Sentences with phrase «cybercriminals often»

NAR attorney Jessica Edgerton warns that cybercriminals often target small and midsized companies.

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Whether via phishing (tricking someone into providing their financial account information — often via an attachment in an email or a fake website that purports to sell or give away tickets), an ATM skimmer (which reads and records the card's information, including password) or point - of - sale malware (like that used in the 2013 Target breach), it's not hard for cybercriminals to trick the unsuspecting.

The convenience of having your card on file often outweighs the risk the site will be hacked by cybercriminals.

Cybercriminals and state - sponsored hackers alike have attacked law firms, large and small — and they are all too often successful because employees are not trained in safe computing, security patches and updates are not installed, out - of - support software (receiving no security updates) continues to be used, and they do not employ encryption.

However, it can often result in over-retention of data, enabling cybercriminals to steal sensitive client documents from years past, even if the firm no longer needs to be able to access this information.

We know that law firms are targeted by cybercriminals, because these attacks are often in the news, and even directly reported to us via the practicePRO program's AvoidAClaim blog or in the form of claims.

Small businesses often lack a formal IT department or even rudimentary internet security measures, which leaves them vulnerable to unscrupulous cybercriminals searching for an easy target.

«The main benefit of bitcoin - the only segment of society where it's used for something other than speculation - is crime,» he said, noting that when cybercriminals hijack computer systems they very often demand their ransom in bitcoin.