Malware Metastasizes

Jul 1, 2012 3:13:16 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A few days ago I wrote about a 60 million Euro cyberheist. I have been digging into this a bit more, as it's the most advanced attack yet. Cybercrime is not revolutionary, it clearly ...

KnowBe4 Philosophy

Jun 30, 2012 4:58:45 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="250" caption="KnowBe4 Philosophy"][/caption] We are happy to go against the grain. Were not a massive developer that turns out bloatware year ...

Bank Settles With California Cyberheist Victim

Jun 26, 2012 8:20:32 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Finally, a positive outcome in a cyberheist lawsuit. Brian Krebs reported that a Professional Business Bank settled with a Village View Escrow Inc, a California cyberheist victim. A ...

60 Million Euro Stolen In Biggest Cyberheist Ever

Jun 26, 2012 8:09:14 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="390" caption="60 million Cyberheist"][/caption] This is exactly what I have been warning against in my book cyberheist. McAfee and Guardian ...

Need to protect a critical machine? Use Whitelisting, not Antivirus

Jun 24, 2012 9:46:28 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="290" caption="2002 Good vs. Bad"][/caption] And now a mainstream antivirus vendor is saying this too. First of all, I have no dog in this fight, ...

Why pill pushing spam pays off

Jun 22, 2012 3:15:37 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Brian Krebs is on a roll. Here is why pill pushing spam pays off. "Consumer demand for cheap prescription drugs sold through spam-advertised Web sites shows no sign of abating, according ...

OMG - I did not know it was THIS horrible.

Jun 21, 2012 10:46:08 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

More from Brian Krebs's astounding blog post today. "As the chart I compiled above indicates, attackers are switching the lure or spoofed brand quite often, but popular choices include ...

A Closer Look: Email-Based Ransomware Attacks

Jun 21, 2012 9:31:59 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

With the increase of email phishing attacks being the primary attack vector, ransomware payments have risen to 60%, it's important to take a closer look at email-based ransomware attacks.

Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training Success Stories

Jun 21, 2012 7:07:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Powerful New System Admin Tool: InstantRevert

Jun 21, 2012 5:13:24 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="370" caption="InstantRevert, a powerful new system admin tool"][/caption] KnowBe4 has released a powerful new system admin tool: InstantRevert. ...

Message From Kevin Mitnick

Jun 21, 2012 3:52:03 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Kevin sent the folowing letter to 1,442 people that over the last 3 years filled out the his contact us form on the www.mitnicksecurity.com website. Of these, 1082 were delivered. Now, ...

15 social media scams

Jun 21, 2012 3:06:01 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

From Facebook phishing lures to Twitter and Tumblr hoaxes, here are 15 scams to watch out for on social networking sites. CSO online took the time to put this slide show together and it's ...

Microsoft : "Civilian casualties inevitable in government cyber war"

Jun 21, 2012 3:00:29 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Alastair Stevenson at the V3 site quoted Microsoft: "Cyber attacks such as Duqu, Stuxnet and Flame will inevitably hurt private companies and innocent people as well as governments, ...

Kevin Mitnick Partners With KnowBe4

Jun 18, 2012 3:55:28 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Kevin Mitnick, at One Time the World's Most-Wanted Hacker, Joins Forces With Leading Internet Security Awareness Training Company KnowBe4, LLC CLEARWATER, Fla., June 18, 2012 -- Internet ...

Double-check that cashiers check

Jun 17, 2012 5:13:19 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The fake cashier's check scam has gotten more sophisticated. Cathy Bussewitz at the pressdemocrat site reported on this one: "It usually starts when a seller posts a big-ticket item on ...

Scam Of The Week

Jun 17, 2012 3:20:50 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="260" caption="LeakedIn"][/caption] Never 'check' your password. Change it! The last few weeks, it came to light that some major websites were ...

Survey Says: ACH Fraud Losses Down

Jun 16, 2012 2:02:18 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="260" caption="Tracy Kitten"][/caption]It's not all bad news! Tracy Kitten over at BankInfoSecurity reported on a positive trend. "Banks are doing a ...

Half of Small Businesses Not Concerned About Security Breaches [INFOGRAPHIC]

Jun 16, 2012 1:50:35 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Samantha Murphy at Mashable wrote: "Shred-It conducted a survey among 1,136 U.S. small business owners with companies of fewer than 100 employees, and 100 corporate-level executives who ...

Atomic scientists compare cyberwar to development of nuclear bomb

Jun 16, 2012 1:37:44 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Foxnews reported on June 15, 2012: "Cyberbombs are the new atom bombs." "The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists warned Friday that the race to build and deploy cyberweapons -- secret ...

CyberheistNews vol 2, #25

Jun 11, 2012 2:20:50 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

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