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[ALERT] New Massive Wave Of CryptoLocker Ransomware Infections

We all thought that evil genius Evgeniy Bogachev had retired at the Black Sea with his tens of millions of ill-gotten gains after he became the FBI's #1 Most Wanted cybercriminal. Well, ...

KnowBe4 Moves From #139 to #38 On Cybersecurity 500

The Cybersecurity 500 / Q1 2017 list of the world's hottest security companies was officially released yesterday, Mar. 1. In their "Movers and Shakers" section they stated: "KnowBe4 is a ...

Ransomware for Dummies: Anyone Can Do It

Brian Krebs just wrote: "A big reason for the steep increase in ransomware attacks in recent years comes from the proliferation of point-and-click tools sold in the cybercrime underground ...

VISA warns for Flokibot Spear Phishing Infections

VISA warned all its merchants that multiple infosec firms reported on the emerging threat of a new malware variant identified as “Flokibot.”

Report: 85% of Ransomware Victims Get Taken Offline For A Week or More [INFOGRAPHIC]

New research reveals that the majority of ransomware victims (85 percent) had their systems taken offline for at least a week, costing businesses thousands in financial damage each day.

2016 Exceeds All Records in Numbers of Phishing Attacks

Year over year sustained growth in phishing campaigns produces yet another record number of attacks The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) observed that 2016 ended as the worst year for ...

CyberheistNews Vol 7 #9 Survey: Most Hackers Break in Within Six Hours

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MySQL instances attacked by database blackmailers

Copycats delete databases without dumping them first. Internet-facing instances of the popular MySQL information store are being targeted by attackers following similar attacks on ...

Which User Will Infect Your Network With Ransomware?

We've got something really cool for you: the new Phishing Security Test v2.0! It's got several great new features, and sending simulated phishing emails to train your employees is a fun ...

Phishing Attack Uses Stuxnet Technology And Makes PCs Into Roombugs

Researchers have uncovered an advanced malware-based operation that siphoned more than 600 gigabytes from about 70 targets in a broad range of industries, including news media, and ...

Survey: Most Hackers Break In Within Six Hours

A recent survey of 70 professional hackers and penetration testers found that 60% of them take a maximum of just six hours to compromise a target. The research titled The Black Report, ...

CyberheistNews Vol 7 #8 Google: "Office Inbox Receives 6.2X More Phishing Than Your Inbox at Home".

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[On-Demand Webinar] Forrester TEI™: Value of KnowBe4 Goes Beyond ROI

KnowBe4 recently commissioned Forrester to conduct a Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study, examining the potential Return on Investment (ROI) enterprises might realize by implementing the ...

Hackers Demand $25K-$30K After Ransomware Attack Takes Down Bingham County Servers

BLACKFOOT — Bingham County officials are scrambling to rebuild parts of their computer infrastructure after a ransomware attack took down county servers on Wednesday. The Bingham County ...

7 Urgent Reasons For Creating A Human Firewall

I was at RSA 2017 in San Francisco last week, and apart from meetings with customers, VCs and the Press, I found a large amount of relevant security news. Out of the firehose of RSA data, ...

Google: "Office Inbox Receives 6.2X More Phishing And 4.3X More Malware Than Your Inbox At Home".

Google Research analyzed over a billion emails passing through Gmail, and the results were presented yesterday at the RSA security conference in San Francisco. Extremely interesting ...

[Heads-Up] First-Ever Russian Malicious Mac Macro Discovered

Appleinsider reported Feb 9, 2017: "Mac malware discovered in Microsoft Word document with auto-running macro", which was the second example of malware targeting macOS users this week. ...

Scam Of The Week: Valentine’s Day Phishing Attacks

It is time to remind your users that heartless con artists use social engineering tactics to trick people looking for love. The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center warns every year that ...


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