In the present modern day world, social media is considered to be the biggest and the largest medium of communication. Social Media usage has become so commonplace, that it is currently being compared to buying groceries and eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner. With this spike in usage comes a significant increase in malicious and cyber…
What is multi-Factor authentication? This is considered to be an essential security tool presently required by most industries nowadays to be utilized in the fight against advanced cyber-attacks and phishing. Typical scenarios for multi-factor authentication include ATM fund withdrawals and online shopping. With Two-Factor Authentication there are two passwords required to process an ATM…
Facts about Phishing The term Phishing is referred to as social engineering which utilizes the digital world for malicious purposes. Information systems are paramount to the success of all businesses. Phishing has created a means in which these Information Systems are vulnerable to cyber-attacks. Some facts about Phishing: Over the last three years, Phishing attacks…
Phishing scams targeting pastors: Who’s next? https://t.co/W8nUQcINK5 #security #govtech @govcso pic.twitter.com/83BSQQBdgg — Govtech.com (@govtechnews) August 27, 2018
The National Bank of Blacksburg in Virginia has been under the influence of two major phishing attacks in recently. These attacks resulted in a loss of $2.4 million. For those who are not aware, phishing is another form of cyber-attack in which the cybercriminals gain access to the login credentials of banks or financial institutions…
