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BlackCloak | Protect Your Digital Life™

‘Tis the week of Black Friday deals, where the excitement of snagging those incredible deals can sometimes overshadow the importance of staying safe online. With cybercriminals on the prowl, it’s crucial to take steps to protect your digital security while shopping. Here are some tips to help you stay safe ... Read More

In today’s interconnected digital age, the lines between personal and professional cybersecurity have become increasingly blurred. One emerging threat that sits at this intersection is spousal identity theft. While many CISOs focus on protecting company data from external threats, a breach from disruptions at executives’ homes can be equally detrimental—with ... Read More

The landscape of threats facing executives has expanded far beyond the physical realm, and home is the new attack surface. Traditional security measures, while still essential, are no longer sufficient on their own to protect high-profile individuals from the myriad of digital threats that have emerged. Cybersecurity now plays a ... Read More

When you see a news story about a data breach, you shouldn’t always expect it to disappear after the initial report. Occasionally, follow up stories may appear stating that the number of data breach victims was higher than expected, or that the entity in question experienced another cyberattack after the ... Read More

A question that frequently crosses our minds in this digitally-driven world is: “How do cybercriminals get hold of our personal information?” Your digital life intertwines with countless platforms, each housing fragments of your data, which when pieced together, form a comprehensive digital profile. One breach, and this profile can end ... Read More

Social engineering is a type of cybersecurity attack that aims to manipulate victims into sharing personal information, revealing account login, or exposing sensitive information that compromises their personal and/or company’s security, privacy, and finances. While 2022 estimates are still being accounted for, it has been assessed that 6.9 billion was ... Read More

Whenever a data breach takes place involving an entity you are involved with, you should know all the details, particularly involving what data points were compromised in the incident. Depending on the data that was exposed, your next course of action will vary. Perhaps it will be as simple as ... Read More

It shouldn’t be a surprise to know that entities in every state experience data breaches. It also shouldn’t be a surprise to know that some states experience more data breaches than others. Network Assured released a report detailing the 10 states that reported the most data breaches in 2022. Some ... Read More

AI impersonation technology is a new and concerning cyber threat that uses machine learning algorithms to impersonate people online. Hackers can use this technology to create convincing fake personas that they can use to trick their targets into divulging sensitive information. This technique, when combined with vishing, a type of ... Read More

No one wants to receive a data breach notification letter. It’s a document that informs you that your information is at risk, and will likely require you to take action to protect yourself from cyber scams and other headaches. But receiving a timely data breach notification letter is better than ... Read More