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Danny Yadron at the WSJ got the picture right. State, and local law enforcement are struggling to keep up as their online case load grows. They are even gettting a hand from the FBI here ...
During the first quarter, I have been warning about the coming wave of Windows XP-related scams having to do with the April 8 End Of Life of XP. Here is what you can expect, and many ...
Love your tall latte? Better watch it, as a "friend" might send you an email with a fake Starbucks Coffee Gift offer. These emails read something like this in broken english. "Your friend ...
Use the free built-in antivirus called Windows Defender? Use a free tool like Avast? Buy a third party tool?
I had a look at the recent Mandiant M-Trends report. Interesting stuff. They observed that employees seem to fall for hacking tricks mostly on Wednesdays, and are most likely to click on ...
CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 15
Here is another reason why buying legitimate operating systems and application software is a good idea. A new study conducted by IDC and commissioned by Microsoft reveals some troubling ...
Virus Bulletin came up with some interesting historical facts. In 1989, when the very first Virus Bulletin rolled off the press (produced in a black-and-white, printed pamphlet style), ...
This week, Wall Street Journal MarketWatch reporter Priya Anand quoted me in an article she wrote about the new wave of ransomware phishing attacks.
This week I attended a webinar about Security Awareness Training hosted by David Monahan, Research Director Security and Risk Management of Enterprise Management Associates.
With system administrators in the crossfire between cybergangs who are wielding sophisticated ransomware like CryptoLocker on one side and CryptoDefense on the other, it's likely many of ...
Cyber security professionals are slowly but surely grabbing more and more military jargon. No surprises there, with a possible cyberwar brewing. The "kill chain" is a traditional warfare ...
You would think that after the recent few years of press showing the risks of the Internet that people would wise up. But no. To my astonishment it's getting worse, not better. Just have ...
As we said before, there is furious competition between cybergangs. Late February 2014 a copycat ransomware competitor to Cryptolocker was released which outdoes CryptoLocker. The malware ...
CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 13
The same cybergang that was sending alarming emails about people being evicted from their homes, and are to appear in court, have a new variant of their racket. It's a community "alert" ...
Today in the Wall Street Journal, reporter Leslie Scism quoted Bloomberg News that "Target's data breach 'was the equivalent of 10 free Super Bowl ads."
Companies that are recruiting new employees are being targeted through Monster Jobs. The bad guys are using malware called Gameover Zeus, security firm F-secure reported in a blog post ...
CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 12
