Thinking of buying a franchise?
Setting up as a franchisee is very exciting: congratulations! You’ll be buying into a business with an established business model—you’ll know it can work. You just need to make it work for you, in your area. Have you considered cyber security for your franchise? Typically, in exchange for the initial fee, the company you buy the franchise from will provide ...
Phishing by post
We’ve talked about phishing emails several times before; phishing by post is an interesting variant. Instead of sending an email (which costs virtually nothing for the sender), people in Switzerland have received phishing letters—yes, by post. But how can phishing by post even work, you ask? The letters were designed to resemble a letter from a government agency—so they looked ...
Why should I care about security?
You may be asking yourself ‘why should I care about security?’ This might be because you see your business as of no interest to attackers (this is a myth--small businesses are often attacked), or because you see security as just a cost. We believe that your business security matters. We recognize that your outgoings are going up, whether this is ...
Be careful who you trust
In a reverse social engineering attack, the victim is tricked into contacting the attacker. As a result, they trust the attacker, and are less likely to be suspicious if asked for information such as passwords. It works like this:
- The attacker causes some damage to the victim’s device or makes it appear that there is a problem. This might ...
Growing your business? Rule of 3 and 10
Is your business in a period of rapid growth? You may need to reconsider your approach to many things, including your approach to security. The rule of 3 and 10 was observed by Hiroshi Mikitani (CEO of Rakuten): everything breaks when a company triples in size. That is, when it grows from one to three employees, again at 10 employees, ...
See it, Say it, Sorted
See it, Say it, Sorted has become embedded in the UK culture—at least, for anyone who has been on a train in the last few years. Although it is an uncomfortable phrase (something about the change from instruction to promise, and the not-quite-rhyme), it is easy to remember, and effective. Apparently, since the campaign started in 2016, the number of ...
