[ALERT] 2016 Is A Ransomware Horror Show. Here's The Roundup Of 32 New Strains!

Apr 30, 2016 10:21:40 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

If you've been in the IT trenches over the past year, you've probably noticed the announcements of new strains of ransomware are accelerating. The research team at Proofpoint just ...

The Phishing Attack That Came Out Of Zendesk

Apr 26, 2016 4:46:54 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Yesterday, April 25 2016, we encountered a new phishing email being delivered through Zendesk. The credentials phish itself is a straightforward social engineering attack. The email body ...

CyberheistNews Vol 6 #17 Scary New CryptXXX Ransomware Also Steals Your Bitcoins

Apr 26, 2016 9:30:49 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Scary New CryptXXX Ransomware Also Steals Your Bitcoins

Apr 23, 2016 4:28:53 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Now here's a new hybrid nasty that does a multitude of nefarious things. Proofpoint researchers found that it was built by the same cyber mafia that's behind the Reveton malware. A few ...

Scam Of The Week: Secure Document Phishing Attacks Trap Employees

Apr 23, 2016 10:48:26 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

In this Scam Of The Week we are warning against a new wave of phishing scams. In the industry this is called the "secure doc" theme. It's getting very popular with the bad guys. We see a ...

Scam Of The Week: Prince Last Words On Video

Apr 21, 2016 8:18:38 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Today, news broke that Prince Rogers Nelson was found dead in his home in Minneapolis at age 57. He was found unresponsive in an elevator and was declared dead shortly after. He performed ...

[ FTC ALERT ] Don't Get Scammed By Earthquake Phishing Emails

Apr 21, 2016 3:10:20 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

It's the old story. A disaster strikes and 24 hours later you get emails with urgent request for help as hundreds of wounded victims need food, water and shelter. And the bad guys are at ...

CyberheistNews Vol 6 #16 FBI: "Ransomware On Pace To Be A 1 Billion Dollar Business In 2016"

Apr 19, 2016 9:22:54 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 6 #16 FBI: "Ransomware On Pace To Be A 1 Billion Dollar Business In 2016" CNN Money reports about new estimates from the FBI show that the costs from ransomware have ...

A Short History & Evolution of Ransomware

Apr 17, 2016 4:44:24 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Ransomware attacks cause downtime, data loss, possible intellectual property theft, and in certain industries a ransomware attack is now looked at as a possible data breach. Ransomware is ...

CTB-Locker Ransomware Uses Blockchain to Store & Deliver Decryption Keys

Apr 16, 2016 4:48:21 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A mysterious update in the behavior of the CTB-Locker ransomware strain alerted security researchers to pull some strings and see what was going on. The CTB-Locker ransomware family, ...

Ransomware On Pace To Be A 2016 $1 Billion Dollar Business

Apr 16, 2016 10:34:21 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CNN Money reports about new estimates from the FBI that show the costs of ransomware have reached an all-time high this year. Threat actors made $209 million in the first quarter of 2016 ...

Phishing Attacks Hit the C-Suite With High Value Scams [INFOGRAPHIC]

Apr 16, 2016 9:00:38 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

OK, here is great ammo to get more IT security budget. Why? This article and infographic make it real to the C-suite that they themselves have a big phishing target on their back. You all ...

US Company Falls Victim To $100 Million CEO Email Fraud

Apr 15, 2016 8:08:36 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

An as yet unknown American company fell victim to nearly $100 million in CEO Fraud. Employees were social engineered by spoofed emails that claimed to be one of its legitimate vendors, ...

They Shoot Files, Don't They? Jigsaw Ransomware Does...

Apr 14, 2016 11:07:29 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

By Eric Howes, KnowBe4 Principal Lab Researcher. A few days ago our friends at BleepingComputer.com announced the discovery of a new form of ransomware, which they dubbed Jigsaw ...

Pinellas Man Falls Victim To Ransomware

Apr 14, 2016 10:00:00 AM By TAMPA BAY, FL

Pinellas County resident Scott Germak thought he was getting free Tampa Bay Rays tickets based on a phishing email that appeared to be a legitimate message coming from GTE Financial, his ...

The Future Of Ransomware: CryptoWorms?

Apr 12, 2016 2:52:36 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cisco's Talos Labs researchers had a look into the future and described how ransomware would evolve. It's a nightmare. They created a sophisticated framework for next-gen ransomware that ...

Exciting New Features In KnowBe4 Spring 2016 Release

Apr 12, 2016 8:47:40 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

We have several cool new features in the Spring 2016 release! These features were previously out of reach for IT managers with limited budget, and we're excited you can use them now with ...

CyberheistNews Vol 6 #15 [FBI ALERT] Dramatic Increase In Email CEO Fraud To 2.3 Billion.

Apr 12, 2016 8:44:05 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

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CryptoHost Ransomware Locks Files In A Password Protected RAR File

Apr 10, 2016 6:42:50 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new ransomware strain called CryptoHost was discovered, which claims that it encrypts your data and then demands a ransom of .33 bitcoins to get your files back (~140 USD at the current ...

Hello mass spear phishing, meet ransomware!

Apr 9, 2016 11:15:40 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Ransomware is now one of the greatest threats on the internet. In the past, IT Security firms used to monitor spear-phishing attacks by espionage outfits, but these techniques are now ...

How Mattel Lost $3M In CEO Fraud Phishing

Apr 9, 2016 8:29:52 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Great story by Erika Kinetz at the Associated Press. How Mattel was the victim of CEO Fraud using phishing and social engineering to trick one of their executives in China to make a $3 ...

Maktub Ransomware Knows Where You Live

Apr 9, 2016 7:58:27 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

It's happening in the UK today, and you can expect it in America tomorrow [correction- it's already happening today]. The bad guys in Eastern Europe are often using the U.K. as their beta ...

KnowBe4 Gets 1st place for the Tampa Best Places To Work

Apr 8, 2016 11:45:28 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

We're stoked here. We got 1st place for the Tampa Best Places To Work - small business category!!! The Tampa Bay Times has a yearly "Best Places To Work" contest, and surveys the ...

Users Really Do Plug in USB Drives They Find

Apr 8, 2016 7:22:18 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Been suspecting that your users are plugging in any USB stick they find, to see what is on it? Well, you are right, they actually do that. Fresh scientific research by Google, and the ...

[FBI ALERT] Dramatic Increase in e-mail CEO Fraud To 2.3 Billion.

Apr 6, 2016 2:34:49 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A brand new Alert by the FBI on April 4th 2016 warns of a major increase in what they call business email compromise or BEC (we call it CEO Fraud), amounting to a whopping $2.3 billion in ...

CyberheistNews Vol 6 #14 Why Hospitals Are Perfect Ransomware Targets. Are You Next?

Apr 5, 2016 9:31:04 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

More About Petya Hard Disk Lock BSoD Ransomware

Apr 3, 2016 11:48:28 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[UPDATE April 10, 2016] Petya's ransomware's encryption has been defeated and a password generator has been released. See bottom of the post. March 25, news came out about a new type of ...

KnowBe4 Has Blowout First Quarter 2016

Apr 2, 2016 9:19:50 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

KnowBe4, the United States’ most popular integrated platform for security awareness training and simulated phishing tests, announced it attained a top spot (#220) in the Cybersecurity ...

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