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Social media marketing is an effective tool used to promote your company online. Many people use social media channels to promote products or services; however, companies can also use social media to generate leads without advertising on search engines like Google. In addition, companies with blogs and social media pages might run sponsored posts on other companies’ sites to build …
Maximizing Success with a Well-Designed Website A poorly designed website can significantly impact a business’s bottom line. In today’s digital age, having an online presence is crucial for attracting potential leads and making sales. Conversely, a website that is difficult to navigate or has a poor user experience can result in lost opportunities and revenue. One of the main reasons …
Business email compromise (BEC) attacks are becoming widespread and present a significant risk to businesses of all sizes. These attacks involve hackers posing as trusted individuals or organizations via email to request sensitive information or financial transfers. BEC attacks often target high-level employees, such as executives or financial managers, and can be highly sophisticated. Attackers may go to great lengths …
A new phishing campaign targeting Facebook users has been identified by cybersecurity firm Trustwave. In this campaign, hackers use fake copyright infringement notices to trick users into giving away their account details. The phishing messages claim that Facebook will delete the user’s account within 48 hours unless they fill out an appeal form to protect themselves. This appeal form collects …
LastPass, a popular password manager, announced that an unauthorized party accessed the company’s archived backups of its production data on a third-party cloud-based storage service. According to the company’s investigation, a threat actor accessed the cloud storage environment in August 2022 with information obtained from an earlier incident. Although the threat actor did not access customer data in the August …
In late November 2022, sports betting firm DraftKings announced that it had suffered a data breach affecting approximately 68,000 customers. The company stated that the breach resulted from a credential stuffing attack, in which attackers obtained credentials from a third-party source and attempted to use them to access DraftKings accounts. According to DraftKings, the attackers were able to withdraw around …
For the majority of organizations, traveling to a conference may be time-consuming, expensive, and challenging. Then there’s the trip, the time away from the workplace, and the mountain of fires to put out when you return. Vendors, groups, and media sources do online webinars almost every day. Free webinars typically aim to inform both partners and non-partners about the services, …
While public Wi-Fi can be a convenient way to stay connected while traveling, it is important to be aware of its potential security risks. If a hacker intercepts your data while using public Wi-Fi, it can result in identity theft, compromised credentials, malware exposure, or even compromise your business account. There are a few steps you can take to safeguard …
If you run your own business, it can take up a lot of your time. For example, you might spend hours manually posting to social media, writing emails, and much more. While these tasks aren’t necessarily hard to do – automation takes far less time and often requires less effort. An automated system lets you outsource critical functions and tasks, …
Google has started using machine learning to understand what users are looking for within their email. Google has reported that it has enhanced its email search to produce more relevant results by paying closer attention to previous searches. Although the email provider already offered a search feature with various filters and parameters to aid users in finding relevant material in …
