35 percent of Kansas City Employees Turn Out Phish-prone

Mar 28, 2015 1:16:45 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

From the Kansas City Star: Would-be hackers duped 35% of Kansas City employees into opening the door to municipal computer systems sometime in the last six months, a city audit report ...

RANT: Renewing Office 365 Online D(H)ell

Mar 28, 2015 12:07:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

OK, buying a new Dell machine 12 months ago I decided to get a subscription to Office 365. For about a year everything ran fine, but then I started to get warning messages in the apps ...

Experts: Social Engineering Attacks Harder To Stop

Mar 28, 2015 10:42:45 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Michael Heller at TechTarget wrote a good longish article where he concluded: "As more personal and corporate information is shared on the Web, social engineering techniques and attacks ...

CyberheistNews Vol 5 #12 Why Your Brain Shuts Down When You See A Security Alert

Mar 24, 2015 9:20:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

"ALERT: New Ransomware Spear Phish Uses One-Click Dropbox Attack The cyber-mafia is stepping up the pressure. As you know, there are several competing gangs that are furiously innovating ...

How to get your Phish-prone percentage up. Up? Yes, Up.

Mar 23, 2015 11:14:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Something surprising happened last week. A few of our customers reported that their phish-prone percentage was going up. Up? Yes, up. Not something you normally would expect or ...

Premera And Anthem Both Hacked Using Shrewd Social Engineering

Mar 21, 2015 10:11:41 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Health records are the new credit cards. They have a longer shelf life and are often easier to get. There are more opportunities for fraud. No wonder that bad guys are after them with a ...

Why your brain shuts down when you see a security alert

Mar 21, 2015 9:28:56 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Been mystified why end-users do not seem to get it? Their eyes glazing over when a security alert pops up on their screen? Brand new neuroscience research using MRI shows a dramatic drop ...

China Finally Admits It Has A Hacker Army

Mar 20, 2015 2:45:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

China finally admits it has special cyber warfare units — and a lot of them. This is the "advanced persistent threat" cyber security experts have been pointing to.

Despite Mobile App Risks Enterprise Does Not Have Mobile Security Policy

Mar 20, 2015 1:43:33 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Here is the disconnect: 82 percent of IT pros think that BYOD in the workplace has “very significantly” or “significantly” increased IT security risks, less than half of organizations ...

Banking Regulator Issues New Phishing Alert

Mar 19, 2015 5:21:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The National Credit Union Administration, (NCUA) warns netizens about phishing emails containing links to a fraudulent website that resembles the NCUA are being pushed to consumers.

Security experts say law firms are perfect targets for hackers

Mar 19, 2015 4:38:30 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Susan Hansen at Bloomberg business reported that cyber attacks upend the attorney-client privilege.

Ransomware: Pay Up Or Fight. What Would You Do?

Mar 17, 2015 5:23:22 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Ask security experts what to do when hit with ransomware -- the sophisticated malware that infects a device or network, uses military-grade encryption to restrict access, and demands ...

CyberheistNews Vol 5 #11 Ransomware: Pay Up Or Fight. What Would You Do?

Mar 17, 2015 9:26:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Ransomware: Pay Up Or Fight. What Would You Do? Ask security experts what to do when hit with ransomware -- the sophisticated malware that infects a device or network, uses military-grade ...

Report: 71 percent successfully spear-phished in 2014

Mar 14, 2015 5:00:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Adam Greenberg at SC Magazine reported on something interesting:

Spear Phishing Attack Nearly Costs FL City $500K

Mar 12, 2015 2:12:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A spear-phishing last month at Orange Park City Hall almost got away with $500,000 from the city's bank account. Fortunately it was caught in time so that a wire transfer that already had ...

Scam Of The Week: Phishing For Apple Watch

Mar 11, 2015 10:15:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

This week, Apple had their big Apple Watch release event, and the press is full of news about the models and pricing. Pundits are sprinkling their predictions about features and future ...

CEO Fraud Social Engineering Scam On The Rise

Mar 10, 2015 10:40:30 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Known variously as the “CEO fraud,” or the “business email compromise,” highly sophisticated cyber criminals try to social engineer businesses that work with foreign suppliers. This ...

CyberheistNews Vol 5 #10 New CryptoWall Attack Wave Using Help Files / Scam Of The Week

Mar 10, 2015 8:54:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

New CryptoWall Attack Wave Using Help Files / Scam Of The Week A new CryptoWall attack wave has hit end-users with malicious .chm attachments that infect networks with the latest and most ...

New Ransomware CryptoFortress Encrypts Unmapped Network Shares

Mar 7, 2015 11:32:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Used to be that ransomware only looked at hard drive C:, and then any other mapped drives like D:, E:, F: etc., but now a whole new malicious strain that has stolen the same look & ...

New CryptoWall Attack Uses Malicious Help File Attachments

Mar 6, 2015 2:42:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new CryptoWall attack wave has hit end-users with phishing emails containing malicious .chm attachments that infect networks with the latest and most sophisticated file-encrypting ...

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