Is Security Making The Grade? What IT And Business Pros Really Think

Oct 2, 2016 10:04:12 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Great joint survey by CSO, CIO and ComputerWorld by Amy Bennett which is excelllent ammo to add to a budget request that needs to be approved by a C-level exec. Here's why: "If you sense ...

Uh oh, Yahoo May Have Been COMPLETELY Pwned

Oct 2, 2016 9:10:09 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

We predicted that this would happen on September 23rd when the news broke that Yahoo lost "at least" 500 Million credentials. Just for a change I'm quoting myself here: :-D "Right, that ...

This weird ransomware strain spreads like a virus in the cloud

Oct 1, 2016 1:17:15 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Here is a ransomware horror story for you... An obscure 2-year old ransomware strain called Virlock has a nasty feature: it is capable of stealthily spreading itself via cloud storage and ...

InfoArmor: The Yahoo Hackers Were Not State-sponsored

Sep 29, 2016 3:54:11 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Eastern European organized crime, not state-sponsored hackers, were behind the record breaking 2014 Yahoo data breach that exposed information about hundreds of millions of Yahoo user ...

Brazen: Phishing Attacks The Bad Guys Send When No One's Looking

Sep 28, 2016 4:21:56 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

When we talk with folks outside the security industry about what we see from the bad guys on a daily basis, we often get the response, "Wow! That's really sneaky." And it's true. The bad ...

Ransomware Is Now Officially Extortion Under California Law

Sep 28, 2016 4:03:48 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Of course everyone knows that hacking into a computer is a federal crime, and infecting a system with ransomware already falls into that bucket. However, California’s SB-1137, signed into ...

CyberheistNews Vol 6 #39 Scam Of The Week: Apple Store Phishing Attack Goes For Whole Enchilada

Sep 26, 2016 9:58:44 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Gang Uses Social Engineering To Steal 147 Million Dollars

Sep 26, 2016 7:19:41 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Police have arrested a 147 million international fraud and money laundering ring, and jailed nine fraudsters jailed for over 27 years The gang targeted thousands of Lloyds and RBS ...

What is the Necurs Botnet And How Does It Spread Locky Ransomware?

Sep 25, 2016 7:30:57 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

In Short: The Necurs botnet is one of the world's largest botnets with more than 6 million zombie machines tied into it. It's run by Russian organized cybercrime and responsible for ...

Don't Make These Two Major Multi-Factor Security Mistakes

Sep 24, 2016 2:13:54 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

An employee sent this recent horror story to me (thanks Rachel). Remember there are three ways of learning. :-D Read it in a book, blog (or training session) understand it and apply it ...

Price Discrimination: The Fantom Menace of Ransomware

Sep 24, 2016 9:50:14 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

By Eric Howes, KnowBe4 Principal Lab Researcher. Over the past few months we've discussed the rising use of price discrimination among purveyors of ransomware to maximize their returns on ...

New KnowBe4 Phishing Campaign Creation Screen

Sep 23, 2016 3:42:50 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

You asked and we listened! We’ve enhanced our Phishing Campaign creation options to give you more flexibility and customization when phishing your users! You can now: Phish your users ...

These 500 Million Hacked Yahoo Accounts Are A Phishing Paradise. Warn Your Users!

Sep 23, 2016 7:55:54 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

It's all over the press. Here is a quote from Reuters: "Yahoo Inc said on Thursday information associated with at least 500 million user accounts was stolen from its network in 2014 by ...

New Version of iSpy Trojan Steals Your Software Licenses

Sep 22, 2016 3:59:43 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Earlier this year we posted about Jsocket, a highly malicious Trojan that we spotted being delivered through phishing emails shared with us via the Phish Alert Button (PAB). Although ...

Scam Of The Week: Apple Store Phishing Attack Goes For Whole Enchilada

Sep 21, 2016 4:49:55 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Phishing attacks using false Apple Store email messages, fake landing pages and sometimes fake login pages are still a very popular attack vector. They still make it through all the ...

Bad Guy FAIL! or, When a Simple Credentials Phish Goes Horribly Wrong

Sep 21, 2016 1:49:22 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

By Eric Howes, KnowBe4 Principal Lab Researcher. Anyone who works a job in the computer security industry inevitably develops a kind of dark appreciation for the mad skills so often ...

As Neutrino takes a hit, RIG Exploit Kit jumps at the opportunity and spreads ransomware

Sep 21, 2016 8:05:28 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Andra Zaharia (the picture is really her) from the Danish Heimdal Security wrote something interesting this morning that I thought you'd like to know:

Reported Phishes of the Week

Sep 20, 2016 3:58:20 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

KnowBe4's Templates Mistress Katie has been busy again adding a new batch of phishing templates to the collection of "System Templates" available to active subscribers.

A new "long con" Scam Of The Week: Binary Options

Sep 20, 2016 7:54:59 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Most scams on the internet are "short con" scams, compare them to hit & run. However, "long con" scams have started to show up that can take a few months to finally steal the money. ...

Investment fund loses $6 million in CEO Fraud and shuts down

Sep 19, 2016 12:59:43 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

CNBC reported some pretty stunning breaking news. I cannot come up with a better case for new-school security awareness training for employees in accounting and HR. A lawsuit filed on ...

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