Cybersecurity is the IT area where most CIOs expect to boost spending

Jul 25, 2018 2:22:28 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

MarketWatch reports that cybersecurity companies appear to be benefiting from fat IT spending budgets fueled by tax cuts and fears of hackers. A recent Morgan Stanley survey found that ...

Fake Hotel Website Scams Target Travelers and Hotels

Jul 25, 2018 1:24:57 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cybercriminals will take advantage of any situation that separates people from their money. And what better way than to purport to be a reputable hotel and take reservations?

Is it Shark Week at your Organization?

Jul 24, 2018 3:20:54 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Curiosity for one of the most aggressive and dangerous beasts in the ocean has us dedicating a week to learning about it. Should cyberattacks that put your organization at risk get equal ...

Second Quarter 2018 Top-Clicked Phishing Email Subjects [INFOGRAPHIC]

Jul 24, 2018 1:52:43 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

We've been reporting on the top-clicked phishing email subjects every quarter for a while now across three different categories: general emails, those related to social media, and 'in the ...

WSJ: "Russian Hackers Reach U.S. Power Utility Control Rooms"

Jul 24, 2018 8:23:25 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Now here is some news that concerns me deeply. I knew it was bad, but I did not know it was this bad.

New Training Module: Safe Travels for Road Warriors

Jul 23, 2018 10:04:17 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

I'm excited to announce a new module that has been quite some time in the making! A 12-minute animated course with lots of interactivity for those that travel for business—and some very ...

Employee Negligence – Your Organization's (bigger than you think) Nightmare

Jul 23, 2018 9:55:26 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new study shows a vast majority of C-level executives see employee negligence as one of their most pressing security risks.

CyberheistNews Vol 8 #29

Jul 23, 2018 9:52:27 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

New Policy Feature Added to the KnowBe4 Platform

Jul 23, 2018 9:26:44 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

KnowBe4 is excited to announce the introduction of the new Policy feature. The Policy feature gives you as an Admin the ability to store, distribute, and track various policy ...

Scam of the Day: Sextortion, Old Passwords, and You

Jul 22, 2018 5:15:26 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The “Sextortion” phishing scam makes use of compromised password data, recipient gullibility, and visits to porn websites to separate victims from their money. The scam message comes from ...

Scam Of The Week: Another New CEO Fraud Phishing Wrinkle

Jul 20, 2018 4:08:11 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

So, here's a new CEO Fraud phish: see these fresh screen shots from emails reported to us through the free KnowBe4 Phish Alert Button. Bad guys spoof the managing partner and CPA and an ...

Effective Social Engineering Matters More than Zero-Days

Jul 20, 2018 12:07:51 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

There's an interesting criminal campaign in progress against government targets in Ukraine. Note that we usually first see them there, and then they spread out to Western Europe and the ...

Samsam Ransomware infected thousands of LabCorp systems via brute force RDP

Jul 20, 2018 7:25:57 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

LabCorp contained the attack within 50 minutes, says they're at about 90-percent operational capacity

Russian Reminders: Phishing is Fruitful

Jul 19, 2018 5:16:40 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The recent indictment by special counsel Robert Mueller of 12 Russian military officials for the hacking of Democratic servers and emails in 2016 is a powerful reminder – phishing works.

$250,000 CEO Fraud In A Municipal Finance Department

Jul 19, 2018 1:46:37 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Local, state, and Federal authorities are investigating a phishing attack that victimized the city of Alamogordo, New Mexico. One of the city's procurement officers received what appeared ...

Can We Ever Truly Stop Ransomware?

Jul 18, 2018 3:57:02 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A recent Class-Action lawsuit against EHR vendor Allscripts raises the question of where fault should lie when ransomware attacks are successful.

FBI Warns that Business Email Compromise (CEO Fraud) is a "$12 Billion Scam"

Jul 18, 2018 3:22:37 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The FBI is again warning of the threat posed by business email compromise (BEC, aka CEO Fraud) and email account compromise (EAC). Together, says the Bureau, these have cost businesses ...

SANS: "Less Than Half of Cyberattacks Detected via Antivirus"

Jul 18, 2018 1:19:21 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

We have been saying here for a while that antivirus is dead, but SANS just confirmed it in a new report that starts with: "Companies are buying next-gen antivirus and fileless attack ...

UK SMEs: Know Your Enemy. Plan Your Defense

Jul 17, 2018 1:13:33 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Organizations in the UK with 250 employees or less need a solid understanding of the attack potential, methods used, and how to prepare.

CyberheistNews Vol 8 #28

Jul 17, 2018 9:35:31 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

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