Tech Today: Is WhatsApp Putting Your Business at Risk?
When it comes to business communication, sticking with what’s familiar—like WhatsApp—seems like the easiest choice. After all, it’s fast, convenient, and already on everyone’s phone. But what if this convenience is putting your business at risk?
Security Alert: Rising Threats to Business Email Accounts
Your business relies on emails every day – that’s exactly why scammers target them. But the threat to your business is getting bigger. As a business owner, ensuring the security of your company’s emails is critical. It’s one of the most effective ways to safeguard sensitive business data from falling into the wrong hands. Here’s what you need to know…
Think twice before answering that “support call” – it might be a ransomware scam
Would your employees give an unknown caller access to your business devices? Not likely. But what if they got a Teams chat from someone posing as Microsoft support? This is what’s happening in a new ransomware scam…
Cyber Extortion: What is it and What’s the Risk to Your Business?
Let’s talk about a topic that’s been dominating headlines and causing many sleepless nights: cyber extortion. It’s a form of cyber crime where criminals threaten to damage your business by compromising its data and digital assets unless a ransom is paid.
The business owner’s guide to data encryption
Data is the lifeblood of your business. It’s everything from customer profiles and financial transactions to confidential business plans and intellectual property. Realistically, your success and reputation hinge on how well you protect your data. This is where encryption comes into it. At its core, encryption is the process of converting your data into a scrambled, unreadable format, rendering your information useless to anyone without the decryption key.
Stop! And think, before you act on that email
Are you protecting your business from Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks? They have cost businesses billions – and they’re getting harder to detect. Here’s how to stay safe.
Your deleted files could still be recovered and sold online
When you replace old computers or external drives, do you delete data and then just… get rid of them? You could be putting your sensitive data at risk.
How are cyber criminals trying to hack your accounts while you sleep?
There’s a cyber-attack that targets you while you sleep. It sends dozens of notifications to your phone in the hope you hit YES and let criminals into your account. Here’s how to stay safe.