phishing

Five Ways To Spot A Phishing eMail

DETROIT - In a 2016 report from Wombat Security, organizations reported that the most successful phishing attacks were disguised as something an employee was expecting, like an HR document, a shipping confirmation or a request to change a password that looked like it came from the IT department. Make sure to scrutinize any such emails

By |2017-03-08T12:22:49-05:00March 8th, 2017|Cyber Defense, Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Research Shows 30 Percent Of Employees May Fall For Phishing Attacks

ANN ARBOR - The Ann Arbor two-factor security developer Duo Security this week published research that illustrates the risk phishing attacks present to business. Since its July 2016 launch, about 400 companies have begun using Duo Insight, a free tool that lets IT teams run internal phishing simulations. Of the 11,542 users who received a

By |2016-08-16T20:28:07-04:00August 16th, 2016|Cyber Defense, ESD|

Beyond Spear Phishing: How to Address Whaling And More

LANSING - First, there was phishing … then came spear phishing … and now there is whaling — and other new sophisticated social engineering techniques. The bad guys are modifying their deceptive practices. Here’s what you need to know. Just when you thought you had seen it all regarding online phishing scams, along comes a

By |2016-05-24T17:43:40-04:00May 24th, 2016|Cyber Defense, Guest Columns|