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Your Travel Checklist: Cyber Edition

by Glenn A. Stout, Ph.D., CISM, GSEC, PMP, Managing Consultant, Governance (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2024-07-03T20:02:34+00:00Tags: bad actors, cyber, secure, security checklist, Social Engineering, wifi attack|

Social Distancing. Social Engineering.

COVID-19 – Social distancing, (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2025-07-16T04:05:59+00:00Tags: corona, covid-19, cyber awareness, penetration testing company, remote, risk, social distancing, Social Engineering, staying-at-home, telecommute, virus|

Popular Cyber Attacks: Why Due Care is so Important for Reasonable Security

Popular Cyber Attacks and Due Care for Reasonable Security. As children, (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2025-07-16T18:23:38+00:00Tags: BEC attacks, chicago, cyber, Cyber attacks, Phishing, phishing attack, Reasonable, shaumburg, smishing, Social Engineering, vishing|

Your Employees are Targets. Social Engineering is Increasing.

Even with advanced technology and security, your data is still at (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2025-07-09T18:54:06+00:00Tags: baiting, Pen Test, penetration testing company, phish, phishing attack, security awareness, smish, Social Engineering, tailgating, vish|

What are Smishing Attacks and why are they Increasing?

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Cindy Kaplan2025-06-19T20:10:50+00:00Tags: data breach, Pen Test, remote social engineer, smish, SMS mobile, SMS phishing, SMS text, Social Engineering, social engineering attack|

EMPLOYEE SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS MAKING YOUR NETWORK VULNERABLE?

Social media seems harmless (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2025-07-09T18:59:42+00:00Tags: Phishing, phishing attack, Social Engineering, Social Media, Spear Phishing|

ALERT: CRIMINALS REQUESTING W-2s VIA SIMPLE SOCIAL ENGINEERING

Tax season is a hectic time of year for not only organizations but (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2024-07-03T20:36:53+00:00Tags: Phishing, phishing attacks, Social Engineering, Spoofing, tax season, W2, Whaling|

8 Ways to Avoid Becoming a Human Hack

Avoid Becoming a Human Hack.

I’ve become a fan of the show (more…)

Cindy Kaplan2025-07-09T19:05:13+00:00Tags: Anti virus, firewall, hack, Phishing, security awareness training, Social Engineering|

Fun with Social Engineering

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Cindy Kaplan2024-12-05T04:09:44+00:00Tags: cyber, Incident response, Pen Test, phishing attacks, Social Engineering|