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Half Of Your Users Are Now Spear Phishing Targets

In a presentation at the Intelligence & National Security Summit, Bill Evanina, Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) announced "There have been just ...

Banks Do Not Pay You Back If You Get Hit With A Cyberheist

I was very happy to see that NPR has jumped on a story I have been trying to get out for a while. John Ydstie has a new example, where he shows the incredible hassle and disappointment ...

CyberheistNews Vol #5 #39 Expert Russians Hackers Use Satellites To Hide Amazing Exploits

*|CyberHeistNews|* CyberheistNews Vol #5 #39 Sept 15, 2015 Expert Russians Hackers Use Satellites To Hide Amazing Exploits Ouroboros, one of the world’s most sophisticated hacking groups ...

US Counter-Intel Czar Warns Hack Victims Against Spear Phishing

WASHINGTON–In a presentation at the Intelligence & National Security Summit, the director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) announced a "new ...

Expert Russians Hackers Use Satellites To Hide Amazing Exploits

Ouroboros, one of the world’s most sophisticated hacking groups with close ties to the Russian government, has been accused of hijacking unencrypted commercial satellite communications. ...

Pentagon Hacked Again, Compromising Employee Financial Info

Hackers infiltrated the Pentagon food court's computer system, compromising the credit and debit card info of an unknown number of employees. Lt. Col. Tom Crosson, a Defense Department ...

Aggressive Android ransomware spreading in the USA

Your Android device's lock screen PIN keeps your phone's contents safe, but not from a new strain of ransomware which hijacks your phone or tablet. Security researchers at ESET discovered ...

2015 U.S Hacking Incidents More Than Previous Two Years Combined

In 2015 U.S. organizations are seeing a significant spike in hacking incidents. Over 122 Million records breached just from hacking alone. That is not counting all of the other incidents ...

[INFOGRAPHIC] Security of The Internet of Things (IoT)

The Internet of Things is far from secure. Don't trust me, just check the FBI, they are getting worried about this too. I have talked about hacks of Internet enabled devices before, ...

Three Big Ransomware Campaigns Victimize Tens Of Thousands

Cybercrime has not given up on ransomware just yet. In fact, it's expanding as different Eastern European mafias are competing with each other for market share in this segment. Here are ...

CyberheistNews Vol #5 #38 Scam Of The Week: Drowned Syrian Boy

CyberheistNews Vol #5 #38 Sept 1, 2015 Scam Of The Week: Drowned Syrian Boy Lowlifes are exploiting the recent picture of three-year-old Syrian boy Alyan Kurdi. He drowned while ...

A Cyberheist Subscriber's Own Hacking Horror Story

Here is a cyberheist subscriber who sent me their own hacking horror story. "Stu, thought I’d give you one. You can use it if you want. Just make it anonymous. So, being in IT we think we ...

Social Engineering Heaven: Combine AshMad Hack With OPM Data

The Office of Personnel Management has just closed a 133 million dollar contract to protect 21.5 million OPM data breach victims for three years. Wow, "Barn, Horse" anyone? This is an ...

KnowBe4 Grand Opening Sept 2015

September 3rd, 2015 - KnowBe4 had the grand opening of our new facility in Tampa Bay, Florida. The 15,000 square foot top floor has a wrap-around 360 panoramic view of the Gulf of Mexico ...

CyberheistNews Vol #5 #37 Scam Of The Week: Business Email Compromise

CyberheistNews Vol 5 #37 Sept 1, 2015 Scam Of The Week: Business Email Compromise Last week, the FBI via their Internet Crime Complaint Center announced some astounding numbers, worse ...

Report: Phishing costs average organization $3.7 million per year

If you extrapolate the total annual cost of phishing for the average organization it comes to more than $3.7 million. You could shave that down by $1.8 million though, with the right ...

IBM: Corporations could be the next target for ransomware attacks

Doug Olenick at SC Magazine reported on something noteworthy: "The growing threat posed by ransomware and the possibility that cybercriminals will graduate from extorting end users to ...

What Is Worse Than Ransomware? Business Email Compromise

You are getting your Scam Of The Week early. Yesterday, the FBI via their Internet Crime Complaint Center announced some shocking numbers. There is a 270 percent spike in victims and cash ...

CyberheistNews Vol 5 #36 Breaking News: Got Hacked...The FTC Can Now Sue You

CyberheistNews Vol #5 #36 Aug 25, 2015 Breaking News: Got Hacked...The FTC Can Now Sue You For organizations that get hacked like Anthem, Target and recently Ashley Madison, the problems ...

Breaking News: Got Hacked? The FTC Can Now Sue You

For organizations that get hacked like Anthem, Target and recently Ashley Madison, the problems are only starting. Apart from towering legal fees and a damaged reputation, now an appeals ...


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