It seems that right now phone scam season is going strong! Last week I posted about some common scams targeting businesses. Those same scams are also targeting the general public, so please be on the lookout for them. In addition to those, here are some others that seem to be targeting primarily individuals and the general public. (more…)
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More Phone Scams For the General Public
Thursday, March 20th, 2014Tags:awareness, compliance, cybercrooks, cybersecurity, data protection, IBM, Information Security, infosec, Keywords: phone scams, midmarket, non-compliance, personal information identifier, personal information item, phishing, PI, PII, policies, privacy, privacy laws, privacy professor, privacyprof, Rebecca Herold, risk assessment, risk management, robocall, security, social engineering, surveillance, training
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Phone Scam Open Season – Business Risks
Friday, March 14th, 2014It seems that right now phone scam season is going strong! I got 2 calls last week from scammers. I got another scammer call during a meeting last night. Two of my LinkedIn contacts got calls in the past week that they asked me about. A local newspaper columnist got a call from a scammer. As folks are becoming more aware of phishing attempts via email and other types of malware, they are also becoming more lax about spotting phone scams, often stating the belief that most crooks are using online phishing scams instead of any other type of rip-off. (more…)
Tags:awareness, compliance, cybercrooks, cybersecurity, data protection, IBM, Information Security, infosec, Keywords: phone scams, midmarket, non-compliance, personal information identifier, personal information item, phishing, PI, PII, policies, privacy, privacy laws, privacy professor, privacyprof, Rebecca Herold, risk assessment, risk management, robocall, security, social engineering, surveillance, training
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