What is spear phishing?

Hacking today is, for the most part, run by large organized criminal gangs. Hacking generates hundreds of millions of dollars a year in revenue for these gangs. Because so much money is involved, these organizations can invest in developing new attacks and in finding ways around your defenses. These targeted attacks, sometimes called Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), can be nearly impossible to detect and avoid. Many targeted attacks focus on individual users’ computers since they can then be used to gain access to data on servers. Let’s look at one of the most common targeted attacks, spear phishing attacks.

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Web Application Security

Among the different types of computer applications, web applications are unusually exposed to attacks by hackers. First, they must be connected to the internet, making them an easily reachable target. Hackers prefer to sit thousands of miles away, preferably in a place with no extradition to the U.S., while compromising your web application security completely uninhibited.

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New Horizons Learning Group Launches IT Apprenticeship Program

 

We are excited to announce our new apprenticeship program in California for aspiring IT professionals, launched in collaboration with the American Institutes for Research (AIR) and CompTIA.

New Horizons Learning Group is the latest organization to join CompTIA Apprenticeships for Tech, a national initiative to help employers fill current and long-term IT staffing needs through an “earn and learn” apprenticeship program that is also creating employment opportunities for people from a diversity of backgrounds.

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