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A recent report by Krebs on Security showed that more than 89,000 employees at Google have not been victims of phishing attacks since 2017, thanks to their implementation of 2FA security keys. 2FA or Two-Factor Authentication is a recommended secure method that requires you to provides a password to your online services and also come up with another piece of proof that you are who say you are to log in successfully.

The most common 2FA methods we see is the 6-digit codes that are sent to your mobile devices via text messages or push notifications. A 2FA security key like YubiKey basically takes it up a notch because no matter how strong a password or how complex the authentication is, seasoned hackers will always find a way to compromise any system that sends codes in text messages.

Shape like a metal/plastic key about the size of a USB stick, instead of unlocking a door, a 2FA security key unlocks your digital life online. All you need to do is plug it into your laptop when you’re trying to access your online services like Google, Dropbox, Facebook, or even Windows and MacOS itself, the key adheres to industry standards like U2F and FIDO2 that provides a secure, easy-to-use and durable authentication for your organization, effectively against phishing attacks. Even if you lose the key or forget it somewhere, you can still use a secure code generator on your phone to complete any 2FA logins.

In an effort to further enhance a company’s cyber defences, we want to highlight a common cyber-attack that everyone should be aware of – phishing.

“Phishing” is the most common type of cyber-attack that affects organizations like ours. Phishing attacks can take many forms, but they all share a common goal – getting you to share sensitive information such as login credentials, credit card information, or bank account details.

Although we maintain controls to help protect our networks and computers from cyber threats, we rely on you to be our first line of defence.

We’ve outlined a few different types of phishing attacks to watch out for:

Phishing: In this type of attack, hackers impersonate a real company to obtain your login credentials. You may receive an e-mail asking you to verify your account details with a link that takes you to an imposter login screen that delivers your information directly to the attackers.

Spear Phishing: Spear phishing is a more sophisticated phishing attack that includes customized information that makes the attacker seem like a legitimate source. They may use your name and phone number and refer to [Your Company Name] in the e-mail to trick you into thinking they have a connection to you, making you more likely to click a link or attachment that they provide.

Whaling: Whaling is a popular ploy aimed at getting you to transfer money or send sensitive information to an attacker via email by impersonating a real company executive. Using a fake domain that appears similar to your client (hallandleepartnerss.com), they look like normal emails from a high-level official of the company, typically the management, and ask you for sensitive information (including usernames and passwords).

Shared Document Phishing: You may receive an e-mail that appears to come from file-sharing sites like Dropbox or Google Drive alerting you that a document has been shared with you. The link provided in these e-mails will take you to a fake login page that mimics the real login page and will steal your account credentials.

To avoid these phishing schemes, please observe the following email best practices:

·        Do not click on links or attachments from senders that you do not recognize. Be especially wary of .zip or other compressed or executable file types.

·        Do not provide sensitive personal information (like usernames and passwords) over email.

·        Watch for email senders that use suspicious or misleading domain names.

·        Inspect URLs carefully to make sure they’re legitimate and not imposter sites.

·        Do not try to open any shared document that you’re not expecting to receive.

·        If you can’t tell if an email is legitimate or not, please forward it to [email protected].

·        Be especially cautious when opening attachments or clicking links if you receive an email containing a warning banner indicating that it originated from an external source.

It is essential for everyone to keep each other safe from cyber threats by following these tips. Hope you find them useful!

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Reasons to Choose ESET

ESET Business Solution provides you with a simple and straightforward way to help mix and match your endpoint protection according to your needs while deploying it on a range of platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux & Android). ESET is designed with ease of use that allows you to easily deploy, configure, and manage your security software from a single console. Just one person, using ESET Security Management Center, can oversee all of your IT security cost-effectively in real-time, from a single location.

What could ESET bring to your organisation?

Full Protection

HIPS monitors system activity and uses a pre-defined set of rules to recognise suspicious system behaviour. It is highly effective against aggravating malware threats and remove them immediately. ESET will also provide email protection which provides anti-phishing and anti-spam features to your inbox.

Web Control

Web Control can help prevent users from accessing pages with inappropriate or harmful content, or pages that may have a negative impact on work productivity, e.g. Facebook, YouTube, Netflix, and others.

Device Control

Device Control allows you to scan, block or adjust extended filters and/or permissions and define a user’s ability to access and work with a given device. This is useful if the computer administrator wants to prevent the use of devices containing unsolicited content. Thus preventing data loss by human behaviors.

Low System Demand

ESET takes out very minimum resources in the background, making them suitable for older hardware, thus saving IT-related costs while ensuring your computers are always running at their peak performance without interruptions.

Centralized Management

Easily deploy, configure, and manage not just ESET security but 3rd party software as well from our web console. Monitor and respond to all your security-related events, including logs from antivirus, firewall, web/device control, and others, all-in-one place.

Unilicense

ESET Unilicense lets you mix & match your endpoint protection to a different OS (Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android) anytime with just a few clicks without having to purchase additional licenses, thus saving a substantial amount of your company budget.

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To provide the most up-to-date and secure experience on current operating systems, as of January 1, 2022, Microsoft has announced that updates are no longer provided for the consumer version of your OneDrive desktop application on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1.

Files will continue to sync via your OneDrive desktop application until March 1, 2022. After this date files will stop syncing to the cloud. Visit Microsoft’s support page to learn more. Files on your device and in your OneDrive will not be lost but will stop automatically syncing. After this date, you can access and update your files across devices using the OneDrive website.

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