by Maria Brown | Oct 26, 2020 | Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, hackers
We all may know the classic scams like the Nigerian prince asking for money or the window that pops up saying you won $100 dollars. While those scams are certainly still around, cybercriminals are coming up with even more sophisticated scams. As the internet evolves,...
by Chad Bennett | Oct 9, 2017 | Cybercrime, hackers
Hackers are terrorists! Don’t believe me? The definition of a terrorist, according to the Oxford Dictionary, is a person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims. Merriam-Webster defines terrorism as...
by Chad Bennett | Oct 4, 2017 | Cybersecurity, Data Breach, hackers, Infographics
As businesses continue to spend upwards of $120 billion on advanced cybersecurity solutions each year ($170 billion projected to be spent by the year 2020) to protect information and sensitive data, it becomes increasingly more disappointing to see how many breaches...
by HEROIC Cybersecurity | Sep 19, 2017 | Cybersecurity, hackers
Credential stuffing is a popular method of cyber attack that may be affecting your company without you ever being aware of it. As the culprit of large data hacks, like Yahoo, who won the title of both being victim of the first and second largest credential spills ever...
by Chad Bennett | May 6, 2016 | hackers, Security
Nobody ever thought the largest email providers would have email security issues, but it’s happened. As of May 4th, 2016 reports flooded the Internet with news that around 272 million Gmail, Microsoft and Yahoo email accounts have had their login credentials...
by Chad Bennett | Feb 9, 2016 | Cybersecurity, hackers, Identity Theft
In 2015, hacking incidents increased to a nine-year high of 38% which led to over 169 million records being stolen, an increase of 49% from 2014. In 2016, we as consumers will be an even bigger target for hacking and identity theft. Because the government,...
