Tag: phishing
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What Is MFA and Why Your ‘Strong Password’ Isn’t Enough Anymore
A strong password used to be enough. It isn’t anymore. Here’s what Multi-Factor Authentication is, why it matters for your business, and how to actually set it up without losing your mind. Read more
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A Five-Minute Phone Call Stopped a Six-Figure Wire Fraud
A real Business Email Compromise nearly cost a firm six figures. One phone call stopped it. Here is exactly how the scam works and the simple habit that beats it. Read more
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I Read 6 Months of My Own DMARC Reports. Here’s What They Were Actually Telling Me.
Every day, my inbox fills up with attachments named like google.com!iamgeek.com!1778025600!1778111999.zip. These are DMARC aggregate reports — the email-authentication world’s version of a daily attendance roster. Mailbox providers like Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Comcast, and Fastmail send them to tell you who’s been sending email “as your domain” and whether those messages passed the cryptographic checks… Read more
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Don’t Fall for the Fake Virus Pop-Up: A Guide to Staying Safe
A fake virus pop-up that says your computer is infected is a classic scam — the FTC ranks these among the most reported tech-support scams. That alarming, screen-hijacking pop-up screaming that your computer is infected with a virus is a classic tech support scam. It’s designed to create panic and trick you into calling a… Read more
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Staying Vigilant in the Face of Evolving Threats
Evolving cyber threats — from AI-powered phishing to deepfake voice scams — now target small businesses every day, as CISA regularly warns. Data breaches are now a routine part of online life. As we lean on digital platforms for everything from messaging to shopping, criminals get more chances to grab our personal data. So at… Read more