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In relation to my last hurricane blog, Coronavirus Could Complicate Hurricane Season 2020, another complication will be the wave of disaster-related hacking campaigns and scams, according to the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
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Category: Business, Central, Commercial, Personal, Prevention, Technology, Weather
Tags: attachments, CISA, cyber, cyber security, CyberScout, cybersecurity, fraud alert, fraud emails, fraudulent account, hacker, hacking, hurricane, hurricane season, links, malicious software, mobile security, natural disaster, phishing, scam, scammers, scams, security system, severe weather, social media
In my blog post, Protect Yourself While Shopping Online, I shared how to protect yourself as a consumer. Now, let’s talk about protecting your customers and yourself as a business owner. If you have any kind of online store where…
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Category: Business, Commercial, Liability, Prevention, Technology
Tags: business, business owner, commercial cyber, computer, computer attack, cyber crime, cyber extortion, cyber insurance, cyber insurance coverage, cyber risk, cyber security, cybersecurity, data breach, fraud, hackers, home-based business, Identity recovery, identity theft, Internet, liability, liability coverage, online, online presence, online shopping, retail, retailer, technology, website
These unprecedented times have left many of us with only one way to shop: online. Many online businesses have benefited from consumers “sheltering in place” with an influx of buyers shopping via apps and the internet. I am sure that I…
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Category: Business, Commercial, Liability, Prevention, Risk Management, Technology
Tags: applications, commercial, credit card, credit cards, cyber, cyber insurance, cyber security, cybersecurity, fraud, hackers, Internet, internet safety, liability coverage, liability insurance, online, online payment, online safety, online shopping, protect online privacy, retail
Quarantine fatigue is not only sending people to crowded bars. We’re all getting tired of it—call it quaran-tigue—and that could spell trouble on the cybersecurity front.
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Category: Business, Central, Commercial, Employees, Home, Personal, Prevention, Technology
Tags: cloud based services, cloud storage, computer, cyber, cyber attack, cyber crime, cyber security, CyberScout, cybersecurity, data backup, fatigue, firmware, malware, multi-factor authentication, pandemic, phishing, quarantine, quarantine fatigue, scam, scammers, scams, software, work from home, working from home
Have you noticed that many websites and apps are starting to require more than just a password to login to your account? Do you get annoyed and frustrated and wish you didn’t have to do it? The fact is, more…
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Category: Business, Education, Home, Personal, Prevention, Social Media, Technology
Tags: computer, cyber security, cybersecurity, hackers, identity fraud, mobile security, password, passwords, Personal Cyber Protection, protect online privacy, protecting your data, protection, security, smartphone, strong password, technology, Two-Factor Authentication
One of the toughest parts of commercial insurance is identifying all of the exposures a business might have. I met with a new client yesterday, Darth Vader, who is the Operations Manager for a business called The Empire. It sounds…
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Category: Business, Commercial, Employees, Liability, Risk Management, Technology
Tags: Builders Risk, business, catastrophic event, cause of loss, cloud storage, commercial, commercial building, commercial insurance, construction, coverage, cyber, cyber security, data, deductible, employee, employees, exposure, exposures, inland marine, liability insurance, risk, risk assessment, safety, underwriter, workers' compensation, workplace, workplace safety
Cyber-scammers and hackers around the world are working hard right now because they know they have a great opportunity to do what they do best. It’s sad, but scammers are using government relief initiatives to scam people of their money…
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Category: Business, Financial, Personal, Prevention
Tags: cyber, cyber crime, cyber criminals, cyber security, cybercrime, CyberScout, personal information, scam, scammers, social security number
COVID-19 has forced people from their workplaces and schools. Working from home and homeschooling means that millions of Americans are using video conferencing for the first time. With this surge in new users, there will be many cybersecurity challenges. Here’s…
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Category: Business, Commercial, Communication, Employees, Personal, Prevention, Technology
Tags: communication, computer attacks, cyber, cyber hygiene, cyber risk, cyber security, cyberattack, CyberScout, cybersecurity, data, hackers, Internet, malware, malware attack, mobile security, phishing, ransomware, scam, secure, security, smishing, vishing, webcam
The Covid-19 pandemic, also known as the novel coronavirus, has affected daily life in unprecedented ways. Because of home-work and homeschooling measures, millions of Americans are using video conferencing for the first time. With this surge in new users, there…
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Category: Communication, Employees, Technology
Tags: cyber, cyber security, CyberScout, cybersecurity, firewall, Internet, protect online privacy, web camera, webcam
Coronavirus scams are everywhere. During the evolving public health crisis surrounding COVID-19 (coronavirus), it is essential to remain vigilant in the days and weeks to come, online as well as out in the world.
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Category: Business, Commercial, Employees, Prevention, Technology
Tags: anti-malware, anti-virus, antivirus, back up data, business, business owner, commercial, coronavirus, COVID-19, cyber, cyber attack, cyber crime, cyber criminals, cyber hygiene, cyber security, cybercrime, CyberScout, cybersecurity, security, vpn
