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CyberheistNews Vol 3, 17
Editor's Corner
Cyberheist Victim Gets Sued By Own Bank
Brian Krebs reported that a bank that gave a business customer a short term loan to cover $336,000 stolen in a 2012 cyberheist is now suing that customer to recover the fronted funds, after the victim company refused to repay or even acknowledge the loan.
On May 9, 2012, cyber crooks hit Wallace & Pittman PLLC, a Charlotte, N.C. based law firm that specializes in handling escrow and other real-estate legal services. The firm had just finished a real estate closing that morning, initiating a wire of $386,600.61 to a bank in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Hours later, the thieves put through their own fraudulent wire transfer, for exactly $50,000 less.
The law firm believes the malware was embedded in a phishing email made to look like it was sent by the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA), a legitimate network for a wide variety of financial transactions in the United States. Read the whole story at the Krebsonsecurity site:
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/04/bank-sues-cyberheist-victim-to-recover-funds/
Lesson learned? Give all employees security awareness training and prevent a lawsuit...
Boston Marathon Malware
Cybercrime miscreants have been quick to exploit the bombing of the Boston Marathon as bait for multiple malware campaigns. These scammers were able to register 234 fake domains within 24 hours, and some of those domains are asking for charitable donations in bitcoins. Not all of these hundreds of scam domains are active yet, but the potential is there.
Malware providers are using social engineering to make people click on URLs like this, since it's a hot news topic. This tactic has worked for the last 10 years, and unless your users are trained, will continue to pull victims in.
AVG, Sophos, and Kaspersky are warning people that the Windows Trojan Tepfer is being spread via emails with the subject "Explosion at Boston Marathon." The link leads to a page of videos, but 60 seconds later the Trojan tries to install itself in the background. Warn your users! Again!
Quotes of the Week
"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?" - Abraham Lincoln
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This Is How Attackers Break Into Your Network
91% of data breaches begin with a “spear-phishing” email, research from security software firm Trend Micro shows. Are -you- vulnerable? Find out now if your email server is configured correctly, many are not!
KnowBe4 offers you a free 'Domain Spoof Test', which shows if we can send you an email coming from someone in your own domain. It's quick, easy and often a shocking discovery. The single thing we do is just send one email from the outside to you.
Can hackers spoof an email address from your own domain, which is the first step of an incredibly expensive data breach? Find out now:
http://info.knowbe4.com/130416domainspooftest-0
Stupid User Tricks 7: True Tales Of Extreme Brain Fail
Ah, users -- if it weren't for them, technology would work so well. As anyone who works in tech support knows, the most common cause of computer-oriented trouble is a little thing called user error. Sometimes, the mistakes people make are so absurd; all you can do is laugh.
InfoWorld has tracked down six such tales of embarrassing brain fail. Read them, have a laugh, and -- most of all -- be glad you weren't the one who had to deal with the fallout:
http://www.infoworld.com/t/information-technology-careers/stupid-user-tricks-7-true-tales-of-extreme-brain-fail-216201?source=twitter
Symantec: "Cyber-Attackers Focus On Small Business
Small businesses continue to be a focus of such attacks, with firms of 250 or fewer employees accounting for 31 percent of attacks, Symantec's report stated.
In its annual Internet Security Threat Report, Symantec reported that it is seeing more targeted attacks and a focus on Web attacks, instead of email being used to send malware attachments. Symantec stated this in its Internet Security Threat Report released on April 16. More:
http://www.eweek.com/security/cyber-attackers-focus-on-small-businesses-web-based-malware-symantec/?kc=EWKNLEDP04182013D
Cyberheist 'FAVE' LINKS:
* This Week's Links We Like. Tips, Hints And Fun Stuff.
Juggling comedian Michael Davis performs at the historic Ford's Theater for the former President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan. This is truly very funny:
http://www.flixxy.com/comedian-juggles-for-reagan.htm
Hungarian shadow-theatre company ‘Attraction’ leaves the Britain’s Got Talent crowd and judges in tears:
http://www.flixxy.com/britains-got-talent-shadow-theatre-group-attraction.htm
A model rocket crashes at sea over Peconic Bay, Long Island, USA (with mission control chatter):
http://www.flixxy.com/houston-we-have-a-problem.htm
Seasonal changes on the sand dunes of Planet Mars as captured by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Interesting:
http://www.flixxy.com/seasonal-changes-on-planet-mars.htm
Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Michael Jackson, Donald O'Conor, Veral Ellen, Ann Miller, Ginger Rogers, Eleanor Powell, Danny Kaye, Debbie Reynolds, Rita Hayworth, Cyd Charisse and Mizi Gaynor dancing to the music of "Stayin' Alive" and "Billie Jean.":
http://www.flixxy.com/dancing-legends.htm
Viral smarty pants C.G.P. Grey explains the many curiosities of Vatican City, the tiny city-state that is the world’s smallest country and the home of the Pope:"
http://www.flixxy.com/vatican-city-explained.htm
This cat named Sox spots her reflection in the bathroom mirror and studies it by posing and raising her paws:
http://www.flixxy.com/cat-poses-in-the-mirror.htm
Slow-motion footage shows how a hawk is able to maneuver through the narrow spaces of a dense forest:
http://www.flixxy.com/goshawk-flies-through-tiny-spaces-in-slow-motion.htm
100-year-old Bel Kaufman teaches the younger generations about life and humor:
http://www.flixxy.com/how-to-live-to-be-100.htm
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