October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month! Here are some tips that you, your family, and loved ones can use to help keep you protected! Why is Cybersecurity Important? How You Can Get Involved Please be mindful of these things and have a safe month! As always, please feel free to reach out to us if you […]
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Jury duty scams involve a caller, claiming to be law enforcement, demanding immediate payment via cryptocurrency, gift cards, or a fake website to avoid arrest for missing jury duty. However, the court will never contact you this way to demand money to avoid arrest. If you receive such a call, hang up immediately, do not
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If you receive an alert from Microsoft that looks legit and is a Security Alert, It might just be a phishing email looking to steal your credentials. The alert does look legit. It is a Microsoft Security Alert. It will claim there is an issue with your account and will prompt you with a link
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Have you ever run across a duplicate copy of your Facebook account? Are your friends and family getting new request for them to be added to “your account”? Your account was not necessarily hacked. Scammers are duplicating and creating FAKE Facebook accounts using your name, photo, and PUBLIC information. Yes they are DUPLICATING your account
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Ever receive a text from your bank that says something along the lines of “Dear (insert bank name) Customer, Our security systems have detected potential unauthorized access to your account” Yeah, probably not a real text from your bank. First off, the bank would address you by name, not DEAR CUSTOMER. So what can you
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Last time, we talked about a PayPal Scam that was going around (still is). Today, I would like to talk about Amazon. We all, well most of us, love Amazon. The ability to sit at home and get things we need/want with the click of a button. Then all of a sudden, there is an
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There is a new phishing scam that is all about PayPal. The emails are very convincing and do not include typos or fake emails. One of the messages you might get goes like this: “You added a new address. This is just a quick confirmation that you added in your PayPal account” But wait, I
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AI is out of control in the hacker’s realm. Deepfakes are a thing now and AI is running phishing scams. If you have ever used AI for your work, I hope that you have not entered in any sensitive data, i.e. – PII (Personal Identifiable Information) such as names, addresses and phones. Those, let alone
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PayPal is commonly in purchases and sending money to friends and family. While this is a great tool, it can unfortunately be exploited. The scam: This one starts with a fake email that comes from a trusted company, in this case, PayPal. It will state something along the lines of “There has been an unauthorized
Today, March 31, is World Backup Day! I would like to make you aware of some backup policies that you should be following in case of a disaster. Either man-made or from nature. The 3-2-1 Rule If you have an external drive and a cloud backup, you have fulfilled numbers 3, 2, and 1! Why
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