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Protecting your digital footprint

In today’s highly digital and hyper-connected world, a great deal of our interactions, shopping and entertainment now comes over the internet. We can now connect to anyone anywhere and access a wide range of information and products from around the ...

The importance of strong passwords

We all have several online accounts and use passwords every day to access them.  If a cyber criminal gets access to your account they will take over that account then look for more accounts they can get into.  Passwords are an important first step i...

What does fraud look like?

Since fraudsters are so innovative, there are many different types of scams that exist and the list is always growing. With all the different scams in today’s digital world, there are 4 main types to be aware of: Email scams (e.g.: Phishing) – This ...

How to identify fraud

What is fraud? So what do we mean when we say “fraud”?  Fraud is any activity that relies on deception to realize a gain. More specifically and what we usually talk about is fraud from a criminal perspective which is when someone knowingly misrepres...

How to identify phishing or smishing

Education and awareness is the first line of defense against fraud and scam attempts. One of the most common types of scam attempts we all face is phishing.   Phishing can come in the form of email, text messages - known as smishing, phone calls - kn...