Cybersecurity rightfully occupies a spot at the forefront of the news today and is a topic of great concern for leadership in churches, ministries, businesses, and organizations of every kind. The concept can be overwhelming to many, and unfortunately, too many churches do not have a comprehensive strategy in place to prevent attacks from those…
Churches Continue to be Prime Targets for Social Engineering Scams and Email Attacks Recently at Enable Ministry Partners, we have witnessed a rash of compromised (hacked) email accounts amongst churches and some of our clients. Compromised accounts pose dangerous security risks to churches and other organizations. Once an account is compromised, attackers can send any…
At Enable, we are seeing an ever-increasing number of “phishing” schemes and other types of cyberattacks directed towards churches. For a variety of reasons, cybercriminals have identified churches as an attractive and potentially lucrative target. In this article we describe and analyze a recent church-focused phishing attack and provide 10 concrete steps you can take…
Protect Your Church and Nonprofit From Cyber Criminals Cybercrime is not restricted solely to large corporations and industries as one may think. Often, churches and nonprofits are targeted and fall victim to these cyberattacks. In this webinar, we partnered with Ministry Pacific to discuss the importance of improving your organizations cybersecurity. Also in this video,…
An All-Too Common Scenario You hear a new story almost every day. Cybercriminals use social engineering to bypass technology safeguards and security protection to infiltrate email systems, bank accounts, credit card accounts, member databases, and other areas containing sensitive data. The criminals then utilize the data to steal money and identities, create access for future…
Cybersecurity attacks can feel like vague, distant, ambiguous things that “happen to other people.” It’s easy to kid ourselves into thinking we’d never fall for a cyberattack, but the unfortunate reality is that this happens to incredibly smart and accomplished people all of the time. Cybersecurity attacks aren’t so obvious anymore, and they’re not passive…
Phishing emails are on the rise and we expect it to stay that way. The team at Expel decided to dissect exactly how cyber criminals are enticing their victims to open and engage with spam campaigns. They analyzed ten thousand malicious emails to determine the top keywords “bad actors” are using in their email subject…
Multi-factor authentication (“MFA”) has emerged as an important tool to provide an additional level of verification beyond user passwords to protect information systems and user data. The goal of MFA is to verify identity and to make sure that the person logging into an account really is the person they are claiming to be. MFA…
The unfortunate truth is that cyber criminals are getting smarter and sneakier with their attacks, and we have seen an increase in phishing emails preying on churches specifically as of late. These cyber criminals are smart, and they know that churches are “in the business” of caring for and helping people. They create false scenarios…
Cybersecurity can feel overwhelming. We get it. We really do. It feels like there are so many things you should be and could be doing, and honestly, that is the truth. Cybersecurity requires an active and preventative approach, much like insurance. You must be proactive and invest in security measures before something bad happens. And…
