It’s already been a busy year for cyber-crime. Ransomware fees average at record highs. Artificial intelligence speeds the creation and hones the efficiency of malware attacks. The average data breach now costs over $5M.
Your employees might be the biggest cybersecurity risk in your business – and not just because they’re prone to click phishing e-mails or reuse passwords. It’s because they’re using apps your IT team doesn’t even know about.
This is called Shadow IT, and it’s one of the fastest-growing security risks for businesses today.
If I asked you to name the biggest cybersecurity threats in your office, you’d probably say phishing e-mails, malware or weak passwords. But what if I told you that your office printer – yes, the one quietly humming in the corner – could be one of the biggest vulnerabilities in your entire network?
It sounds ridiculous, but hackers love printers.
Planning a vacation this year? Make sure your confirmation e-mail is legit BEFORE you click anything!
That’s right, summer is right around the corner and cybercriminals are exploiting travel season by sending fake booking confirmations that look nearly identical to e-mails from airlines, hotels and travel agencies.
Phishing is the buzzword in everyone’s mouth. As the most common method of cyber-threat, it’s a way of playing on victims’ emotions to coerce them into disclosing sensitive data.
While over 90% of cyberattacks begin with a phishing email, that is not the only way that phishers reach out to their victims. Since our digital messages have expanded far beyond our electronic inboxes, so too have phishers found other avenues for reaching out to victims and extorting money and personal information from them.
Ransomware attacks affect 66% of organizations, no matter the size. The average fee demanded exceeded $2.5B in 2024. The danger only grows as AI advances and threat actors use cutting-edge technology to generate ransomware code faster, and execute it more efficiently.
Chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot and the recently released DeepSeek have revolutionized how we interact with technology, offering assistance with almost every task imaginable — from drafting e-mails and generating content to writing your grocery list while keeping it within your budget.
But as these AI-driven tools weave themselves into our daily routines, questions about data privacy and security are becoming harder to ignore. What exactly happens to the information you share with these bots, and what risks are you unwittingly exposing yourself to?
Think ransomware is your worst nightmare? Think again.
Hackers have found a new way to hold your business hostage — and it may be even more ruthless than encryption. It’s called data extortion, and it’s changing the rules of the game.
While it’s easy to blame cyberattacks on sophisticated hacking, the truth is that many attackers rely on social engineering — a craft of deception designed to manipulate people into giving up sensitive information or access. The scary part? It’s not just high-tech companies that get targeted, it’s all of us. Here’s a breakdown of the most common social engineering tactics so you can spot them before it’s too late.
Artificial intelligence contributes heavily to the battle of cyber-threats versus cybersecurity, on both sides of the war.
As the popularity of AI rose, different “models” of AI have developed consequently. One is Generative AI, which refers to a type of artificial intelligence that can create brand-new content based on the data it has been trained on.
