, cybercriminals continually hone their skills and adapt their tactics to gain access to system credentials.
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Oct 64 min read
What GLBA Means for You at Work
If you’re handling customer or financial data, even casually or just occasionally, you’re actually working under a law called the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA).
Enacted in 1999, the GLBA is primarily concerned with protecting personal financial information. It may sound intimidatingly legal and complex, but it genuinely matters in your day-to-day role.
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Sep 293 min read
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