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Protect Your Brand From Phishing Emails This Thanksgiving, Black Friday, & Cyber Monday

Martech Advisor

But email frauds like phishing emails, too, have risen over the past few years putting customers at risk and brand identity at stake. So how can brands tackle phishing emails this Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday? This makes the phish harder to detect among the flood of legitimate marketing emails.

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How To Simplify Security, Response, and Compliance in Salesforce

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Other common issues include account takeovers via phishing emails, misconfigurations that expose sensitive data, exposure of API tokens in public repositories, unmasked data in development environments, accidental deletion of data (including metadata and mission-critical data), malicious destruction, and extortion attacks. Data breaches?

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Protecting Small Business Systems from Ransomware: Interview

ATAK Interactive

Usually, these are machines running Windows – since it’s the most popular operating system, and many users don’t keep their computer security and operating systems up to date, making that computer the most likely candidate to be subjected to a phishing attack. Tell us some more about that – how does ransomware end up on someone’s machine?

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Advanced PDF Security Measures to Prevent Unauthorized Use

Valasys

Additionally, if the password is shared or forgotten, legitimate users may be locked out of important documents. For instance, metadata can provide clues about the documents revisions, which could be used to craft targeted phishing attacks. However, weak passwords can be easily cracked, rendering this measure ineffective.

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World Backup Day: Tips for Keeping Your Information Safe Online

Biznology

While backing up your data is a great start, there are precautions to take on the front end to keep your systems locked down. In honor of World Backup Day on March 31st, we want to take a moment and remind you of how important it is to back up your data. After all, your data is more valuable than your devices and should be treated that way.

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What is Cybersecurity? Your Guide to Digital Defense

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

In fact, the three primary ways in which cybercriminals can access an organization are stolen credentials, phishing, and exploitation of vulnerabilities. In fact, the three primary ways in which cybercriminals can access an organization are stolen credentials, phishing, and exploitation of vulnerabilities. What is cybersecurity?

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The Rise in Cybercrime: Should Ecommerce Businesses Be Worried?

Convert

Cybercriminals have become more and more advanced over time, and where before businesses needed only to contend with issues like phishing emails and the exploitation of weak passwords. The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on almost every aspect of everyday life – and cybercrime is no different. What Are the Risks and Threats?

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