Phishing Links Sent Via Legitimate Google Drive Notifications

Nov 5, 2020 8:24:27 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Scammers are abusing a Google Drive feature to send phishing links in automated email notifications from Google, WIRED reports. By mentioning a Google user in a Drive document, the ...

Cannabis Company GrowDiaries Suffers Data Breach of 3.4 Million Users

Nov 4, 2020 9:52:36 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A recent report from SiliconANGLE released information that cannabis company GrowDiaries suffered a data breach with details of 3.4 million users being exposed online.

Thinking Skeptically About Smishing

Nov 4, 2020 8:55:48 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Organizations need to train their employees to be on the lookout for SMS phishing (smishing), according to Jennifer Bosavage at Dark Reading. Bosavage explains that attackers exploit ...

[On-Demand Webinar] Top 5 IT Security Myths Your CISO Believes Are True… BUSTED!

Nov 4, 2020 8:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Facts are facts, but what happens when IT security pros take myths at face value?

Organizational Security Posture Effectiveness Declines by 38% Due to COVID

Nov 4, 2020 7:02:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Remote workforces, insecure devices, a lack of multi-factor authentication, and a lack of user education all add up to a security nightmare for the average organization today.

WARNING: Americans’ Password Habits are Horrible, Putting Organizations at Risk

Nov 4, 2020 7:01:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

New data shows the average American uses short, uncomplicated, and often predictable passwords, practices which only increase the insecurity of corporate user accounts.

Cyber Insurers Expect to Raise Ransomware Policy Premiums as Much as 25%

Nov 4, 2020 7:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The increase in the frequency of ransomware attacks, as well as the rise in the demanded ransom amounts is causing cyber insurers to change tactics to limit their risk.

Manipulation by Disinformation: How Elections are Swayed

Nov 3, 2020 10:25:40 AM By Javvad Malik

Security Serious Week 2020 focused on disinformation, and there were many talks, tweetchats, presentations, panel discussions, and blogs.

CyberheistNews Vol 10 #45 [Heads Up] Here Are Some Truly Scary Social Media Stats

Nov 3, 2020 10:08:18 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Conman in the Secret World

Nov 3, 2020 8:31:57 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Last week, Garrison Courtney, a former spokesman for the US Drug Enforcement Administration, was sentenced to seven years in prison for running a massive Ponzi scheme involving dozens of ...

[SCAM OF THE WEEK] Sean Connery's Final Wish is Revealed

Nov 2, 2020 2:02:20 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

After the sad passing of famous actor Sir Sean Connery, Yahoo News released an article that revealed his final wish after he passed away peacefully with his family at his side.

[HEADS UP] British Broadcasting Corporation Receives 250,000 Phishing Emails a Day

Nov 2, 2020 10:02:13 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Popular public service broadcasting station British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has received a quarter of a million phishing emails per day, according to a Freedom of Information (FOI) ...

JavaScript Obfuscation on Phishing Pages Continues to Rise by 70%

Nov 2, 2020 8:23:41 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The use of JavaScript to obfuscate phishing pages increased by 70% in the ten months between November 2019 and August 2020, according to researchers at Akamai. Attackers use this ...

Famous VC Firm: "The New Attack Surface is Your Life"

Nov 2, 2020 8:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

As a CEO with VC investors, I follow what happens in the venture capital space and what things VCs are interested in regarding their investment strategies. I was happily surprised to see ...

Learn to Combat These Three Cybersecurity Monsters This Halloween and Beyond

Oct 30, 2020 9:45:00 AM By Perry Carpenter

It’s that time of year again. The air feels a bit crisper; the days are a bit shorter; and children around the world prepare to go trick or treating. Even as an adult, Halloween is ...

KnowBe4 Fresh Content Updates from October: Including New SCIM Integration Support for Azure Active Directory

Oct 30, 2020 8:30:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Here are important fresh content updates and new features to share with you for the month of October.

Cybersecurity Awareness Month Lessons Learned: Out of Bounds Communication

Oct 30, 2020 8:00:00 AM By Javvad Malik

When staying safe online, it’s important not to go “out of bounds” for communication. Simply put, going out of bounds could mean a recipe for how your users could fall victim to a ...

New Ransomware, OldGremlin, Coming Soon to an Organization Near You!

Oct 29, 2020 5:19:45 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Pay attention to this one. Despite only targeting Russian companies, the use of custom self-made malware and decidedly creative phishing campaigns makes them a potential danger.

Phishing Attacks Can Come from an Unlimited Number of Trusted Phishing Sites Thanks to Google App Engine

Oct 29, 2020 5:19:40 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Scammers are taking advantage of Google’s Trust Service Verification and the way their App Engine creates unique URLs to host trusted landing pages used in phishing scams.

More Ransomware Creators Jump on the Leak Site Bandwagon as the Number of Sites and Data Breach Posts Skyrocket in Q3

Oct 29, 2020 5:19:35 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The third quarter saw massive increases in activity by ransomware gangs both creating leak sites and posting to them about recent attacks on orgs that, presumably, didn’t pay the ransom.

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