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CyberheistNews Vol 4, 28
Editor's Corner
Five Travel Scams Of The Week
It's summer and a lot of people are on the road, but some of your employees are always traveling for business, and often these are management-level people with access to lots of confidential data.
These days, you can’t travel on either business or vacation and let your electronic guard down. Here are a few popular scams they need to watch out for. Send this to all employees that might benefit and and protect your network at the same time:
1) Fake Free Wi-Fi Network that you find when you look for access to your business account. It has the hotel's name, but the scammers are listening in on the (company confidential) traffic. Verify with the hotel before logon on "free Hotel Wi-Fi".
2) Fake Software Update where a traveler attempting to set up a hotel internet connection sees an "Update-popup" for a popular software product. Click on it and malware installs. Always update laptops before you leave and never update while you travel.
3) Pizza Delivery Scam where you find a flyer slipped under your hotel door. When you call to order, they take your card data but never deliver because the flyer was a scam. Get food recommendations from the concierge!
4) An ATM Security Team is warning about new ATM skimmers that are almost impossible to detect with the naked eye. Thanks to a slimmed-down profile, the devices sit within the throat of an ATM card slot, capturing data when a traveler slides their card inside. A spy camera then tapes the customer as they enter their PIN number on the keypad. Especially when on the road, COVER YOUR HAND WHEN TYPING IN THE PIN!
5) Late Night Hotel Front Desk Call where you get a call alerting you there is a problem with your credit card and please verify the number. Except it's a scammer who now has your number or perhaps just skimmed your card at the ATM and needs some more info to make a fake duplicate card so they can grab the maximum cash. Especially when you travel, _never_ give out credit card information if you did not initiate the call!
Quotes of the Week
"Love is a friendship set to music." - Joseph Campbell, Writer (1904 – 1987)
"One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives." - Euripides - Writer (480 - 406 BC)
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KnowBe4 Extends Crypto-Ransom Guarantee
Mid June, KnowBe4 announced that we will pay the ransom if someone is hit with a ransomware strain while they are our customer. Basically, we are confident that employees who A) step through our training and B) get sent one of our simulated phishing attacks at least once a month, they simply will not fall for ransomware attacks which rely on social engineering. This was a June-only special offer though.
Many of you wanted to take us up on this offer but could not get budget approval in time, so we got a lot of requests to extend it so you had some more time to get the OK. And since we really want all of you to train your end-users, we have extended our crypto-ransom guarantee! Here is the new page where you can fill out a form to find out how affordable Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training is for your organization TODAY:
http://info.knowbe4.com/ransomware-cryptolocker-guarantee-0
New Study: AV And Anti-Malware Most Used Controls For APT Defense
A global poll revealed that AV and anti-malware technologies were employed at nearly all enterprises as a line of defense against APT attacks, while security pros used other key security controls far less.
ISACA, an association with over 115,000 constituents which focuses on IT governance, risk and privacy concerns, released its second annual Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Awareness report last week.
Here is a relevant section that you should send to management with a note that budget for security awareness training would be a very, very good idea:
"While these controls are proficient for defending against traditional attacks, they are probably not as well suited for preventing APTs for a number of reasons,” such as zero-day threats and use of spear phishing attacks, the report continued. “This indicates that additional controls – and perhaps an increased focus on email security and user education – could be beneficial.":
http://www.isaca.org/Knowledge-Center/Research/ResearchDeliverables/Pages/Advanced-Persistent-Threats-Awareness-Study-Results.aspx
Mob-Busting Tool Used Against Online Crime
Remember the RICO laws that were enacted against the mafia in the seventies? The Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, originally used to bring down crime families, is now being utilized against hackers who in many cases have never met and don't know each other's real names.
Federal prosecutors are now using mob-busting tactics to catch and disrupt online crooks, applying a law written to dismantle Mafia families to pursue loose affiliations of thieves scattered around the world. The article in in the Wall Street Journal, there is a pay-wall but perhaps your execs have access already. This is good ammo to get some awareness on the C- and Board level:
http://online.wsj.com/articles/cybercrime-is-likened-to-organized-crime-1404841253
Big-Screen Con Artists: 7 Great Movies About Social Engineering
They may have been called con artists, scoundrels or even matchstick men. Regardless of the name, social engineers have been the subject of several great movies over the years. Here are seven examples of films where social engineers' techniques were turned into big-screen stories. I am watching these seven movies as a combination of both business and pleasure. You do the same and tell me which is your fave?
http://www.csoonline.com/article/2358750/data-protection/big-screen-con-artists--7-great-movies-about-social-engineering.html
Worst Data Breaches Of 2014…So Far
The Identity Theft Resource Center, which tracks data breaches, has counted 381 reported breaches and 10.8 million records exposed from the start of the year through June. We identified the worst of these for the first quarter of the year, and now we show you the worst for April though June. Slideshow at Networkworld:
http://www.networkworld.com/article/2452764/security/158884-Worst-data-breaches-of-2014-So-far.html?
Cyberheist 'FAVE' LINKS:
* This Week's Links We Like. Tips, Hints And Fun Stuff.
In a robot lab at TEDGlobal, Raffaello D'Andrea demos his flying quadcopters: robots that think like athletes, solving physical problems with algorithms that help them learn. In a series of nifty demos, D'Andrea show drones that play catch, balance and make decisions together -- and watch out for an I-want-this-now demo of Kinect-controlled quads. Lunch & learn !!!
http://youtu.be/w2itwFJCgFQ
Ksenia Parkhatskaya could have been plucked from the 1920s and put on the stage today. Just watch her dance the Charleston:
http://www.flixxy.com/stockholm-tap-festival-ksenia-parkhatskaya.htm?utm_source=nl
An amazing performer does magic with glass balls on the streets of Carcassonne Castle in the South of France:
http://www.flixxy.com/skillful-virtuoso.htm
Japanese master craftsman Noboru Honma produces beautiful razor-thin veneers by using simple traditional techniques:
http://www.flixxy.com/gucci-japan-hand.htm?utm_source=nl
Only in Addis Ababa, can you see a man and a goat riding together on a bicycle:
http://www.flixxy.com/man-riding-a-bike-with-a-goat-in-ethiopia.htm?utm_source=nl
And while we are there, it is amazing how well the traffic flows without traffic lights at a major intersection in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia.
http://www.flixxy.com/crossroads-without-traffic-lights-in-ethiopia.htm?utm_source=nl
Tele Servo Bender emulates a lap steel sound using servos. Crafty blend of music and hi-tech!:
http://youtu.be/fSQ9Dg65EFo
Dogs just want to be friends with cats, while cats prefer to have their own space. Despite repeated rejections, dogs keep trying ....
http://www.flixxy.com/dogs-annoying-cats-with-their-friendship.htm
Glass harpist Jamey Turner plays Mozart's Adagio in C Minor on wine glasses in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. He's actually pretty good:
http://www.flixxy.com/street-performer-playing-mozart-on-water-glasses.htm?utm_source=nl
Celine Dion was so impressed when she saw Charice (16) perform one of her songs on 'Oprah,' that she invited her on stage at Madison Square Garden for a duet: 16 years old and WORLD CLASS:
http://www.flixxy.com/charice-and-celine-dion-duet-at-madison-square-garden-hd.htm
3 year old Nathan Robles demonstrated incredible dexterity, concentration and quickness.
http://www.flixxy.com/amazing-3-year-old-cup-stacker.htm?utm_source=nl
Highlights from the Budapest Airshow 2014 featuring planes flying through the beautiful city and taking off from and flying under the bridges of the Danube river.
http://www.flixxy.com/budapest-airshow-2014-highlights.htm
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