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Scam Of The Week: Mobile Apps As Phishing Lures

The bad guys use social engineering to make end-users click on links, and their scams rely mostly on exploiting trust. If they can make you believe a message is from a trusted source, ...
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CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 18_Antivirus Is Dead

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 18
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Shocker Symantec Admits That Antivirus Is Dead

An article in the Wall Street Journal of May 5, 2014 summarized what I have been talking about these last few years. 25 years ago, Symantec was one of the first IT security companies to ...
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Phishing campaign uses VoIP to steal card data

An Eastern European Cyber Mafia has been found to run a multi-year campaign that targets small U.S. banks and credit unions with a sophisticated VoIP phishing scheme (aka vishing) to ...
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CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 17 WARNING Third Ransomware Strain

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 17
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Verizon's New 2014 Data Breach Report: Summary

In IT, we are subject to help desk tickets and putting out fires. The problem with this is that most of these are short-term fixes. It is usually about last week's downtime, today's ...
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WARNING Third Ransomware Strain Called CryptorBit Attacks

Welcome to the new world of malware.
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CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 16 Scam Of The Week: XP Phishing Threat

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 16
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Police Grapple With Cybercrime And Have Trouble Keeping Up

Danny Yadron at the WSJ got the picture right. State, and local law enforcement are struggling to keep up as their online case load grows. They are even gettting a hand from the FBI here ...
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Scam Of The Week: Blended XP Phishing Security Threat

During the first quarter, I have been warning about the coming wave of Windows XP-related scams having to do with the April 8 End Of Life of XP. Here is what you can expect, and many ...
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Scam Of The Week: Starbucks Gift From a Friend Phishing Emails

Love your tall latte? Better watch it, as a "friend" might send you an email with a fake Starbucks Coffee Gift offer. These emails read something like this in broken english. "Your friend ...
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What's The Best Free Antivirus For Windows 8?

Use the free built-in antivirus called Windows Defender? Use a free tool like Avast? Buy a third party tool?
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Phishing Attacks Work Best On Wednesday, Coming From IT

I had a look at the recent Mandiant M-Trends report. Interesting stuff. They observed that employees seem to fall for hacking tricks mostly on Wednesdays, and are most likely to click on ...
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CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 15 Scam Of The Week: Heartbleed Phishing Attack

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 15
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Pirated PC's And Software Loaded With Malware

Here is another reason why buying legitimate operating systems and application software is a good idea. A new study conducted by IDC and commissioned by Microsoft reveals some troubling ...
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The history of malware samples in numbers

Virus Bulletin came up with some interesting historical facts. In 1989, when the very first Virus Bulletin rolled off the press (produced in a black-and-white, printed pamphlet style), ...
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Wall Street Journal Quoted Me Regarding Ransomware Phishing Attacks

This week, Wall Street Journal MarketWatch reporter Priya Anand quoted me in an article she wrote about the new wave of ransomware phishing attacks.
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More Than Half Of End Users Did Not Get Security Awareness Training

This week I attended a webinar about Security Awareness Training hosted by David Monahan, Research Director Security and Risk Management of Enterprise Management Associates.
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CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 14

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 14
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Backup Failures And Ransomware Phishing: Recipe For Disaster

With system administrators in the crossfire between cybergangs who are wielding sophisticated ransomware like CryptoLocker on one side and CryptoDefense on the other, it's likely many of ...
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