New KnowBe4 Feature CEO Fraud Prevention Phishing Test

Oct 2, 2015 11:17:45 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

We just released a new feature that allows you to test your employees for "CEO Fraud" spear phishing attacks. When you create a phishing email template, you can now specify a Sender Name ...

KnowBe4 Third Quarter 2015 is 400% Over Q3 2014

Oct 1, 2015 10:19:41 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

We had a blow-out quarter this Q3 2015. When we looked at Q3 2014 and did the math, we expanded a mind boggling 400% year-over-year. We added 267 new accounts in September only, which was ...

Fixing the #1 Problem in Computer Security: A Data-Driven Defense

Sep 29, 2015 10:19:16 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

This is a great whitepaper you can download for free at Microsoft written by IT Security Guru Roger Grimes. Here is the Executive Summary: "Many companies do not appropriately align ...

CyberheistNews Vol #5 #41 KnowBe4 Got A CEO Fraud Phishing Attack. Wrong Mark!

Sep 29, 2015 8:07:38 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

*|CyberHeistNews|* CyberheistNews Vol #5 #41 Sept 29, 2015 KnowBe4 Got A CEO Fraud Phishing Attack. Wrong Mark! KnowBe4 has been warning against "CEO Fraud" emails for a few months now, ...

Ransomware Attacks Move From Consumers To Small Medium Business

Sep 28, 2015 2:47:39 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The criminal gangs that live off ransomware infections are targeting Small Medium Business (SMB) instead of consumers, a new Trend Micro Analysis shows. The reason SMB is being targeted ...

Miami County pays CryptoWall Ransom To Get 911 Center Back Online

Sep 28, 2015 11:14:34 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Miami County Communication Center’s administrative computer network system was compromised with a CryptoWall 3.0 ransomware infection which locked down their 911 emergency center. ...

The Meaning Of The U.S. and China Hacking Agreement

Sep 27, 2015 10:38:41 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Last Friday, after years of data breaches by Chinese hackers, many months of negotiations and occasional threats from the White House, while China's President Xi was in DC, the U.S. and ...

The ten immutable laws of security administration revisited

Sep 26, 2015 11:07:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Casper Manes at GFI wrote a great blog post that I'm crossposting here. Welcome back to our series for people looking to break into the Infosec field or just learn more about information ...

KnowBe4 got a CEO Fraud phishing attack. Wrong Mark!

Sep 26, 2015 9:32:36 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

KnowBe4 has been warning against "CEO Fraud" emails for a few months now, the FBI also calls them "Business Email Compromise" (BEC). I had been hoping we would get one of these ourselves, ...

CyberheistNews Vol #5 #40 Scam Of The Week: Deceptive Amazon Account Threat

Sep 22, 2015 9:29:41 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol #5 #40 Sept 22, 2015 Scam Of The Week: Deceptive Amazon Account Threat Seeing the fact that Amazon is the World's largest retailer it's surprising that there aren't ...

What is the REAL cost of a data breach?

Sep 20, 2015 11:31:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new survey done by Kaspersky with participation of 5,500 companies in 26 countries finally shows the real cost of a data breach broken out by Small and Medium Business (SMB) and ...

BitPay loses 1.8 Million In Phishing Attack

Sep 19, 2015 11:05:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

BitPay lost $1.8 million in a phishing attack late last year, according to lawsuit filed by the bitcoin payment processing firm against an insurer it is trying to get to cover some of the ...

Scam Of The Week: Amazon Account Threat

Sep 19, 2015 9:28:03 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Seen the fact that Amazon is the World's largest retailer it's surprising that there aren't more of these scams, but this one sticks out as particularly deceptive. Often cyber criminals ...

FBI ALERT: Cybercriminals Spoof Your Domain With CEO Fraud

Sep 17, 2015 11:38:37 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The FBI recently warned against a new cyber crime wave. It's called "CEO Fraud" where cybercriminals impersonate your CEO using your own spoofed domain name, and order employees to ...

Half Of Your Users Are Now Spear Phishing Targets

Sep 16, 2015 5:45:26 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

In a presentation at the Intelligence & National Security Summit, Bill Evanina, Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) announced "There have been just ...

Banks Do Not Pay You Back If You Get Hit With A Cyberheist

Sep 15, 2015 10:54:57 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

I was very happy to see that NPR has jumped on a story I have been trying to get out for a while. John Ydstie has a new example, where he shows the incredible hassle and disappointment ...

CyberheistNews Vol #5 #39 Expert Russians Hackers Use Satellites To Hide Amazing Exploits

Sep 15, 2015 9:48:12 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

*|CyberHeistNews|* CyberheistNews Vol #5 #39 Sept 15, 2015 Expert Russians Hackers Use Satellites To Hide Amazing Exploits Ouroboros, one of the world’s most sophisticated hacking groups ...

US Counter-Intel Czar Warns Hack Victims Against Spear Phishing

Sep 13, 2015 10:47:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

WASHINGTON–In a presentation at the Intelligence & National Security Summit, the director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) announced a "new ...

Expert Russians Hackers Use Satellites To Hide Amazing Exploits

Sep 13, 2015 9:55:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Ouroboros, one of the world’s most sophisticated hacking groups with close ties to the Russian government, has been accused of hijacking unencrypted commercial satellite communications. ...

Pentagon Hacked Again, Compromising Employee Financial Info

Sep 12, 2015 11:55:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Hackers infiltrated the Pentagon food court's computer system, compromising the credit and debit card info of an unknown number of employees. Lt. Col. Tom Crosson, a Defense Department ...