cyber security
Businesses Beware of Square Phishing Con
Many small businesses accept payments through Square. For a small fee on each transaction, Square can turn a smartphone or iPad into a payment station. But scammers are taking advantage of the service’s popularity by sending phishing emails that appear to be official correspondence. How the Scam Works You get an email that appears to be from…
Read MoreWhaling is More Effective Than Phishing
By targeting low level employees, scammers can gain general access to a business’s inner workings. But if that scammer instead chooses to target high-level executives, they would gain complete top down access to an entire business’s operations. A whaling attack is a targeted attempt to steal sensitive information from a company such as financial information or…
Read MoreGun Control Laws
After the Florida school shooting and the Austin bomb attacks we are in another frenzy of blame and quick fixes. Instead, it’s time for good analysis and sound solutions. More gun control laws are not the answer to preventing such shootings. My friends who own guns, including a retired police chief, say we already have…
Read MoreHow a Business Can Protect Consumer’s Personal Information
By Kelly Trevino, Regional Director, Corpus Christi Better Business Bureau Data breaches are still a common issue in our ubiquitously connected world. It’s only been a few weeks since Under Armour, Inc. announced that its MyFitnessPal app had been breached, and that information on its 150 million users had been accessed by an unknown entity.…
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