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Last CyberheistNews issue, we warned that Black Friday and Cyber Monday were behind us, and that criminal hackers have a "scam calendar" which focuses on major shopping events exactly ...
Here is a powerful piece of ammo to get (more) IT Security budget.
Sony has been hacked several times, and should have learned their lesson a while ago, but no. This time it is really bad though. Late yesterday the FBI warned U.S. business that the ...
What if you knew beforehand about mergers and acquisitions, and could trade with that inside information? Well that's been going on for more than a year.
We have Black Friday and Cyber Monday behind us. After losing ground to online competitors, brick-and-mortar retailers have struck back with incredible online deals. Wal-Mart said ...
Homeland Security Today has a good article which explains that cybersecurity education, including employee training and awareness programs, is vital in deterring cybercrime. The ...
CyberheistNews Vol 4 #46 Nov 25, 2014
You probably are not aware of the Tampa Bay Technology Forum. They are dedicated to growing and promoting Tampa Bay's technology "eco-system.” Through events, education, networking, ...
This week the FTC shut down a $120M tech support scam that consumer software buyers should be aware of. Two telemarketing firms were at the center of this FTC investigation, but there are ...
CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 46
Associated Press just reported that the State Department has taken the unprecedented step of shutting down its entire unclassified email system as technicians repair possible damage from ...
It's been more than a year since the first vicious ransomware stuck up its ugly head.
The poll was conducted by Spiceworks Voice of IT on behalf of CloudEntr in September. The study collected 438 surveys from IT professionals at companies with 20 to 499 employees in ...
CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 45
There is a current, active cybercrime campaign going, using the tempting lure of free pizza, researchers at Cloudmark warned. They spotted new spam emails claiming to be a campaign from ...
As if it wasn't bad enough to lose 56 million credit card accounts, now Home Depot has to admit it also lost 53 million email addresses. This gives the bad guys a fabulous opportunity to ...
CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 44
Here is a mock-up ad for a new real service that became available for cyber criminals recently:
The White House told the press this week that its Executive Office of the President (EOP) network was hacked a few weeks ago, and pooh poohed the data breach by pointing out that it was ...
