There’s Nothing Sexy About Sextortion

There was a time when hackers and email scammers used spear phishing to trick their victims into sending money. By the time someone figured what had happened, the money was gone forever. But, people are starting to get wise to that tactic. So, what do the hackers do? They evolve…all the way to blackmail. According […]

5 Ways You Protect Your Business From Ransomware

Cybercrime is one of the most prevalent and growing threats that organizations face today. Malware, and particularly ransomware, can cost companies millions of dollars and heavily impact user confidence. When the city of Atlanta found itself victimized by a ransomware attack, it ended up signing eight emergency contracts – and spending a total of $2.6 […]

[News] Small Businesses Face Big Security Risks

Why are small businesses at greater risk for phishing and hacking? It’s not because they make the juiciest targets. It’s because they make the easiest targets. Why is that? Because they don’t always have what it takes to defend themselves. According to an article on SC Magazine, Smaller orgs struggle to get the security resources […]

Why Phishing Is a Bigger Threat Than Ever in 2019

In the world of cybersecurity, it’s a well-known fact that 93% of data breaches trace their original attack vectors back to phishing. In the overwhelming majority of cases, hackers use phishing to get their foot in the door of the network they’re targeting. Phishing is not new, nor are many of the broad strategies that […]

[News] If Cybersecurity Professionals Can Get Phished

Defense Contractors Get Taken in by Business Email Compromise Business email compromise (BEC) is a form of email fraud that typically involves targeting employees with access to company finances and using social engineering to trick them into making money transfers to the bank accounts of the fraudster. According to an article on security website Cyberscoop, […]

DuoCircle Sponsoring Open Certificate Authority Let’s Encrypt for a Second Year

Duocircle, a web-based email security solutions company, has chosen to sponsor Let’s Encrypt for the second year in a row. Let’s Encrypt is a service provided by the non-profit Internet Security Research Group. Let’s Encrypt gives people free digital certificates because they want to create a more secure and privacy-respecting web. San Diego, CA – […]

[News] How Phishing Protection can Lower Your Utility Bill

When Good Websites Turn Bad The whole idea behind phishing awareness training is to keep you off of malicious websites. But what if the web site you want to visit, a known good website, is actually malicious? It’s more likely than you may think. According to the Webroot 2019 Threat Report “A whopping 40 percent […]