Trends in Phishing, as Seen From a Mountain View

Mar 31, 2020 8:31:06 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) released details on recent state-sponsored phishing campaigns from around the world. The researchers said that Google’s phishing ...

CyberheistNews Vol 10 #14 [DON'T HIT THE PANIC BUTTON] "You Are Infected" - Bad Guys Launch an Evil New Corona Virus Attack

Mar 30, 2020 9:22:59 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Who Doesn’t Like Free Money? Scammers Are Expected to Increase Use of the COVID Stimulus Bill to Line their Pockets

Mar 30, 2020 7:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

With cybercriminals loving to be able to target victims where money is directly involved, security experts are anticipating a massive uptick in Stimulus-related scams.

Bad Guys Push New COVID-19 Message: You Are Infected

Mar 27, 2020 9:24:25 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Malicious actors continue to craft ruthlessly aggressive, evil email attacks tailored to leverage mounting fears and anxieties surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States among ...

New Video Module "Covid-19 Best Practices" from KnowBe4 and Transperfect

Mar 27, 2020 2:19:31 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Here is a quick announcement!

The Paradox of Perfection

Mar 27, 2020 8:31:50 AM By Javvad Malik

One of the challenges with living in a hyper-connected world is that it’s easy for anyone to stand on a soapbox and point out when something is wrong.

Hospitality Provider the Target of an Old-School BadUSB Social Engineering Attack

Mar 26, 2020 7:44:59 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

In what appears to be a mix of old- and new-school social engineering, an attack spotted in the wild using a USB thumb drive offers us a view into how one company could have become the ...

Scammers Hijacking Twitter Accounts To Sell Face Masks

Mar 26, 2020 4:00:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Scammers cashing in on the Coronavirus crisis are now hijacking Twitter accounts to heavily promote a web site purporting to sell face masks, respirators, digital thermometers, and toilet ...

The Creation & Development of a COVID-19 Phish

Mar 26, 2020 2:19:22 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

As we documented in a recent blog piece, malicious actors are aggressively exploiting the COVID-19 crisis by re-purposing and overhauling phishing emails they were running before the ...

Inception: Your Employee's Mind is the Scene of the Crime

Mar 26, 2020 8:44:33 AM By Javvad Malik

I loved the movie Inception when it came out. It had everything, a stellar cast, amazing visuals, a strong plot, and a twisted end that still has me wondering whether or not they were in ...

Every Computer Defense Has Three Main Pillars

Mar 26, 2020 8:32:15 AM By Roger Grimes

Defense-in-Depth is a dogmatic term used in the computer defense industry to indicate that every computer defense has to be made up of multiple, overlapping defenses positioned to best ...

[HEADS UP] Cybercriminals Attempt to Exploit Stimulus Package for COVID-19

Mar 26, 2020 8:20:17 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

In several recent blog posts we've showed you the myriad ways in which malicious actors have aggressively -- even ruthlessly -- deployed social engineering tactics to leverage the ...

FBI Warns of Stimulus Check Scams

Mar 25, 2020 8:31:51 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) issued an alert warning of coronavirus-related phishing attacks, particularly surrounding economic stimulus checks. The news that the US ...

Beware! The FCC Releases Audio Samples of Coronavirus Phone Scams

Mar 25, 2020 7:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Scammers sink to a new low with these phone scams preying on the fears of U.S. citizens offering hopes of better protecting themselves from the Coronavirus.

[PLATFORM UPDATE] COVID-19 New Templates Categories

Mar 25, 2020 6:57:43 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

This Friday March 27, at 9 a.m. Eastern, we will add two new categories of email templates related to Coronavirus/COVID-19. At this time, we will move all of our existing ...

Sitting Ducks: When Employees Work from Home

Mar 24, 2020 11:54:29 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

As the COVID-19 health crisis rages on and millions of workers and students move to working from home (WFH) and online distance education, no one should make the error of thinking that ...

Ransomware Incidents Increase 131 Percent with the SMB Being the Primary Target

Mar 24, 2020 10:31:45 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The recent release of new data from U.K. cyberinsurer Beazley’s brings to light what kinds of attacks their customers are experiencing and who’s at risk.

CyberheistNews Vol 10 #13 [Heads-Up] Feeding Frenzy: COVID-19 Phishing Attacks Surge As U.S. Reels From Pandemic

Mar 24, 2020 9:47:31 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Sextortion Scam Combines Lust and Envy

Mar 24, 2020 8:28:29 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A sleazy phishing campaign is trying to tempt people into opening an attachment that supposedly contains nude pictures of a friend’s girlfriend, BleepingComputer reports. The attackers ...

Brand Impersonation Phishing Attacks Grow While Organizations Fail to Protect Their Brand Using DMARC

Mar 23, 2020 4:08:41 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

New data from Security vendor Agari shows how identity deception techniques are being used to fool recipient victims as organizations lack the needed safeguards to ensure emails are ...

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