Archive for November 29, 2022

Free Internet Access? Don’t fall for this one
One of the popular internet scams that has been doing the rounds since 2017 is the one about “Free Internet”. This scam seems to resurface and somehow manages to claim quite a few unsuspecting victims. Here’s how they catch you.

Ads are created on Google, Facebook, popular search engines and social media platforms advertising free internet hours.
The ads look professional and show up on general searches and on social media when surfing. This offers a sense of validity.
Once you click

Since 2019, the number of companies that have adopted a remote work environment has more than tripled, according to the United States Census Bureau. There are countless benefits of hybrid or remote work culture, for the employers and employees. Employees value the work life balance that remote work allows while employers can save on costs like rent and amenities for workers. However, the IT infrastructure needed to support a secure remote work environment is not the simplest to implement. There are risks associated with it. If your company is considering

Online shopping? Watch out for these red flags

Who doesn’t like online shopping? Online shopping has opened up a whole new world to us. Get whatever you want, whenever you want, without wandering from store to store. It doesn’t matter if it is too hot to venture outside or if there’s a blizzard out there, you do your shopping from the comfort of your couch and the stuff at your doorstep. You get great deals, some are better than in-store specials. But, did you know cybercriminals love the concept of

Online shopping? Watch out for these red flags

Who doesn’t like online shopping? Online shopping has opened up a whole new world to us. Get whatever you want, whenever you want, without wandering from store to store. It doesn’t matter if it is too hot to venture outside or if there’s a blizzard out there, you do your shopping from the comfort of your couch and the stuff at your doorstep. You get great deals, some are better than in-store specials. But, did you know cybercriminals love the concept of

DNS Cache poisoning: What every SMB must know
In one of the most common poisoning attacks, the attacker poisons the DNS Cache with the aim of leading visitors to a fake website. In a DNS cache poisoning case, the attacker gains control of the DNS server and then manipulates cache data such that anyone typing the URL of the actual website is redirected to the fake one. This could be a phishing site where the attacker would have carefully laid out a trap to capture the unsuspecting victim’s personal data or