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The Fake Vacation E-mail That Could Drain Your Bank Account

LAN Infotech

These scams are designed to steal personal and financial information, hijack your online accounts and even infect your device with malware. If the link contains malware, your device (and everything on it) could be compromised. Introduce malware into your company network if the scam contains malicious attachments.

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Inside Look: How Hackers Use AI To Attack Your Business

LAN Infotech

Example: Imagine receiving an e-mail that looks like its from your bank. ” Heres where the attack happens: If you click the link, it takes you to a fake website designed to look exactly like your banks login page. .” AI-Driven Malware AI enables hackers to create malware that evolves quickly. The result?

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Is Your Printer The Biggest Security Threat In Your Office?

LAN Infotech

If I asked you to name the biggest cybersecurity threats in your office, youd probably say phishing e-mails, malware or weak passwords. If compromised, they can be used as an entry point to install malware or ransomware, or steal data from other devices. Use a strong, unique password like you would for your e-mail or bank account.

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Cybersecurity’s New Superpower: Neurodiversity

FS-ISAC

One way we are helping to solve this problem at Bank of America is to focus a piece of our recruitment and retention efforts on neurodiversity. Beyond that, there are specific – and highly sought after - cybersecurity skills that neurodiverse people seem to excel in, such as cryptography, data analytics, and reverse malware engineering.

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Take this cybersecurity preparedness quiz to test your IT security smarts

Online Computers

Such attacks are aimed at stealing your information or infecting your computer or device with malware. You receive an email from a bank claiming you won $20,000. The email sender asks you to click on a link directing you to the bank's website. Junk the email or report it as spam.

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Why Real-Time Encryption Detection Matters

Zerto

When Zerto came out of stealth mode in 2011, we immediately made a splash by winning VMworld’s Best of Show award and earning some great early customers—including banks, colleges, and retailers that are still partnering with us a dozen years later. The tools to fight back have been evolving right alongside the malware.

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Top 5 Tips for Cybersecurity Month

Zerto

For malware-based threats targeting hybrid workers, HPE Aruba Networking Secure Service Edge sandboxing capabilities allow organizations to test suspicious files in a safe, virtual environment and destroy malicious files before they cause damage.