Note: I got this too and had a similar reaction last week. Security researchers say the legitimate email is training people to have bad email hygiene. Richard De Vere, a security ...
An Indiana hospital paid a ransom of $55,000 to get rid of ransomware that had infected its systems and was hindering operations last week. The infection took root last week, on Thursday, ...
A new version of the KillDisk disk-wiping malware has hit companies in the financial sector in Latin America, Trend Micro reported yesterday. Just like previous versions, KillDisk ...
I just found a fabulous post on Quartz. “In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn’t read all the time — none. Zero.” — Charlie Munger, ...
OK, here is something unusual and really scary. KnowBe4's Chief Hacking Officer Kevin Mitnick called me with some chilling news. A white hat hacker friend of his developed a working ...
Ever heard: "If it was easy, everyone would do it" ? Creating a better security culture in your organization has a few challenges. Let's have a look at them, see how you can overcome ...
Interesting research by Enterprise Strategy Group: 63% of organizations experienced an attempted ransomware attack in 2017, with 22% reporting these incidents occurred on a weekly basis. ...
The most persistent security challenge you face today is bad guys social engineering your users. Phishing campaigns continue to be hacker’s No.1 preferred attack vector to get your ...
Microsoft's patch to protect Windows computers from the Meltdown / Spectre "hardware bug" revealed the rootkit-like nature of many antivirus tools. Some AV products are incompatible with ...
First, I wanted to send you a note of our deep gratitude for your trust in us. We have worked really hard to create a powerful, yet super easy platform that we hope you love. How can we ...
We sent out some warnings and advisories last week about Spectre and Meltdown, but we want to remind everyone again about some steps you can take to protect yourself. Remember that the ...
If you want to succeed with your organization's security awareness program, here are some of the top "faux-pas" you should be sure to avoid. Here are some of the errors we have seen over ...
OK, 2018 has just started and it has totally borked all networks in the whole world. That's a fine mess we're in to start off the year. :-) Meltdown and Spectre are CPU hardware design ...
Phishing will remain the primary email attack vector through 2020. A new report from Comodo Security Threat Lab's VP, Fatih Orhan, brings up an interesting statistic from Friedrich ...
Excellent book about InfoSec that has everything you need to know and nothing you don't. A Data-Driven Computer Security Defense: THE Computer Security Defense You Should Be Using by ...
If you have sales offices in Europe, or full subsidiaries, you need to be aware of the NIS directive. Peter Dekker at Enisa warned about the following: During 2017, the GDPR buzz reached ...
Nearly half of federal agency email domains have adopted policies to collect data on unauthorized emails, a move mandated by the Department of Homeland Security in October, according to a ...
The McAfee blog gave an interesting perspective on an area we do not look at too closely normally. Underground cybercrime profits in China have likely already exceeded US$15.1 billion ...
Full marks for inventiveness If you have a YouTube channel, and have had your fill of sifting through the vile torrent of abusive comments left on your video masterpieces, you can invite ...
