You may think that you’ll never fall for a phishing email. However, phishing schemes can be quite sophisticated. It’s a routine day at the office. You receive an email from a vendor notifying you that their banking information has changed and needs to be updated. Everything appears to be correct and in order, so you go ahead and make the change updating the bank account information. Only to realize with quite a bit of embarrassment and almost $3 million later that you have been taken in … [Read more...] about 1 Email Lead Unalaska to a $2.9 Million Mistake
Phishing
What is a phishing scheme?
A phishing scheme is conducted typically by email. However, they can occur by a text, an app, or a pop-up window. They claim to have something that needs your immediate attention. Often there is something to entice the user to click on the link or attachment that is included in the email. What would someone be phishing for? The goal behind phishing is to gain access to your computer or device without your knowledge. They are hoping that in some way they can gain access to data that would … [Read more...] about What is a phishing scheme?