For years, “know your customer” checks have become commonplace on the internet, often by sharing a copy of your ID and a selfie issued by the government to confirm that you are real, to gain access to a website or app, or to buy certain goods. Nowadays, age verification laws in the US, the United […]
They can contact us, develop trust and apparently asking harmless questions such as: “Oh, you have a dog? What’s your dog?” With the help of artificial intelligence tools, they then use permutations of this information in attempts to hack the online accounts of other family members. “A child can be an effective channel for a […]
Of all the organizations we deal with at least once a year, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) seems a difficult target for cyber crime. The federal department makes it difficult to secure its portal and taxpayer information with multi-factor authentication. But taxpayers themselves can unintentionally give criminals the keys to their CRA accounts. “Even with […]