It is all over the news, The 4-million Federal Employee OPM database was hacked and lots of employee information leaked to probably the Chinese. This weekend on CNN they said that the ...
CyberheistNews Vol 5 #22 June 2, 2015 ALERT: Is Your Network Infected With A Sleeper Ransomware Strain? There is a concerning new "sleeper" ransomware twist. It's called Locker and has ...
JP Buntix wrote: "Two types of ransomware making headlines all across the world in recent months are called CryptoLocker and CoinVault. Both types of ransomware operate in the same way, ...
You may know Gartner, the 800-pound gorilla in the IT Analyst space. When a market is mature enough they create their so-called Magic Quadrant (MQ) with the leading vendors in that ...
As we predicted in our whitepaper "Your Money or Your Life/Files", there is now shake-and-bake criminal ransomware that aspiring Internet criminals can put together in a few minutes. Meet ...
InfoSec genius Ben Tomhave wrote: "It's that time of year again: time to update the policies! This annual exercise is always a source of great enjoyment for me (no, not really). After ...
This is a concerning new "sleeper" ransomware twist.
Will Your Contractors Take Down Your Business? Do you know how well your vendors, business associates, contracted third parties (who I will collectively call “contractors”) are protecting ...
Adult Friend Finder Hack Is Nightmare Phishing Problem Guys, we have a real phishing problem with this Adult Friend Finder (AFF) hack. This particular adult site is one of the most ...
Guys, we have a real phishing problem with this Adult Friend Finder (AFF) hack. This particular adult site is one of the most heavily-trafficked websites in the U.S. and has 40 million ...
Researchers with AppRiver have observed attackers sending out phishing emails with SVG files attached – these files, when downloaded and executed, open up websites that download what ...
Scam Of The Week: Red Bull Money Mule Victims Warn your employees, friends and family about a cunning money laundering scam that is currently back on the rise. This lure was first used ...
What are IT security people talking about? Here are this week's five most popular hackbusters posts: 1) Feds Say That Banned Researcher Commandeered a Plane: ...
Use this story and send it to your employees as a cautionary tale to make it real to them they should not reuse passwords in general, but especially not for any online payment accounts! ...
You can expect ransomware in America in the next few weeks which has a Breaking Bad theme. Take this a bit further and we can expect ransomware with Halloween themes later this year. ...
Warn your employees, friends and family about a cunning money laundering scam that is currently back on the rise. This lure was used during spring break in 2014 and apparently successful ...
May 14, 2014 7:45 AM BruceyBonus asked the following question at the SpiceWorks Security Forum: "Hi All, been in contact with a company called Knowbe4, they offer a simulated phishing ...
Do you despair that users will never learn to avoid stupid security mistakes that compromise your organization? Maybe you're not spending enough time and effort on training. Roger Grimes ...
According to a recent survey, 96% of executives failed to tell the difference between a real email and a phishing email 100% of the time.
At 27%, banks and credit unions are the largest segment of KnowBe4's customers, obviously because they are the bad guys' #1 target. Thing is, banks and credit unions found us, we did not ...
