A Majority of Organizations Experience Breaches Despite a Majority Saying They Are Prepared to Defend Against Them

Nov 18, 2019 7:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The mismatch of signals by IT organizations shows a potential overestimation on IT’s part about its ability to prevent and protect against new cyberthreats.

IT Budgets Are on the Rise in Part Due to Organizational Concerns for Security

Nov 18, 2019 7:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Security remains a primary driver as organizations work to establish budgets that keep IT cutting edge, competitive, and secure, according to new data from Spiceworks.

Don't Worry About Ransomware

Nov 18, 2019 7:00:00 AM By Javvad Malik

Ransomware has been on the rise for a couple of years. It’s not just the volume of ransomware attacks which continue to rise, but some attackers have been focusing on specific targets ...

Interested in cybersecurity law and policy?

Nov 16, 2019 12:03:23 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Check out “Caveat,” the CyberWire's newest weekly podcast addressing cybersecurity law and policy, with a particular focus on surveillance and digital privacy. This podcast is hosted by ...

Half of M&A Cyber Audits Uncover Undisclosed Breaches That Derail Deals

Nov 15, 2019 7:30:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cybersecurity diligence performed prior to a merger or acquisition often uncovers weaknesses in an organization’s security stance, which can spell doom for the company being purchased and ...

SIM Card Attack May Affect Over 1 Billion Mobile Phones Worldwide

Nov 15, 2019 7:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Using SMS messaging, attackers can use phishing tactics to hijack mobile devices using a legacy piece of SIM code, called the S@T Browser, to execute commands as part of a more ...

The Bad Guys Have a New Favorite Online Service to Exploit (And It May Be One You Never Heard Of)

Nov 14, 2019 5:58:45 PM By Eric Howes

Over the past few years malicious actors have apparently decided that the future of phishing lies in exploiting trusted online services. Your users have undoubtedly seen the upshot of ...

PayPal Becomes the Most Popular Phishbait

Nov 14, 2019 9:49:16 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Vade Secure has found that PayPal is now the most impersonated brand in phishing attacks, surpassing Microsoft for the first time, Help Net Security reports. Vade detected 16,547 unique ...

Your CEO's Email May Be Hacked And You Don't Even Know It

Nov 14, 2019 7:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Hackers focused on CEO fraud (or Business Email Compromise - BEC) attacks often go to great lengths to hide the fact they have access to your CEO’s mailbox as part of a larger scam.

Instagram Copyright Infringement is the Latest Phishing Scam Targeting Social Media

Nov 14, 2019 7:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Focused on compromising social media credentials, scammers trick Instagram users into giving up credentials and other personally identifiable information with convincing phishing emails.

Reuters: "Hackers hit UK political parties with back-to-back cyberattacks"

Nov 13, 2019 7:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

LONDON (Reuters) - Hackers hit Britain’s two main political parties with back-to-back cyberattacks on Tuesday, sources told Reuters, attempting to force political websites offline with a ...

Mexican Oil Company Pemex Dodges $5M Ransomware Bullet

Nov 13, 2019 7:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Mexican state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) on Sunday suffered a ransomware attack that took down parts of its network.

[Heads Up] This New, Unusual Ransomware Strain Goes Exclusively After Servers

Nov 12, 2019 11:52:31 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Danny Palmer at ZDnet alerted on the following: "An unconventional form of ransomware is being deployed in targeted attacks against enterprise servers – and it appears to have links to ...

CyberheistNews Vol 9 #46 [Heads-Up] Malicious Actors Want to Join Your Team!

Nov 12, 2019 10:01:12 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Third Party Phishing: The New Spear-Phishing Attacks That Traditional Defenses Just Don't Stop

Nov 12, 2019 8:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Joe in accounting is pretty cyber-savvy. He doesn’t fall for basic phishing emails with masked URLs or phony password reset requests. But what happens when Joe gets an email from a ...

TrickBot Malware Uses Highly Personalized Fake Sexual Harassment Complaints as Phishing Bait

Nov 12, 2019 7:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Fake sexual harassment complaints appearing to come from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) are the latest baits used by attackers to disseminate TrickBot banking ...

People Need to Work Together to Spot Con Artists

Nov 12, 2019 6:53:06 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

It might not be possible to resist a good con artist, according to award-winning author, journalist, and champion poker player Maria Konnikova. On the CyberWire’s Hacking Humans podcast, ...

Phishing Resistance for Charities

Nov 11, 2019 2:19:55 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

81% of charities say they’ve been targeted by a phishing attack this year, according to Ed Macnair, writing for UK Fundraising. Meanwhile, only 37% of charities think their IT and ...

Mac users warned that disabling all Office macros doesn’t actually disable all Office macros

Nov 11, 2019 9:57:58 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Graham Cluley warned: "It’s been almost 25 years since macro malware first reared its head, and it would be nice to think that the defences Microsoft has built into its Office suite in ...

What if the Santa’s Elves knew better?

Nov 10, 2019 12:10:33 PM By Joanna Huisman

By Joanna Huisman, KnowBe4's new SVP Strategic Insights & Research. It’s that time of the year again when children all over the world take pause to try and figure out which side of ...

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