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Intel Security's McAfee Labs Threat Report for September 2016 provides insight into the latest security statistics and trends, ranging from botnets to ransomware to malware "zoos." Large ...
SecurityAffairs just published a new discovery that you need to know about. A Brazilian Infosec research group, Morphus Labs, just discovered a new Full Disk Encryption (FDE) ransomware ...
In an alert published today, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned that recent ransomware variants have targeted and compromised vulnerable business servers (rather than ...
Here’s an example of a highly targeted ransomware attack, with bad guys using a phony Bank of Montreal (BMO) template to social engineer possible victims into clicking on a malicious ...
Intel Security today released its McAfee Labs Threats Report: September 2016, which assesses the growing ransomware threat; surveys the “who and how” of data loss; explains the practical ...
We are seeing a big phishing wave with a social engineering attack that threatens with a personalized lawsuit using the domain name of the targeted victim. This is an interesting payload ...
Kaspersky has a fascinating blog post on a new strain of ransomware called RAA that is not only fairly sophisticated, but incredibly abusive:
Hard drive manufacturer Seagate was sued by its own employees as the result of a successful CEO fraud attack where all the personal information of 10,000 existing and former employees ...
Larry Abrams at Bleepingcomputer reported on a new strain that raises some eyebrows. "A new version of the Stampado ransomware called Philadelphia has started being sold for $400 USD by a ...
We spotted an unusual phishing email which revealed a new scam your users will soon find in their inbox. Time to inoculate them before it becomes a problem! Many online service providers ...
For the last 9 years I have been a board member of the public/private Clearwater Downtown Partnership. And as many public organizations, all the board member information is freely ...
The following question was posted in the SANS Securing The Human forum. I thought it was a very good point and asked our VP Product Greg Kras for his perspective. First the question:
A customer sent us this: Hi, I wanted to share with you a funny story…. My boss calls me into her office, very serious like. She sits me down and asks “Did you use the company credit card ...
Hi All, KnowBe4 is looking for a few good people. Specifically we are hiring a QA Engineer and a Senior Ruby Developer. Know anyone? Send them to our Jobs page on the website. KnowBe4 is ...
By Eric Howes, KnowBe4 Principal Lab Researcher. Yesterday we spotted an unusual phishing email that we'd like to share with readers. If nothing else, it tells us that the increased ...
The Tampa Bay Business Journal published an interview with FBI Special Agent Lawrence Wolfenden. Wolfenden is a 25-year veteran of the FBI, the lead agency for investigating cyber attacks ...
Microsoft recently came across a threat that uses social engineering but delivers a different payload than the usual Office document with macros. Its primary purpose is to change a user’s ...
Larry Abrams at Bleepingcomputer reported on a new strain with a few unusual features: "A new ransomware that pretends to be from a fake organization called the Central Security Treatment ...
