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Scam Of The Week: FBI Warns Against Data Breach Extortion

The number of data breaches keeps going up. Last week it was more than 1,000 Wendy's where credit card records got ripped off. Fraudsters quickly use the news release of a high-profile ...

Personal security cameras hacked, stream live on websites

Shocking video of people's private lives are streaming over the internet. Hackers are able to easily tap into personal security cameras and stream them on websites for the world to see, ...

July 2016 Ransomware Roundup: New Strains And New Nasty Features

The ransomware market is rapidly maturing, we start seeing upgraded strains and rebranded versions sold cheaply in the Dark Web. And mainstream media have finally glommed on after years ...

14 Ways A Cyberheist Hits Your Bottom Line: Total Cost Of A Hack

What is the true cost of a data breach? After analyzing a health plan breach, research firm Deloitte says the toll of a cyberheist is significantly underestimated. The firm in a report ...

Wow, the bad guys are moving fast with CEO Fraud!

KnowBe4 is expanding fast, we now have 120 employees and we just hired a new controller late May to help out our very busy CFO. Part of the KnowBe4 onboarding is getting through our ...

We need your help. Could you do a KnowBe4 review at Gartner?

NOTE: This is for KnowBe4 Customers only. Top IT analyst firm Gartner has just created a new "Peer Insights" review site. As a customer, we are inviting you to create a review of KnowBe4 ...

KnowBe4 has explosive year over year growth of 454% for Q2 2016

(Tampa Bay, FL) July 1, 2016 --- KnowBe4 announced its explosive year over year growth of 454% for Q2 2016, with a record number of 655 new corporate accounts in June alone, rising to ...

Doh! New "Bart" Ransomware from Threat Actors Spreading Dridex and Locky

Proofpoint researchers discovered a new strain of ransomware called "Bart" - no kidding. The Russian Cyber Mafia behind Dridex 220 and Locky are using the RockLoader malware to download ...

New Study Shows Your Apps Could Be Putting Your Personal Information At Risk

A recent study by Cloudlock, a cyber security company, revealed several popular apps that could allow hackers an easy gateway to access your personal information.

IT pros: Half Of Our CEOs Fall Victim To Phishing Scams

Executive boards need better cyber security training, given half of C-level execs fall victim to phishing attacks, according to research conducted by security firm AlienVault. The ...

[ZERO DAY ALERT] Ransomware Targets MS Office 365 Users

Apparently, MS Office 365 built-in security tools are not cutting it. A new strain of the Cerber Ransomware is now targeting MS Office 365 email users with a massive zero-day attack that ...

Intel Thinks Antivirus Is Shit And Dumps Useless McAfee

Remember that in a gray past, Intel had an antivirus product called Intel LanDesk Virus Protect? Well, that Intel LanDesk Virus Protect got acquired by Symantec in 1998, and Intel must ...

"BadTunnel" Social Engineering Attack Hijacks Your Network Traffic

A researcher in China has discovered a design flaw in Microsoft Windows that affects all versions of the operating system using NetBIOS spoofing —including Windows 10— and lets an ...

Top website domains are vulnerable to email spoofing

Don’t be surprised if you see spam coming from the top websites in the world. Lax security standards are allowing anyone to "spoof" emails from some of the most-visited domains, according ...

Russian Cyber Mafia Is Back From Vacation With Smarter Locky Ransomware Strain

Threatpost reported that the notorious Necurs botnet is back in business, after mysteriously going dark for nearly a month. Researchers report the Necurs has returned to spewing massive ...

IT'S SHOWTIME! Kevin Mitnick Episode on NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC - THIS SUNDAY

National Geographic has done a special on Kevin Mitnick and it plays this Sunday!

New KnowBe4 Survey: Ransomware Infections Double In Two Years

We have just released the first long-time study focusing on IT Pros experience with ransomware. In June 2016 we surveyed 1,138 companies in a variety of industries and compared your ...


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