What Do You Have In Common With Russia?

You both could be threats to your employer due to hacking!  Cyber-attacks from (mostly) Russia have increased 800% since the fighting in Ukraine began.  It has been coming in all forms, and small businesses are increasingly vulnerable because many don’t have the financial resources to protect themselves. 

However, we CAN do a better job guarding against the threats to our employers. It takes constant vigilance to remain aware, at all times, that our actions can hurt our companies. 

  • Do not click on random ads, even if we think you recognize the name or the logo; they can be altered just slightly enough that they still LOOK like a normal logo, but are a copy, and a trap. 
  • Check the name in the small print in the sender's email address– often it clearly gives a name that is not associated with the company they are misrepresenting. 
  • Notify your employer immediately if your computer suddenly makes loud noises and a mechanical voice announces you have been hacked – or an email says it is shutting you down.  Make a concentrated effort to educate yourself and to keep the dangers fresh in your mind at all times. 

Paying for a real hack attack can result in thousands and thousands of dollars.  Keep on educating! 

  

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