Scam Of The Week: See Robin Williams Last Words On Video

Aug 12, 2014 9:23:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Last night, news broke that Robin Williams was found dead in his home in Marin County, CA. It is suspected that it was either a suicide or an overdose. This is a celebrity death that the ...

CyberheistNews Vol 4, 32 Scam: See Robin Williams Last Words On Video

Aug 12, 2014 9:20:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 32

Ransomware: The next 12 months

Aug 11, 2014 2:05:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Since September 2013, ransomware has become vicious and has inspired several copycats. At the time of this writing, summer 2014, the very first strains of second-generation ransomware ...

Security Companies Help Users Recover Files Locked by CryptoLocker

Aug 11, 2014 10:02:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers at FireEye and Fox-IT have managed to obtain the private encryption keys that the malware uses to lock files.

Kevin Mitnick at Black Hat 2014

Aug 9, 2014 11:29:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

I was at Black Hat 2014, and Kevin Mitnick was also at at the show. He signed 700 books in a 3-hour span, whew! Here is the line that ran all the way back to the show floor. I took this ...

Scam Of The Week: "For Sale: CyberVor False Sense Of Security"

Aug 9, 2014 10:30:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Are the credentials of one of your users among the stash of the 1.2 billion stolen passwords? A small Internet security company will tell you for just a 120 bucks per year. Their ...

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 31 Second Generation Ransomware In The Wild

Aug 5, 2014 9:40:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 31

Cryptolocker Ransomware Variant Hits Synology Users: Synolocker

Aug 4, 2014 10:02:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

When your products get targeted with custom made ransomware, you know you've got it made. We're talking about NAS (network-attached storage) built by Synology in Taiwan. the malware has ...

The Internet of Things, Risks Of Hooking Up Appliances

Aug 2, 2014 10:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

This is a (very) short sci-fi story that looks at the cyber security risks of hooking up household appliances to the Internet. Warning - this is one grumpy man.

Security Awareness Training blocked Ransomware Infection

Aug 1, 2014 11:48:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

ComputerWorld in Australia reported on a very nice success where security awareness training prevented a major ransomware infection. They started out with: "People like to ask the ...

CryptoLocker copycat Cryptoblocker encrypts differently

Aug 1, 2014 11:31:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Is Antivirus as Vulnerable as Any Other Product?

Jul 29, 2014 6:05:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Joxean Koret, a security researcher from the Singapore-based Coseinc, using a "fuzzer" tool he built himself, found numerous remotely exploitable vulnerabilities in multiple antivirus ...

CyberheistNews Vol 4, 30 DELL Warns Against Social Engineering

Jul 29, 2014 9:47:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 30

KnowBe4 is hiring people for our sales team in Tampa Bay FL

Jul 28, 2014 5:03:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

KnowBe4 will pay anyone a thousand bucks for a referral that gets us a good sales rep!

Heads-Up: Second Generation Ransomware In The Wild

Jul 28, 2014 1:46:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Last week, Fedor Sinitisyn, blogger and security researcher for Kaspersky posted something worrisome. He reported that the Angler Exploit Kit was delivering a new second-generation type ...

DELL Warns Against Social Engineering

Jul 26, 2014 9:24:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Dell has its own news site called Tech Page One. A few days ago they had a new article that started with: "Human errors that aid social engineers. The weakest links in computer networks ...

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 29 Scam Of The Week: MH17 Airplane Crash

Jul 22, 2014 9:56:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 29

Scam Of The Week: MH17 Airplane Crash

Jul 22, 2014 7:24:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Almost 300 people get shot out of the air and the only thing cyber-criminals can think of is how to exploit the disaster. What else is new. Disgusting.

Phishing Scam Of The Week: "Transportation Manager"

Jul 20, 2014 4:14:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Unscrupulous eastern European cyber mafias are preying on U.S. workers that try to make ends meet and look for a second (or third) job. This is not a new scam, but it is sticking up its ...

Cryptolocker Is Not Dead

Jul 17, 2014 1:58:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Tyler Moffitt, Threat Team Member at Webroot wrote:

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