Charities Need to Watch Out for Scammers

Feb 6, 2020 8:21:46 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The UK’s National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) has warned charities to be wary of scammers, Charity Digital News reports. The NCVO’s Road Ahead 2020 report outlines trends ...

Look-alike Domain Spoofing Scam Takes Charity for $1 Million

Feb 5, 2020 9:56:51 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

In yet another case of business email compromise, a charity is fooled through a combination of diligence, sophistication, and social engineering.

EKANS Ransomware Attacks Focus on Disrupting Businesses Reliant Upon Industrial Control Systems

Feb 5, 2020 9:54:06 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Leveraging knowledge of industrial control systems, this relatively new ransomware variant is looking to be as disruptive as possible to operations by killing processes and encrypting ...

[On-Demand] Learn How to Forensically Examine Phishing Emails to Better Protect Your Organization

Feb 5, 2020 8:43:48 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cyber crime has become an arms race where the bad guys constantly evolve their attacks while you, the vigilant defender, must diligently expand your know how to prevent intrusions into ...

Not the Antiques Roadshow

Feb 5, 2020 8:29:34 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Scammers conned a Dutch museum into sending them £2.4 million (about $3.1 million) by posing as a real London-based art dealer who planned to sell the museum a John Constable painting, ...

New DoppelPaymer Ransomware Makes Money Off of You Whether You Pay the Ransom or Not

Feb 4, 2020 3:55:07 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Taking a page from the Maze ransomware playbook, the creators of DoppelPaymer don’t just encrypt your data; they have found channels to sell if it you don’t pay up.

Law Firms Are the Latest Victims of Maze’s Ransomware and Extortion Attacks

Feb 4, 2020 3:46:54 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

With five law firms hit within just the last week, the Maze ransomware is making itself known and should be a warning to any and all legal firms that preventing an attack is paramount.

Product Update: The New KnowBe4 ModStore is Here

Feb 4, 2020 12:54:10 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Good news!! The new ModStore is now live in the console. KnowBe4 is excited to announce the rollout of a new and improved interface for the KnowBe4 ModStore in your KnowBe4 console. The ...

CyberheistNews Vol 10 #6 [Heads-Up] Scam of the Week: Coronavirus Phishing Attacks in the Wild

Feb 4, 2020 10:32:52 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Unusual New Botnet-driven Phishing Attack With Tricky Downloaders

Feb 4, 2020 5:38:20 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A large phishing campaign is distributing malicious Excel documents and utilizing irritating pop-ups to trick users into enabling macros, researchers at Lastline have found. The campaign ...

Ashley Madison Data Breach Comes Back to Haunt Customers with New Sextortion Scam

Feb 3, 2020 9:47:16 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Just when you thought everyone forgot about participation on the ill-famed cheaters website, a new phishing scam looks to use the breached data as the basis for extorting the site’s users.

It Was Only a Matter of Time: Sodinokibi Hold Dark Web Hacking Competition

Feb 3, 2020 9:43:58 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Feeling like a page taken out of the SpaceX competitions, the latest shock comes from news of an underworld hacking competition intent on sharing cutting edge malicious code.

Your Cyber Insurance Policy Just Became Outdated

Feb 3, 2020 8:35:55 AM By Erich Kron

Just when we think we have a handle on our cyber insurance, the ransomware attackers have come and stirred things up again. I’m talking about the new trend in ransomware that you may not ...

Intelligence Services Get Phishing Licenses

Feb 3, 2020 8:23:46 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

New York Times journalist Ben Hubbard was targeted by a spear phishing attack designed to deliver NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, researchers at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab have ...

[Heads-up] We Give Notice About The New Criminal Age 'Ransomware 2.0': Extremely Damaging, Dangerous And Plain Evil

Feb 2, 2020 1:38:44 PM By Roger Grimes

Take a look at that screen. Let it sink in a moment. Imagine if it were your company.

Iranian Hacker Group APT34 Apparently at It Again Targeting U.S. Research Organizations

Jan 31, 2020 4:22:55 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

U.S. 2020 Election-Themed Ransomware Attacks Are on Their Way – And Local Govt's Aren’t Prepared

Jan 31, 2020 4:20:47 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

New research shows local governments practice a distinct lack of cybersecurity preparedness. And with local, state, and national elections coming up this year, cyberattacks are a concern.

[Heads-up] Scam Of The Week: Coronavirus Phishing Attacks In The Wild

Jan 31, 2020 1:28:07 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Yup, you can count on it, when there is a worldwide health scare, the bad guys are on it like flies on $#!+. We are seeing a new malicious phishing campaign that is based on the fear of ...

Are You Expecting a Special Invitation?

Jan 31, 2020 11:05:22 AM By Jacqueline Jayne

According to MailGuard, a few days ago an email from our Prime Minister Scott Morrison started to do the rounds.

[Heads-up] It's OK To Just Say No To Phone Scams

Jan 31, 2020 6:40:29 AM By Eric Howes

Earlier this week a credit union located in the Midwest United States alerted its members via email to a pair of phone-and-text-based scams designed to trick unwitting users into coughing ...

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