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Scam Of The Week: "Shipping Problem"

We have Black Friday and Cyber Monday behind us. After losing ground to online competitors, brick-and-mortar retailers have struck back with incredible online deals. Wal-Mart said ...
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Homeland Security: Security Education Deterred Cybercrime

Homeland Security Today has a good article which explains that cybersecurity education, including employee training and awareness programs, is vital in deterring cybercrime. The ...
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CyberheistNews Vol 4 #46 "New Stuxnet" Discovered Called Regin

CyberheistNews Vol 4 #46 Nov 25, 2014
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KnowBe4 a finalist in Emerging Companies of the Year Awards

You probably are not aware of the Tampa Bay Technology Forum. They are dedicated to growing and promoting Tampa Bay's technology "eco-system.” Through events, education, networking, ...
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Software Support Cybercrime Scam

This week the FTC shut down a $120M tech support scam that consumer software buyers should be aware of. Two telemarketing firms were at the center of this FTC investigation, but there are ...
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CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 46 Black Friday Coupon Alert

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 46
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STATE DEPT COMPUTERS HACKED, EMAIL SHUT DOWN

Associated Press just reported that the State Department has taken the unprecedented step of shutting down its entire unclassified email system as technicians repair possible damage from ...
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New Flavor of Ransomware Is More User Friendly

It's been more than a year since the first vicious ransomware stuck up its ugly head.
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Small business thinks workers are weak cybersecurity link

The poll was conducted by Spiceworks Voice of IT on behalf of CloudEntr in September. The study collected 438 surveys from IT professionals at companies with 20 to 499 employees in ...
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CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 45 Free Pizza Delivers Malware

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 45
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SCAM of the Week: Free Pizza Delivers Malware

There is a current, active cybercrime campaign going, using the tempting lure of free pizza, researchers at Cloudmark warned. They spotted new spam emails claiming to be a campaign from ...
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Home Depot Hackers Also Steal 53 Million Email Addresses

As if it wasn't bad enough to lose 56 million credit card accounts, now Home Depot has to admit it also lost 53 million email addresses. This gives the bad guys a fabulous opportunity to ...
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CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 44 Important items in this issue. Read it.

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 44
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The Next Advanced Cybercrime Service

Here is a mock-up ad for a new real service that became available for cyber criminals recently:
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How Did Russians Hack The White House?

The White House told the press this week that its Executive Office of the President (EOP) network was hacked a few weeks ago, and pooh poohed the data breach by pointing out that it was ...
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PCI Publishes Guidance On Security Awareness Training

The Payment Card Industry Council thinks Security Awareness Training is so important that they just published a 25-page guidance paper that fully explains the why, how and what of ...
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