Nowadays, it’s not uncommon for an auto or truck retailer to collect sensitive customer information at numerous stages in the sales process, from financing to warranty management and beyond. However, most dealers aren’t thinking about data security on a day-to-day basis. When cybersecurity ends up on the back burner, that sensitive data can be put at … Read more
Do you believe your dealership is safe from phishing attacks? Here are two actual incidents that occurred at dealerships as a result of successful phishing attacks. One day a salesperson at a Ford dealership received an email. The subject line read: RE: 2015 Ford Focus. The email appeared to be from a customer who was … Read more
Phishing is the practice of sending targeted emails designed to lure employees into a number of actions, such as entering login credentials, credit card information or downloading documents infected with malware. Phishing emails appear to come from familiar entities such as a bank, healthcare provider or delivery company. Sometimes they contain threatening messages such as … Read more
Timonium, MD June 12th, 2016 Helion Automotive Technologies, a leading provider of information technology (IT) solutions for auto and truck dealers, today issued a new data security warning for auto dealerships. Hackers are now planting malware inside of social media posts designed to lure employees of organizations to click on the post. If an employee takes the bait and clicks on the social media post, e.g. Facebook and … Read more