Social engineering is a psychological manipulation technique used for fraud purposes. It exploits psychological, social or organizational weaknesses in order to obtain sensitive information unfairly. Thanks to their charisma, imposture and nerve, hackers deceive and abuse the trust of people they attack. This is often the first step …
A ransomware, is a malicious software that takes data hostage. A phishing email can be used to distributed them. It encrypts and blocks files contained on your computer including those shared on servers. You will lose access to these files and will have to pay a ransom to get them …
Phishing email attempts have been circulating for years and most IT professionals, and even a lot of end users, know about them. Yet, they continue. Why? The short answer is that they continue to work. Many end users simply don’t understand the risks and continue to …