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Phishing – How to Spot Phishing Messages

Phishing is an attack that uses a fake email, post, tweet, direct message, or website to trick a person into downloading malware or providing sensitive information. Criminals can also use social media to create highly targeted attacks by posing as friends and family, making it difficult for victims to recognize

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What Is Cloud Security?

As companies store more data in the cloud, the worry is that hackers can break into a provider’s servers and steal the data. The big providers, like Amazon, Google and Microsoft, have invested in robust security measures to prevent this from happening. However, it’s still possible that their servers could

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How to Protect Your Organization From Ransomware

A form of malware that extorts money from victims by blocking access to critical data. Ransomware uses various attack vectors to establish presence on an endpoint, search and encrypt files and exploit system and network vulnerabilities to spread across networks and systems. Criminals typically offer victims a window of time

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