Everyone’s Fight, All The Time
Security awareness is not just another workplace routine, it’s one of the biggest global battles of our time.
Security awareness is not just another workplace routine, it’s one of the biggest global battles of our time.
Fighting back against scams, whether at work or at home, is as simple as developing a handful of healthy habits. There’s a simple trick, and it’s called motivation.
Scams against older adults are not just surging, estimated to now be costing more than $80 billion a year, but they’re also having a devastating health impact. They could be your parents or grandparents.
Dozens of kids and teens in America have taken their own lives in just the last few years because of a particularly nasty crime known as sextortion. Do you need any more motivation?
Don’t be mad at the crime. Be mad at the criminal. Like the highly respected entrepreneur often referred to as the Prince who netted billions of dollars running violent pig butchering camps that forced thousands of kidnapped workers to commit the scams that end up in your inbox.
AI and deepfakes are making it almost impossible to trust anything that we see or hear. But our best defence is still HI. Human intelligence. And so much is about focusing on the context.
Some people more vulnerable than others to falling for a scam, and that’s what criminals are banking on. Understanding the psychology of crime could reduce your chances of being the next victim.
The most powerful crime-fighting technology of them all just happens to be wedged right between your ears. And one of the many superhero crime-fighting powers inside that chaos machine in your head is – skepticism.