Cybersecurity Awareness & Blog
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2024 Cybersecurity Predictions
The new year brings new and more sophisticated threats to prepare for. Advancements in technology and changes in the economic climate have provided ample opportunities for cybercriminals to fill their pockets. Keep reading to learn about our predictions for cybersecurity trends you’ll see this year.
How to Stay Cyber Safe During the Holidays
To help keep you cyber safe this holiday season, we’ve compiled some of the top holiday scams to look out for with recommendations on how to guard against them.
Phishing-as-a-Service: What You Need To Know To Stay Cyber Safe
One of the newer forms of attack leverages Phishing-as-a-Service to steal credentials and take control of your accounts. Keep reading to learn more about this form of phishing and how to keep yourself safe.
How to Protect Yourself from ChatGPT Scams
In this blog, we’ll go over scams cybercriminals have crafted using ChatGPT and provide best practices on how to protect yourself and stay cyber safe online.
Securing Canada’s Digital Future Requires Federal Action Now
Earlier this week, Beauceron Security CEO, David Shipley, was invited to speak alongside Dr. Ken Barker, Professor at the Institute for Security, Privacy and Information Insurance at the University of Calgary and Juliette Kayyem, a Belfer Lecturer on International Security for the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, at the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): What it is and Why We Should Use it
Enabling two-factor authentication or multi-factor authentication is an excellent way to add that extra layer of protection to work or personal accounts. In this blog, you’ll learn about the different forms of authentication and why enabling either two-factor authentication or multi-factor authentication is considered a cybersecurity best practice.
Cyber True Crime: The Affiliate Part 5
Welcome back to Part 5 of the Cyber True Crime series The Affiliate. In past blogs, we covered the history of NetWalker, how a RaaS ransomware gang functions, how Sebastien Vachon Desjardins, or the Affiliate, attempted to hide his criminal activity through international servers and in our last blog the organizations he targeted in his attacks. In this installment, we’ll begin to unravel how the FBI began tracking the Affiliate down through the international servers and his multiple email addresses.
Cyber True Crime: The Affiliate Part 4
Welcome back to Part 4 of the cyber true crime series: The Affiliate. In this installment, we’ll cover the organizations that the Affiliate targeted over the span of a few weeks.
Global Impact Insights: How to Protect Yourself and Your Organization During These Uncertain Times
The Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to dominate news broadcasts and social media. Beauceron Security CEO, David Shipley, provides his insights into what the cyber threat landscape will look like.
Dear Ransomware Gangs: An Open Letter to Cyber Criminals
Last week was an important week for Canada’s stance against ransomware gangs. On Monday, the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security released their “Open letter to Canadian organizations about ransomware.” On Tuesday, CBC’s As it Happens reported on the recent arrest of an Ottawa man allegedly accused of participating in a ransomware gang. Beauceron Security CEO, David Shipley, was interviewed by As it Happens and gave his perspective on the situation.
To listen to David’s full interview with As it Happens, click here.