Defeat Spam: Anti-Frustration Measures!

🔒📧 Beat Spam: Tips to Keep It From Getting You Down! 💡 Cybercriminals are pulling out all the stops to flood our inboxes. Fortunately, here are some smart tips from the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) to help you stay in control of your emails. 💌🛡 Imagine: spam emails asking for a read receipt. And just like that… The…

Cybercrime and Social Media

Cybercrime and Social Media

Cybercrime and Social Media: What’s the Goal? Just as with a so-called “traditional” phishing campaign, these social media-specific cyberattacks employ the same tactics (phishing, ransomware, spam, malware). Some hackers even manage to take control of influencers’ official accounts to extract information from their followers in order to…

Cyberattack in Ardenne Métropole, Charleville-Mézières, and its CCAS

Cyberattack in Ardenne Métropole, Charleville-Mézières, and its CCAS

Cyberattack on Ardenne Métropole, the City of Charleville-Mézières, and its CCAS In the recent wave of cyberattacks, Ardenne Métropole, the City of Charleville-Mézières, and its CCAS (Communal Center for Social Action) were not spared. Paralyzed in early March by a ransomware attack, 2,000 employees were left without access to their computers, archives, or…

Cyberattack on the Eure-et-Loir Departmental Council

Cyberattack on the Eure-et-Loir Departmental Council

Eure-et-Loir Departmental Council Paralyzed by a Cyberattack Sunday, July 5, 2020: The Eure-et-Loir Departmental Council has just been targeted by a cyberattack. All of its information systems are down. Its website states that it was “the victim of a major cyberattack over the weekend.” All of its information systems are inaccessible: email, networks, and platforms are paralyzed. The department…