Google: Our hunt for hackers reveals phishing is far deadlier than data breaches

Nov 10, 2017 11:47:25 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The study finds that victims of phishing are 400 times more likely to have their account hijacked than a random Google user, a figure that falls to 10 times for victims of a data breach. ...

Spy Vs. Spy? WikiLeaks Says CIA Impersonated Kaspersky Lab

Nov 9, 2017 5:15:23 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Wow, the plot thickens. Attribution indeed is a very murky business. According to WikiLeaks, its analysis revealed that by using these fake certificates, the CIA made it look like data ...

Ordinypt Ransomware Intentionally Destroys Files, Currently Targeting Germany

Nov 9, 2017 3:46:59 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new ransomware strain called Ordinypt is currently targeting victims in Germany, but instead of encrypting users' documents, the ransomware rewrites files with random data. Discovered ...

NATO to Increase Cyber Weaponry to Combat Russia

Nov 9, 2017 11:43:40 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

NATO members agreed Wednesday to increase the use of cyber weaponry and tactics during military operations, with the alliance also upgrading other capabilities to combat a resurgent ...

[On-Demand Webinar] Phishing and Social Engineering in 2018

Nov 9, 2017 10:37:48 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Ransomware has tipped the 1 billion mark and damages are expected to be around 5 billion before the year is out. Use of ransomware has evolved throughout the year with a 600% rise in URL ...

KnowBe4 Ranked Number 70 Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte’s 2017 Technology Fast 500™

Nov 9, 2017 9:44:51 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

KnowBe4 today got word that we ranked No. 70 on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech ...

Scam Of The Week: Massive Netflix Phishing Campaign

Nov 7, 2017 10:58:58 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

There is a massive scam campaign going on, this time a very well executed Netflix phishing attack. The scam targets subscribers telling them that their account is about to be canceled. ...

Bad Rabbit Ransomware Attack Was Hiding A Spear Phishing Campaign

Nov 6, 2017 10:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

During the attacks in eastern Europe with the Bad Rabbit ransomware, a more insidious attack was taking place in Ukraine under its cover, Reuters reported. Serhiy Demedyuk, head of the ...

CyberheistNews Vol 7 #43 EU to Declare Cyber-Attacks “Act of War” - USA Likely to Follow

Nov 6, 2017 9:45:02 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Dark Overlord hackers reveal plans to leak 'Hollywood database stolen from top studio'

Nov 5, 2017 9:37:22 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Criminal hacking group The Dark Overlord is threatening to leak the internal client data of top Hollywood production studio Line 204, IBTimes UK has learned. The seemingly international ...

How to sell cybersecurity to your executive team

Nov 5, 2017 9:15:23 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Scott Schlimmer wrote a great post at CSO about the constant battle between profitable business investments and “unprofitable” security investments to protect the current bottom-line.

Security Awareness Training Is a Team Effort

Nov 5, 2017 8:47:27 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A security awareness program is a critical part of any security strategy. It is not enough to simply hold everyone in the organization accountable. Chief information security officers ...

Thirty Percent of CEO Email Passwords Compromised in Breaches: Study

Nov 5, 2017 8:00:38 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

SecurityWeek reported about an interesting F-Secure study showing thirty percent of CEOs from the world's largest organizations have had their company email address and password stolen ...

Shame and confusion lead to employees paying ransoms out of pocket

Nov 4, 2017 11:20:50 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Doug Olenick at SC Media reported on something quite surprising. This is the first time we've heard about this! Whether out of shame for being victimized or confusion over what to do more ...

2018 Is Likely To Be A Worse Year For Ransomware Than 2017

Nov 4, 2017 10:49:29 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Sophos released their 2018 malware forecast this week. Their predictions would make any IT Pro concerned, a PDF of their report is here. Read on for your executive summary. Ransomware ...

On Average, How Many Passwords do Employees Manage?

Nov 3, 2017 10:59:16 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

According to the Last Pass Password Exposé report, an employee manages of about 200 passwords. Other industry reports often estimate the number of credentials used and put the figure ...

EU to Declare Cyber-Attacks “Act of War”. USA likely to follow

Nov 2, 2017 1:45:50 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

"European Union member states have drafted a diplomatic document which states serious cyber-attacks by a foreign nation could be construed as an act of war. The document, said to have ...

Is combosquatting a new trick hackers use to lure users into visiting malicious websites?

Nov 1, 2017 7:30:11 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Georgia Tech researchers reported that hackers are using a technique identified with a newly coined term "combosquatting" to trick users into visiting malicious websites. Sorry to break ...

KnowBe4 Halloween 2017 Was A Blast

Oct 31, 2017 1:24:01 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Well over 350 employees dressed up and everyone was amazed at the amount of creativity that went into the costumes and the offices. Here is a group shot at the Station Square Park in ...

Putin Uses Psychiatrists For Social Engineering Attacks Against Individual Targets

Oct 30, 2017 7:20:36 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Newsweek cross-posted an article that first appeared on The Daily Signal, and this is extremely relevant to what we are battling here today. Kiev, Ukraine—Since 2014, Russia has used ...

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