Wall Street Journal Quoted Me Regarding Ransomware Phishing Attacks

Apr 10, 2014 10:21:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

This week, Wall Street Journal MarketWatch reporter Priya Anand quoted me in an article she wrote about the new wave of ransomware phishing attacks.

More Than Half Of End Users Did Not Get Security Awareness Training

Apr 10, 2014 9:23:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

This week I attended a webinar about Security Awareness Training hosted by David Monahan, Research Director Security and Risk Management of Enterprise Management Associates.

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 14

Apr 8, 2014 9:07:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 14

Backup Failures And Ransomware Phishing: Recipe For Disaster

Apr 7, 2014 4:02:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

With system administrators in the crossfire between cybergangs who are wielding sophisticated ransomware like CryptoLocker on one side and CryptoDefense on the other, it's likely many of ...

The 7 Steps Of The Cyber Kill Chain

Apr 6, 2014 10:09:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cyber security professionals are slowly but surely grabbing more and more military jargon. No surprises there, with a possible cyberwar brewing. The "kill chain" is a traditional warfare ...

14 Things That Definitely Should Not Be On The Internet, But Are

Apr 6, 2014 9:08:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

You would think that after the recent few years of press showing the risks of the Internet that people would wise up. But no. To my astonishment it's getting worse, not better. Just have ...

ALERT - CryptoLocker Has A Competitor That Is Worse: CryptoDefense

Apr 1, 2014 6:58:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

As we said before, there is furious competition between cybergangs. Late February 2014 a copycat ransomware competitor to Cryptolocker was released which outdoes CryptoLocker. The malware ...

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 13 It's The XPOCALYPSE!... But Is It?

Apr 1, 2014 8:50:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 13

Scam Of The Week: Homicide Suspect

Mar 30, 2014 6:11:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The same cybergang that was sending alarming emails about people being evicted from their homes, and are to appear in court, have a new variant of their racket. It's a community "alert" ...

Attacks Give Lift to Cyber Insurance

Mar 27, 2014 2:34:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Today in the Wall Street Journal, reporter Leslie Scism quoted Bloomberg News that "Target's data breach 'was the equivalent of 10 free Super Bowl ads."

Hackers hit Monster Jobs users with Gameover Zeus malware

Mar 27, 2014 7:38:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Companies that are recruiting new employees are being targeted through Monster Jobs. The bad guys are using malware called Gameover Zeus, security firm F-secure reported in a blog post ...

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 12 NSA's Secret Efforts To Hack System Admins

Mar 25, 2014 8:50:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 12

CryptoLocker Has A Competitor That Is Worse: CryptoDefense

Mar 24, 2014 4:35:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

As we said before, there is furious competition between cybergangs. Late February 2014 a copycat ransomware competitor to Cryptolocker was released which outdoes CryptoLocker. The malware ...

Florida Blue takes security awareness training personally

Mar 24, 2014 3:55:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Great post about security awareness by Douglas B. Robison, Florida Blue, a 2014 CSO40 award recipient. Here is an excerpt:

Scam Of The Week: You Owe Taxes, Pay Now Or Else

Mar 21, 2014 5:00:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

This scam uses a combination of phishing emails and spoofed Caller ID scam calls. The scammers intimidate the victim, threaten with arrest, deportation or loss of a business or driver’s ...

All major browsers fall during day 2 of Pwn2Own hacking contest

Mar 21, 2014 12:52:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Security researchers demonstrated zero-day exploits against Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox and Adobe Flash Player during the second day of the ...

Target Breach: Where The Weak Points Were

Mar 18, 2014 4:47:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Dave Kearns posted March 18 that he's been fascinated by the information that keeps coming out of the Taget Stores data breach. He's got a great analysis, and he ends off with words that ...

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 11 Scam Of The Week:

Mar 18, 2014 9:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 11

No Antivirus Detects Russian Malware For 8 Years!

Mar 15, 2014 1:53:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

It was all over the news the last few days. Researchers with BAE Systems determined that Russian malware known as Snake dates back as far as 2006, instead of 2011 as initially presented ...

Phishing FaceBook: Malaysia Plane MH370 Has Been Spotted

Mar 15, 2014 11:04:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Hackers jump on every opportunity they can to trick people. This time they hijacked to story about the missing Malaysian Airlines plane.

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Wall Street Journal Quoted Me Regarding Ransomware Phishing Attacks

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CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 14

Backup Failures And Ransomware Phishing: Recipe For Disaster

The 7 Steps Of The Cyber Kill Chain

14 Things That Definitely Should Not Be On The Internet, But Are

ALERT - CryptoLocker Has A Competitor That Is Worse: CryptoDefense

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 13 It's The XPOCALYPSE!... But Is It?

Scam Of The Week: Homicide Suspect

Attacks Give Lift to Cyber Insurance

Hackers hit Monster Jobs users with Gameover Zeus malware

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 12 NSA's Secret Efforts To Hack System Admins

CryptoLocker Has A Competitor That Is Worse: CryptoDefense

Florida Blue takes security awareness training personally

Scam Of The Week: You Owe Taxes, Pay Now Or Else

All major browsers fall during day 2 of Pwn2Own hacking contest

Target Breach: Where The Weak Points Were

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No Antivirus Detects Russian Malware For 8 Years!

Phishing FaceBook: Malaysia Plane MH370 Has Been Spotted

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