As people increasingly become smarter about habitual email-based phishing scams, the bad guys have shifted their focus from emails to phone calls. In their 2019’s 5th annual report, Trucaller revealed that nearly 1 out of 6 Americans lost money from a phone scam in the last one year. The report further reveals that the average loss per victim was $244, which means that phone scams cost 43 million victims about
It seems almost every day another news story surfaces about a data breach that occurred in which vital information such as credit card data, addresses or personal health information was stolen. Even the U.S. Secret Service recently reported the theft of a laptop containing important security information from one of their agent’s vehicles. Many businesses are beginning to realize they simply cannot afford to skimp anymore on the products and
If you are a small to medium-sized organization, please be aware that as recently as December of 2016, evidence has surfaced of a new phishing email. In truth, it is actually a fake email asking for a HIPAA audit due to a supposed privacy and security breach of protected health information (PHI) in your establishment. The email looks like an official email from the Department of Health and Human Services,
