Tag: email phishing

Sep 06, 2018

Quick Email Spam Test | How to Approach a Suspicious Email

Phishing attacks are one of the most frequent ways malicious hackers gain access to confidential information and subsequently, entire business networks.  It’s far easier to trick you into sharing your credentials than it is to hack through servers and firewalls.  In the past, emails with infected attachments were a large problem.  Now, the most common […]

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Jul 13, 2018

6 Password Security Tips to Protect Against Email Extortion Scam

A clever new email scam that has arisen in the last few days claims to have hacked into your machine and recorded you on a webcam.  The sender of the message references an actual password you recognize, offering support to their scare tactic.  In some cases, it will be a password you used a long […]

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Jun 07, 2016

The Latest Phishing: Watch for “.co” Addresses

An email phishing scheme we’re seeing more of lately is where the criminals actually may register your company’s domain name, but with a “.co” extension instead of the “.com” you probably already have. Then they send emails from that domain using a known username from the company’s leadership, which, if someone isn’t watching closely, can […]

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