IT security more critical now than executives expected two years ago

Jan 14, 2014 3:36:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

David Braue at CSO reported on some very interesting results of the 11th Annual Information Security Trends report by CompTIA: "28 per cent of respondents said information security was a ...

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 02

Jan 14, 2014 9:23:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

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Consider security training before high-end technology

Jan 13, 2014 4:57:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

CompterWeekly.com's "Security Think Tank" section has an opinion piece by Mike Gilespie that's right out of the KnowBe4 playbook.

The History Of Hacking In 5 Minutes For Dummies

Jan 12, 2014 12:40:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

What do you do when you need to explain the history of hacking to a busy non-technical manager in five minutes or less? Here is an attempt to make this extremely complex subject into a ...

Target Databreach Now 110 Mil Cards - Neiman Marcus Hacked Too

Jan 12, 2014 10:23:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

It goes from bad to worse. The initial 40 million turns out to be really 110 million. Apparently the forensics team discovered another 70 million cards exfiltrated. And then the news ...

5 Most Dangerous Phishing Email Subjects

Jan 9, 2014 1:32:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Websense has posted some interesting new phishing research a few days ago. They started out: "With cloud infrastructure easily scalable and rented botnets coming on the cheap, the cost of ...

McAfee on Intel's decision to drop the name McAfee priceless

Jan 9, 2014 7:43:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Oh, this one is priceless.

Firm Bankrupted by Cyberheist Sues Bank

Jan 8, 2014 11:53:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 1

Jan 7, 2014 9:17:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 1

KnowBe4 Grows 427% Year Over Year

Jan 1, 2014 9:21:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Windows Crash Reports Let NSA Spy On People

Dec 31, 2013 2:09:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Is This Man Selling The Stolen Target Credit Card Data?

Dec 30, 2013 2:10:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cybercrime Investigative Reporter Brian Krebs had an exclusive post recently providing an inside look at a person who may be a key distributor of the information stolen from Target.

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Dec 30, 2013 11:28:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

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History Repeats Itself And IT Security Suffers

Dec 24, 2013 9:24:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Fake Adobe licence key delivery phishing emails carry malware

Dec 20, 2013 9:43:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Eastern European Hackers Hit Target Phish Out 40M Credit Cards

Dec 19, 2013 8:16:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

During the Black Friday shopping week, tens of millions of credit and debit card records were "phished" out of Target. The data breach was nationwide, and has extended for as far as ...

Hacked Chinese Clothes Iron Sends Spam And Malware

Dec 18, 2013 10:22:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Now here's something "new and creative!" Chinese hackers have taken a clothes iron (yes, we are talking a steam iron, see the picture) and added a small device that detects Wi-Fi ...

CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 51

Dec 17, 2013 9:32:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 51

Interesting info on phishing and social engineering on 60 minutes

Dec 16, 2013 9:57:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Last weekend, 60-minutes had a special about the NSA which spoke out on Snowden and spying. The headline was: "The NSA gives unprecedented access to the agency's HQ and, for the first ...

CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 50

Dec 10, 2013 9:07:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

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IT security more critical now than executives expected two years ago

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Consider security training before high-end technology

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Target Databreach Now 110 Mil Cards - Neiman Marcus Hacked Too

5 Most Dangerous Phishing Email Subjects

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Firm Bankrupted by Cyberheist Sues Bank

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KnowBe4 Grows 427% Year Over Year

Windows Crash Reports Let NSA Spy On People

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History Repeats Itself And IT Security Suffers

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