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We have added a dozen new phishing templates in the past few days. All are based on actual bad guy phishing emails seen in the last 2 weeks. At least one is less than 24 hours old. Most ...
TeslaCrypt is a relatively new ransomware variant which has made it in the Top 5, and has rapidly innovated in its efforts to evade detection. The latest version which is one of the most ...
Over the weekend, The NY Times, BBC, Newsweek, AOL, MSN, The HIll and other major news sites had their ad networks hijacked again by criminals using the Angler Exploit Kit to deliver ...
KnowBe4 has immediately responded to Dridex's Locky ransomware attack by releasing a new attachment option which is called "MS Office document with Macro". This new option allows a ...
One thing that is driving mainstream recognition of ransomware is the move by the Dridex banking Trojan gang into ransomware with their Locky strain. They have taken over from CryptoWall, ...
Check the orange slice depicting the percentage of ransomware exports. I found this on someone's twitter feed and loved it!
It helps to know how to spell when you try to rob a billion from a dirt poor country. A spelling mistake thwarted hackers in stealing a $1 billion dollars from the Bangladesh Bank, and ...
There is a new strain of ransomware called Cerber that takes creepiness to the next level. It drops three files on the victim's desktop named "# DECRYPT MY FILES #." These files contain ...
OK, heads up! This tax season there is a widespread new scam that specifically targets your HR and Accounting professionals. They get an urgent email from "the CEO" who asks them for all ...
A phishing incident has compromised the personal information of 11,000 Pennsylvania Main Line Health employees. Officials said the incident occurred on Feb. 16 when an employee fell for a ...
Apple this week released a statement regarding what has been an ongoing battle for months. The FBI requested that Apple unlock the encypted iPhone belonging to San Bernadino shooter Syed ...
The Belgian Crelan Bank was the victim of a 70 million euro (75.8M U.S.) fraud that was launched from another country. They claim (PDF) this CEO Fraud was discovered during an internal ...
A new study by Enigma Software revealed the hardest hit cities in the country when it comes to computer viruses. Tampa was ranked #2 for malware infections per person. That's 842% above ...
For this Scam Of The Week, we decided to go out on a limb and run a "What If" scenario" on an attack that we think is very likely.
"I feel like a complete idiot. I just got taken by a LinkedIn spam that may have just stolen my banking password." These words dropped in my inbox, written a while ago by Dan Tynan, ...
There are certain holiday scams we tend to see year after year. This infographic is great to share with your users to help them make smarter security decisions!
OK, Heads Up! This has not hit U.S. shores yet, but it's just a matter of time. This nasty bit of crimeware is being beta-tested in Germany at the moment, and that is where the reports ...
The FBI recently warned against a new cyber crime wave. It's called "CEO Fraud" where cybercriminals impersonate your CEO using your own spoofed domain name, and order employees to ...
