Social Engineer Attack examples: Texts and email

Here are some standard emails that came into my mailbox that are obviously fake….     Also an older post(7/15/2024) discussed  a tax refund scam… by text and email Here is text of email(italicized): Hi <insert-name>, Just wanted to check if you’ve submitted your tax refund claim yet? SETC and ERC are federal government programs … Read more

Social Engineering Attack Affect Can Be Reduced

How? With training and security policies. Create a security culture and train your employees with a Security Policy. Train the employees to ensure they understand the security policy Here is a page at Fixvirus.com that discusses how to start a security policy: Also at the US Chamber of Commerce Here is relevant text from Chamber … Read more

Top 3 items to focus on in Cybersecurity? Healthcare

What would be the Top 3 items to consistently work on so that cybersecurity does not have to be worried about. (Main image above is the Cottage Health systems picture back when they had a security issue   https://oversitesentry.com/health-records-breached-no-cyberinsurance-payout-why-stupidity/ May, 2015 post). I.e. if one works on these Top3 items then cybersecurity in general will be … Read more

Improve Cybersecurity – Level Up – Better than Losing Data and Money

Yes it is better to learn a little more Cybersecurity or to “level up your knowledge” rather than the alternative. We have a typical business owner -1st: Has to figure out cybersecurity while keeping everything else up to speed (one has to make payroll after all). 2nd we may need to add a partner or … Read more