“Alexa, what’s the weather?” “Hey Siri, preheat the oven to 350 degrees.” A simple spoken command is all it takes for many people to obtain information or interact with their appliances today. Similarly, in the not-too-distant future, instead of asking for directions...
Cybercriminals and nation-state actors capitalize on their past successes. They become progressively agile as they exploit current events and new technologies. Emergent Cyber Threats Concerns about cyber threats continue to mount. In December 2021, the United States...
Busy and distracted online shoppers are prime targets for cyber scams. This season’s stressors include supply chain issues and shipping delays along with low stock and rising prices fueled by increased consumer demand. Predictably, cyber criminals will capitalize on...
What is Synthetic Content? The Federal Bureau of Investigation defines synthetic content as a broad spectrum of generated or manipulated digital content that includes images, video, audio, and text. In other words, it is content that has been automatically created....
The IoT (Internet of Things) is a system of interrelated computing devices and objects that transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction. The devices are connected to the internet that share data with other devices and...
Fight the Phish… and the Lizard Social engineering continues to be one of the most common cyber-attack strategies. Phishing, a form of social engineering attack, was the most common type of cybercrime in 2020, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Scammers...
Members of Intact Specialty recently organized a fun golf outing in recognition of a key business partner – Newfront, formerly known as ABD Insurance & Financial Services. The event, that took place at a Top Golf facility in Sacramento CA, was planned by Intact’s...
What is data scraping? Data scraping is the process of extracting data from a website using automated tools and importing the information to another program/computer. This technique is used to collect vast amount of publicly available information and reuse it...
Ransomware is a form of malware that encrypts files on a device that compromises a system. Malicious actors rely on it for extorting money from individuals or organizations. Typically, hackers first deny access of files to users by encrypting the data. They hold...
Social engineering continues to be one of the most common cyber-attack strategies. Cybercriminals are constantly evolving their tactics to phish for personal information or to get control of a device. One such tactic is called “homograph” or “homoglyph...