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Chameleons Phish, Too

One of the challenges cyber criminals face is that their scams often have a relatively short shelf-life. Once they’ve been used, the gaff is quickly blown, and the scammers hope to ...

[Heads Up] New Evil Ransomware Feature: Disk Wiper if You Don't Pay

There is a new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) strain called LokiLocker, researchers at Blackberry warn. The malware uses rare code obfuscation and includes a file wiper component that ...

KnowBe4 Named a Leader in 2022 Forrester Wave for Security Awareness

We’re thrilled to announce that KnowBe4 has been named a Leader in The Forrester WaveTM : Security Awareness and Training Solutions, Q1 2022 report based on our current offering, strategy ...

Ransomware-Related Data Leaks Increase 82% as the Number of Cybercriminal Groups Nearly Triples

New insight into the state of the attacks and threats paints a picture where the cybercriminals are growing in number, sophistication and successes, while victims just sit back seemingly ...

Backups Become the Focus as Three-Fourths of Organizations Experienced Ransomware Attacks

New data puts the spotlight on how most organizations unable to completely recover their data after a ransomware attack, making the case for better data protection for improved incident ...

New Phishing Method Uses VNC to Bypass MFA Measures and Gives Cybercriminals Needed Access

Despite cloud vendors like Google detecting reverse proxies or man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attacks and halting logons to thwart malicious actions, a new method easily gains access.

[Eye Opener] Ukraine Is Now Being Hit With 4 Different Strains Of Wiper Malware

Newly discovered data-destroying malware was found this week in attacks targeting Ukrainian organizations and deleting data across systems on compromised networks. "This new malware ...

We Are In The First Open Source Intelligence War

I am a member of OODA loop. They are a great team that keeps me up to date about InfoSec issues. Their site always has interesting articles and this one certainly got my attention. The ...

CyberheistNews Vol 12 #11 [Heads Up] FBI: Ransomware Gang Breached 52 U.S. Critical Infrastructure Orgs

[Heads Up] FBI: Ransomware Gang Breached 52 US Critical Infrastructure Orgs Email not displaying? | View Knowbe4 Blog CyberheistNews Vol 12 #11 | Mar. 15th., 2022 [Heads Up] FBI: ...

Shipping Fraud Rises Nearly 800% in 2021

Shipping fraud had a global increase of nearly 800% over the course of 2021, according to TransUnion’s 2022 Global Digital Fraud Trends Report.