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Scam Of The Week Hotmail MSN

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Scam Of The Week Hotmail MSN[/caption] It's a new year and you'd like to think that your users are getting smarter about clicking on ...
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RUSH Do a Free $30 Internet Security Course and Get a $20 Amazon Gift Cert

Hi All, we have some super exciting news. Tons of the people that did our enterprise course said they had learned a bunch of scary things, and immediately asked how they could share this ...
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Deloitte Study shows 88 percent thinks they are cyber threat safe

Oh my. Deloite UK did a bunch of interviews with small and medium organizations which showed that a whopping 88% think they are safe and will not be attacked from the outside. Talk about ...
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Scam Example: Amazon Marketplace

Josh More, a Senior Security Consultant at RJS smart security was in the market for a new camera, and was almost scammed when he saw a deal on Amazon that was only $1,836.73 instead of ...
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CyberheistNews vol3, #01

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How to Address Securitys Weakest Link

User Awareness Tops Security Leaders' List of Challenges Tom Field over at the Healthcare Infosecurity Site nails it:" Heading into 2013, security leaders across industry feel confident ...
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Thanks For Your Support We Grew 470 percent from 2011 to 2012

[caption id="Stu Sjouwerman" align="alignleft" width="390"]Stu Sjouwerman, Founder and CEO of KnowBe4,LLC [/caption] Thanks for your support! KnowBe4's 2011 to 2012 year-over-year growth ...
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Here Are Your 13 Predictions For 2013

Here Are Your 13 Predictions For 2013 - First Quantity, Now Quality: In 2013, cybercrime will focus more on quality than before. They will opt for increasingly smart malware, and more ...
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LogMeIn and DocuSign Investigate Breach Claims

Customers of remote PC administration service LogMeIn.com and electronic signature provider DocuSign.com are complaining of a possible breach of customer information after receiving ...
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Infographic The eternal life of malware

The San Mateo, California based security firm AlienVault created a very interesting infographic that they called “The eternal life of malware.” because the malware gets recycled and ...
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CyberheistNews vol2, #53

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How to Find if a Website Is Legitimate

1) Call, write, or email the website using the contact information provided on their website to check for legitimacy. If you reach an automated voice messaging system, find that the ...
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The Secret Of The Net One Big Buggy Beta

Most people look at me surprised when I tell them the internet is still in beta, but it's true,
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Malware called Eurograbber steals 36 million Euros

If cybercrime would be promoting their malware, for sure they would call their EuroGrabber 'next-generation' Zeus crimeware. This is (a lot) more than your run-of-the-mill banking Trojan. ...
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Guy Gets SWAT Team-ed for Not Securing His Wireless Network

Lying on his family room floor with assault weapons trained on him, shouts of "pedophile!" and "pornographer!" stinging like his fresh cuts and bruises, the Buffalo homeowner didn't need ...
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ex-hacker jolts learners into changing behavior

Articulate is a company that produces software that allows organizations to create online training courses. KnowBe4 uses the Articulate products for the Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness ...
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Mass phishing emails a thing of the past?

The net-security website reported: "PhishMe predicts that phishers will be changing their tactics in 2013 – resorting to targeted spear phishing emails rather than the mass mails of the ...
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CyberheistNews vol2, #52

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Online Service Offers Bank Robbers for Hire

An online service boldly advertised in the cyber underground lets miscreants hire accomplices in several major U.S. cities to help empty bank accounts, steal tax refunds and intercept ...
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91% of cyberattacks begin with spear phishing email

Antony Savvas at Computerworld UK had a good write-up about this quite interesting news: "Some 91% of cyberattacks begin with a "spear phishing" email, according to research from security ...
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