IT Security Tip: Bookmark the LEGITIMATE websites you frequently visit
Here’s a sneaky trick used by many hackers: they purchase and set up a fraudulent website that is a close misspelling of a legitimate one. Example: www.faceboook.com (extra “o”) or www.dropbox.net (instead of .com). All you have to do is accidentally fat-finger ONE letter in the URL and up pops a very legitimate-looking fake copy of the site you were trying to get to – and the login and links are full of keylogger malware and virus landmines waiting for you to click on them. This is particularly important for any social networks you belong to.
Two Tips: One, bookmark key sites you frequently visit. But even better, have us install a web gateway security product that BLOCKS sites that are suspicious and fraudulent. That way, even if you click on a link to a phishing site, get directed to an infected site or accidentally type in the wrong URL, the site will be blocked, protecting you and your employees.
- What’s the title of this podcast?
- Do you remember why we name it Stupid or Irresponsible?
[3:35] - When I decided to call the podcast “Stupid or Irresponsible” I did it on purpose. To be inflammatory with the topic. I wanted to get people's attention, because this is one of those things we CAN’T take lightly. We can’t just sit around and hope we don’t get hit with ransomware, hope we don’t get hacked by criminals in China and Russia.
- [5:10] - Here’s what’s stupid: Putting fire alarms in your house AFTER having a fire. The most frequent sales of fire alarms are after people had a fire.
- When we are selling cybersecurity services, unless someone has had some sort of a cyber security event, they are very unlikely to buy...
- [5:25] - What's STUPID is waiting for the event to happen and then taking preventive measure to prevent the event that just happened.
- [9:50] - If something doesn’t cause emotional response in us, we don’t take action. So yes, listeners, we are trying to scare you but trying to scare you in a way that will PREVENT something that is catastrophic.
- Book a 10-Discovery call – jump on the phone, spend 10 minutes with Justin Shelley, CEO of Phoenix IT Advisors.
- What is a Key Question I will ask you in this Discovery Call?
- One of the very first questions I ask is if you are doing a regular consistent end-user education?
- Are your employees constantly going through some sort of cyber security program, and if they are, who is running it? When was the last time you went through an employee training program?
- One of the very first questions I ask is if you are doing a regular consistent end-user education?
- How much does this Security Assessment I offer cost?
- How many strings are attached?
- Will we try to sell you something you don’t need?
- Does anyone ever complain about me, Justin, being a high-pressure salesperson?