Cyber Security Articles & News

4 tips to protect your real estate business online

Agents handle lots of confidential information and can become targets for cyber thieves. With trust account fraud continuing to make headlines, hacker-turned-cyber security consultant Kevin Mitnick provides his top tips on protecting your business from cyber attacks.

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Phish Food: Chumming the Waters on Social Media

Most of us are willing to help others in times of need. We want to trust in others to do the same and generally want to see the best for others. Perhaps the innate desire to trust in and help others is an evolutionary trait humans developed to help us survive, or perhaps we do it simply because of our internal convictions. Either way, more often than not, we want to help others when asked. This is precisely why social engineering attacks are extremely successful methods of infiltrating companies. Whether it’s a phone call to the front desk of an organization trying to get information about those who work there, or an email with an attachment claiming to be an unread fax, most of us let our trust get the best of us which could end up costing the company.

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Lauri Love on US extradition and how hackers can help companies

The British hacker, who is facing extradition to the US, discusses the plus side of cyber intrusion

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Are things really as bad as the ABC Four Corners’ Cyber War documentary makes out?

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Four Corners' Cyber War program, aired tonight, highlighted the personal, commercial and national threats posed by hackers and a general preparedness on all things cyber security.

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