Every year, the holiday season proves to be the busiest couple of months for essentially everyone, even for cybercriminals and their online shopping scams. In fact, we could say “especially for cybercriminals.” Thanks to online shopping trends, an annual spike in online activity between November
Read MoreEmail scanners are an important piece of technology used to automatically detect and reroute potential threats (like a phishing attack) that attempt to infiltrate your inbox from unknown and/or suspicious sources. If you’ve ever had to “check your spam folder or quarantine” after a trusted source
Read MoreYou don’t have to look far to see that interest in bitcoin is on the rise and in the news more and more every day. All this talk of “wallets,” “meme coins,” and “mining” is sure to have caught your attention at one point or another, leading you to wonder whether or not it’s worth a second look. Of
Read MoreDoes your organization use Google Docs to accomplish work? Do you frequently send and receive documents to and from people outside of your organization? If you answered “yes,” then you might be at risk for another new phishing scam that exploits another familiar tool that your team is accustomed to
Read MoreIf you’re a frequent visitor to the Blue Layer blog, then you’ve likely become quite familiar with phishing and are quickly becoming an expert at identifying what it looks like. Today, we’re expanding that base of knowledge by digging deeper into a specific brand of phishing called “spear
Read MoreIt never fails: just when you feel like you have a grasp on current cybercrime trends, hackers are already coming up with something new that you have to worry about protecting yourself from and educating your employees about. This week, we’re talking about vendor email compromise (VEC). What is a
Read MoreTry, for a moment, to remember a time before deepfakes—when technology had not yet allowed us some of the everyday conveniences that we enjoy today: when you could not order things and receive them the same day; when you could not have a face-to-face conversation with anyone, anywhere at the push
Read MoreIt might be difficult to remember a time before MFA when you didn’t have to receive a text or email code beyond a normal password to get access to your accounts. But once upon a time, logging in was as simple as 1.) identity 2.) password 3.) entry. The evolution of technology has brought us many
Read MorePhishing is no new topic in the Blue Layer blog, and if you’ve been with us at any point in the past, then it’s likely that you’ve been with us as we’ve explored the dangers of phishing. And at this point, the most prevalent form of cyber attacks is something with which you might be quite familiar.
Read MoreThe COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the workplace is something that no one could have seen coming. For many businesses, a typical day at the office has become a thing of the past now that everyone has been sent home, computers and coffee in-hand. But working from home quickly presented cybercriminals
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