Phishing Scams: A Growing Threat for Small Businesses

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In a recent warning, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has cautioned consumers and small businesses about the continuing and growing threat of phishing scams. In the statement, the FTC has expressed that while cybercriminals continue to send out mass emails asking bluntly for personal information, they have become more sophisticated in their attempts. Small businesses are now being targeted by emails that their employees could expect to routinely find in their inbox.

Azure Active Directory Synchronization Is Here!

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Azure Active Directory Synchronization Is Here!

The long-awaited enhancement is finally here! At Breach Secure Now!, we value partner feedback and use it to fuel the development and enhancement of our platform. We’ve made it our ongoing mission to implement new features to help our partners free up time, and grow their businesses.

Stumbling Across the Ultimate Security Prospecting Toolkit

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I have run an MSP for 18 years and counting. I have learned a lot over the past 18 years, and I continue to learn new things every day.

When I first started out I was good at technology but crappy at sales and marketing. Back in 2000, there were no organizations like Robin Robins providing guidance and strategy on how to market and grow your business. In fact, I never joined any IT / MSP communities. Everything I did was based on reading and learning on my own.

Employees: The #1 Cause of Data Breaches

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As the multi-billion-dollar industry of cybercrime continues to thrive, employees remain the number one cause of cyber attacks. Despite cybercriminals relentlessly targeting and attacking organizations of all sizes, employees remain untrained on security awareness, leaving them to fight a battle they’re unprepared for.

Use Security to Grow Your MSP Business

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In an age where businesses are moving their data from in-house servers to the cloud, the complexity of how to appropriately care for that data is beginning to disappear. Although that may not sound like a bad problem to have for those organizations making the move, MSPs who were once extremely sought after to protect those businesses are starting to become a commodity.

Business Email Compromise Scams – Here to Stay

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Business email compromise (BEC) scams remain one of the most widely used attack vectors among cybercriminals to date. In fact, cybercriminals are finding so much success in exploiting human vulnerabilities through BEC scams that their frequencies have been dramatically increasing.

Breached Records to Skyrocket with SMBs as the Biggest Targets

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A lot can happen in 5 years, and unfortunately, not always for the better. According to a recent report by Juniper Research, Cybercrime & the Internet of Threats 2018, data breaches are expected to reach 146 billion records over the next five years.

51% of SMB Leaders Think Their Business Isn’t a Target for Cybercriminals

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Small businesses are often thought to be a forgotten entity when it comes to cybercrime. On the surface, it seems like a fair assumption that hackers wouldn’t target small businesses when there are large enterprises with much greater assets. Unfortunately, many small business leaders fall for this “I’m not a target” mentality, when in fact, they are just as attractive of a target as large corporations.

Dark Web Breach Assessment 2.0 Launched

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Known for its anonymity, the Dark Web is a dangerous portion of the internet only accessible by using a special browser. This “secret spot” of the internet is intentionally hidden from search engines and uses masked IP addresses, creating a home for many websites dealing in illegal activities.

The Psychology of Falling for a Phishing Email

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Phishing is a cybercrime that has been around for many years, where targets are sent malicious emails claiming to be from a legitimate individual or organization to trick them into disclosing their sensitive information. Phishing emails remain a major threat today, however despite increased awareness of the cybercrime, cybercriminals continue to fool their targets into their traps, thus successfully carrying out these attacks. How do these attackers continuously find success in tricking their victims?