For years, corporate fraud was limited by the costs, expertise and resources required to carry out a convincing deception. Artificial intelligence (AI) has changed this. Today, AI can create realistic voices, videos, emails, invoices, identities and customer interactions at a scale and speed that traditional fraud controls were never designed to address. AI-powered fraud is…
While it may seem hard to believe, here we are again in yet another new year. The holiday obligations and celebrations are over. Chances are, however, that you’ve spent a fair amount over the holidays and might need a plan to help kickstart 2025 with some actionable financial goals. Here are a few ideas. Create…
When you woke up on New Year’s Day, did you ever imagine the craziness that is 2020? Did you think that we would have had to quarantine ourselves for the better part of the winter, spring and into the summer due to the scourge of a novel virus? Did you imagine record unemployment, schools and…
It is way past April Fools, and it is time for everyone to get busy. There are only 4 more days for your pilgrimage for dear old Uncle Sam. April 15th is right around the corner, after which you might be able to catch the annual flight of the green eye-shaded bean counter. While their…
Every year around tax time, it seems as if scammers are finding new and creative ways of separating consumers from their hard-earned monies. We get a few steps ahead, and they come up with something new. Ultimately though, the most important thing to do is to remain diligent. If it doesn’t sound right…it probably isn’t….
We’ve seen headline after headline about massive data breaches at hospitals, financial institutions and major retailers. Small businesses are hardly immune…they too have sensitive information that makes them vulnerable, and today you can’t afford to just cross your fingers and hope for the best. Following are just some of the steps you can take to…
As many of you know, Yahoo recently tried to fix a security issue in their system, and in doing so they broke listservs and mailing lists around the world. When someone with an @yahoo.com email address tried to post something to a listserv, not only did they get bounced but other innocent email addresses were bounced as…
