New TeslaCrypt Ransomware Uses More Exploit Kits As Infection Vector

Apr 17, 2015 2:07:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The new Internet Security Threat report from Symantec shows that the growth of file-encrypting ransomware expanded from 8,274 in 2013 to 373,342 in 2014. This is 45 times more ...

If You Think Security Awareness Training is Expensive, Try Ignorance

Apr 15, 2015 11:02:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Facts surrounding spear phishing all point to employees as the most cited culprits and security awareness training as the most effective remedy. Yet all training programs are not equal. ...

CyberheistNews Vol 5 #15 Apr 14, 2015 New Ransomware CrypVault Evades AV With Simple Batch Scripts

Apr 14, 2015 9:37:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

New Ransomware CrypVault Evades AV With Simple Batch Scripts A new ransomware strain dubbed CRYPVAULT is being spread as an email attachment. It's beta testing in Eastern Europe and is ...

Ransomware Infects 30-PC network of health care company

Apr 13, 2015 5:08:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

In this Wednesday, April 1, 2015 photo, Jeff Salter, CEO of Caring Senior Service, poses for a photo in his company office building in San Antonio. Last December, the network of nearly 30 ...

Wall Street Journal Video About Ransomware and Botnets

Apr 13, 2015 2:56:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Wall Street Journal Video About Ransomware and Botnets The WSJ asked itself: Who Will Cybercriminals Target Next? (click on the picture to see the video at the WSJ website). ...

So, What Is The Real Reason The White House Got Hacked?

Apr 11, 2015 9:58:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

According to a new CyberEdge research survey of 19 sectors, including government, spearphishing is the biggest concern to IT security pros, more worrisome than even malware. And only 20 ...

Websense: Malware-as-a-Service Makes Cybercrime Easier

Apr 9, 2015 10:01:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Websense released their annual Threat Report, which is interesting if you want to know what’s really happening in the criminal cyber landscape. Here are a few highlights, with a link to ...

New Ransomware CrypVault Makes Files Look Like They Are Quarantined

Apr 8, 2015 11:38:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

New Ransomware CrypVault Evades AV With Simple Batch Scripts A new ransomware strain dubbed CRYPVAULT by Trend Micro is being spread as an email attachment. It's currently focusing on ...

KnowBe4 Offers White House Free Security Awareness Training

Apr 8, 2015 7:47:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

April 7, 2015 - CNN reported that The White House said it noticed suspicious activity in the unclassified network that serves the executive office of the president. The KnowBe4 Blog ...

Facebook sends simulated phishing attacks to their employees

Apr 7, 2015 1:31:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Fortune reported: "Each fall, Facebook hosts an event called Hacktober in which its security experts attempt to trick employees into falling for common hacking tricks such as phishing ...

CyberheistNews Vol 5 #14 IBM ALERT: 'Dyre Wolf' Uses Spear Phishing For $1Mil+ Cyberheists

Apr 7, 2015 9:33:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

IBM ALERT: 'Dyre Wolf' Uses Spear Phishing For $1Mil+ Cyberheists Last week, IBM Security reported on an active cyberheist campaign using a variant of the Dyre Trojan that has ...

SHOCKER: Data Breaches Cost Big Companies Very Little

Apr 6, 2015 5:16:21 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Two articles today in Fortune Magazine and Harvard Business Review each lifted a piece of the veil about a dirty little secret about data breaches. From Home Depot to Target to Sony, big ...

Police Pay Ransom After Ransomware Phishing Attack

Apr 6, 2015 11:09:47 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

TEWKSBURY – Last December Tewksbury Police confronted a new, and growing, frontier in cyberterrorism when the CryptoLocker ransomware virus infected the department’s network, encrypting ...

10 Hacking Facts / How They Impact You [Infographic]

Apr 4, 2015 12:01:41 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cybersecurity is one of the most pressing concerns for business and consumers, especially when it comes to social media. So much personal identifiable information (PII) exists across the ...

IBM: 'Dyre Wolf' Cyber Gang Uses Spear Phishing For $1 Million Cyberheists

Apr 4, 2015 10:48:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Last week, IBM Security reported on an active cyberheist campaign using a variant of the Dyre Trojan that has successfully stolen more than $1 million at a time from targeted enterprise ...

NEW: This Week's Five Most Popular HackBusters Posts #2

Apr 4, 2015 9:24:24 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

There is an enormous amount of noise in the security space, so how do you know what people really talk about and think is the most important topic? Well, we created the Hackbusters site ...

KnowBe4 First Quarter 2015

Apr 3, 2015 9:41:08 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Our first quarter knocked it out of the park. Normally Q4 is the highest quarter in the year, but we eclipsed last year's Q4 handsomely. Year-over-year, Q1 of 2015 was 354 percent over Q1 ...

ALERT: New Ransomware Spearphish Uses One-Click Dropbox Attack

Mar 30, 2015 8:47:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The cyber-mafia is stepping up the pressure. As you know, there are several competing gangs that are furiously innovating in an attempt to grab as much money as possible. Call it a ...

NEW: This Week's Five Most Popular HackBusters Posts

Mar 29, 2015 10:00:29 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

There is an enormous amount of noise in the security space, so how do you know what people really talk about and think is the most important topic? Well, we created the Hackbusters site ...

Scam Of The Week: 911 Phone Threat

Mar 28, 2015 2:00:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Residents in Ohio are being "beta tested" by cybercrime for a scam that will inevitably also hit all other states. Here is your Scam Of The Week heads-up. This particular scam will also ...

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