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What It's Like to Be the Face of Romance (Scams)

A real US Army colonel named Daniel Blackmon is being impersonated in hundreds or even thousands of romance scams, according to Haley Britzky at Task & Purpose. The scammers took ...

Gain Insight into Where Your Organization Stands with the Security Culture Maturity Model

We’re thrilled to introduce the Security Culture Maturity Model, the industry’s first maturity model specifically geared to measure security culture!

Data Breach Volumes in the U.S. Grow by 10% in 2021

New data shows despite decreases in global data breach levels (-5%) in 2021, the U.S. experienced proportionally more data breaches than in the previous year.

Timely “Help Ukraine” Online Crypto Scams Take in Millions

A new series of "help Ukraine" donation posts have sprouted up across the Internet, but are really a cryptocurrency scam enticing users send crypto donations to counterfeit addresses.

FBI: SIM Swapping Attacks See More Than 500% Increases in The Number of Attacks and Monetary Losses

With mobile devices used as secondary authentication, threat actors have been stepping up activity, looking for ways to transfer phone numbers to cybercriminal-controlled devices.

UK ICO Sees a Massive Increase in Targeted Email Attacks

New data obtained from the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office by think tank Parliament Street shows an unprecedented rise in attacks against the UK’s information rights organization.

Phishing Emails Warn of a Suspicious Login From Russia

Researchers at Malwarebytes warn that a phishing campaign is informing users that someone logged into their account from an IP address in Moscow. The email contains a button to report the ...

CyberheistNews Vol 12 #09 [Heads Up] The Ukraine War Started A New Wiper Malware Spillover Risk

[Heads Up] The Ukraine War Started A New Wiper Malware Spillover Risk Email not displaying? | View Knowbe4 Blog CyberheistNews Vol 12 #09 | Mar. 1st., 2022 [Heads Up] The Ukraine War ...

Scammers Will Take Advantage of New IRS Rules

New IRS requirements will soon be used as phishbait, according to Gene Marks, owner of Marks Group PC and a columnist for the Guardian.

Russia Could “Absolutely” Lash Out at US Through Cyber, Lawmaker Warns

NextGov reports: "Chairman Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va, gives an opening statement as FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia, SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna and Microsoft President Brad Smith testify ...