{"id":413,"date":"2021-02-08T19:01:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T19:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsite.payrollmedics.com\/blog\/?p=413"},"modified":"2021-03-14T19:06:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T19:06:53","slug":"4-ways-hackers-celebrate-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.payrollmedics.com\/blog\/4-ways-hackers-celebrate-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Ways Hackers Celebrate Valentine\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do hacker\u2019s celebrate Valentine\u2019s Day? Of course \u2013 they wouldn\u2019t be the only one\u2019s left out of celebrating a Hallmark holiday about love and devotion. After all, they are likely highly devoted to their cause\u2026hacking.<\/p>\n

All joking aside, employers and their employees should keep holiday trends, such as Valentine\u2019s Day, in mind when considering cyber security at various times of the year.<\/p>\n

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BASELINE TRAINING<\/strong><\/p>\n

Regardless of the time of year, all employees should be trained to spot potential\u00a0phishing attacks<\/a>. Employers should considering using\u00a0phishing simulation<\/a>\u00a0as a safe and product way to train staff too. Employees should also learn how to spot a\u00a0ransomware<\/a>\u00a0attack, as these should be taken very seriously. With adequate training, preparation, careful planning, and vigilance, organizations can certainly increase their chances of\u00a0surviving such an attack<\/a>.<\/p>\n

POPULAR WORDS AND PHRASES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hackers may be more inclined to use popular words and phrases, based off a certain holiday, such as Valentine\u2019s Day, or time of year in their attempted phishing or ransomware emails. It might be prudent to send a reminder email to employees to be on the lookout for phishing and ransomware emails, specifically ones that include the following \u201choliday\u201d language: love, chocolate, devotion, roses, flowers, cupid, romance, candy, February, heart and more.<\/p>\n

With certain holidays on the mind of employees, hackers will try to take advantage of that \u201ctop of mind\u201d knowledge. Remind your employees of cyber security best practices, in addition to these keywords and phrases.<\/p>\n

THE \u201cTOO GOOD TO BE TRUE\u201d SALE<\/strong><\/p>\n

If an email citing a sale for 80% off new Airpods or a Macbook for your \u201csweetie\u201d sounds too good to be true\u2026then it probably is. Employees\u00a0probably<\/em>\u00a0shouldn\u2019t be using company time or property to shop for their significant other, friends or themselves (be sure to check and\/or update your\u00a0BYOD<\/a>\u00a0policy), but employees, even in good conscience, may be prompted by an email to shop on company time. While employees shouldn\u2019t be doing this in the first place, be sure to remind them how to spot these types of phishing emails. And, it\u2019s always a good practice to re-train employees on a recurring basis \u2013 the beginning of the year is as good a time as any!<\/p>\n

SENDER NAME, EMAIL DOMAIN\u2026AND MORE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hackers can be clever, so many phishing or ransomware emails may not include popular words and phrases or a \u201ctoo good to be true\u201d offer. Instead, employees should be trained to spot other \u201cred flags,\u201d such as an unknown sender, an error in an email address or domain, and more. If \u201cJoe\u201d from Sales rarely sends emails with sales or monetary requests, employees should \u201cflag\u201d that email and consider picking up the phone and calling Joe. Do not respond directly to the email; instead, take the conversation offline and check your sources.<\/p>\n

Valentine\u2019s Day should be about love\u2026loving your friends, family, significant other and yourself \u2013 not about cyber security. Still, hackers don\u2019t take a day off, even for such a positive holiday. Employers and their employees should keep holiday trends, such as Valentine\u2019s Day, in mind when considering cyber security at various times of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do hacker\u2019s celebrate Valentine\u2019s Day? Of course \u2013 they wouldn\u2019t be the only one\u2019s left out of celebrating a Hallmark holiday about love and devotion. After all, they are likely highly devoted to their cause\u2026hacking. All joking aside, employers and their employees should keep holiday trends, such as Valentine\u2019s Day, in mind when considering cyber … <\/p>\n

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