Smishing Explained   Most businesses and individuals are familiar with phishing, a cyberattack technique that entails cybercriminals leveraging fraudulent emails to manipulate recipients into sharing sensitive information, clicking malicious links or opening harmful attachments. While these email-based scams remain a pressing concern, a new form of phishing—known...

  Important Cybersecurity Tips for Small Businesses   High-profile cyberattacks at large companies have generated national headlines and raised awareness for the growing threat of cybercrime. Despite these attacks, almost half of Canadian small businesses say they do not allocate any portion of their annual operating budget to...

How to Detect a Phishing Campaign Each year, cybercriminals get smarter and find new ways to get personal information from online users. A common method cybercriminals use is phishing campaigns. Phishing is an attempt by a third party to solicit confidential information from an individual, group...

How to Mitigate Board Cyberattacks A data breach involving sensitive board information can result in costly litigation and ruin an organization’s reputation. Cybercrimes have always been a threat to organizations, but they have increased in the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic when many...

Detecting and Overcoming Cryptojacking Cybercrimes are becoming an increasing threat to organizations. There are even various types of cyberattacks to be aware of now, such as cryptojacking. Cryptojacking is the unauthorized use of someone’s computer to mine cryptocurrency. Instead of buying computers and chaining them together...

How to Prioritize Cybersecurity Organizations today are under constant threat of cyberattacks as technology continues to evolve rapidly. Cybersecurity threats can not only compromise an organization’s data, but they can also be costly. According to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach report, Canada has the third-highest...