It’s that time of year – Beware of scammers more than ever

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As we roll in to Black Friday here in the US, the scammers are not taking any time off. In the hype of “too good to be true” deals, scammers operate more easily. After all, “70% off an iPhone” doesn’t raise an eyebrow this time of year. In addition, emails about a delayed shipment or something similar, will be hitting pretty hard.

Make sure that you hover over links in emails with your mouse (<- good info there!), to make sure you know where the link is actually taking you. When in doubt, go to the page directly and do NOT open attached emails.

Stay Safe everyone!


Erich Kron is the Security Awareness Advocate at KnowBe4, and has over 20 years’ experience in the medical, aerospace manufacturing and defense fields. He is the former security manager for the US Army 2nd Regional Cyber Center-Western Hemisphere.

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