by Ross Bentzler | Aug 18, 2021 | Digital
How Hackers Exploit QR Codes QR codes—those square blocks of black and white pixels—have become ubiquitous, appearing on everything from restaurant menus to store products and mall posters. They provide a low-cost, easy way for businesses to link consumers to...
by Ross Bentzler | Aug 18, 2021 | Digital
The recent barrage of ransomware attacks should serve as a stark warning to any person who spends time in the digital world. Anyone who uses email, shops online, processes online transactions, or makes mobile payments is a target of cybercriminals seeking to exploit...
by Ross Bentzler | Jul 13, 2021 | Digital
Creative Phone Scammers Have a New Technique: Caller ID Spoofing If you ever get a call from someone claiming to be a representative at your bank, be skeptical, even if they have the right caller ID. Using “caller ID spoofing,” scammers can make it look like...
by Ross Bentzler | Jun 16, 2021 | Digital
The use of QR codes over the past year and a half has made life easier for people, and it’s getting harder to avoid them as restaurants use them for touch-free menus and they’re found in numerous other business applications. But as we have learned with...
by Ross Bentzler | May 12, 2021 | Digital, Financial
Of all the methods fraudsters use to steal identities, synthetic identity may be the most sinister. That’s because it could take years before it’s detected, and by then, the damage has been done and the fraudster has moved on to other victims. Here’s how synthetic...
