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Fake Facebook “Account Cancelation Requests” Lead to Malware

Softpedia reported: "A shady-looking email, apparently originating from Facebook, has been seen in inboxes, informing users that the social media network has received an account ...

Hackers Target the Weakest Link: The End User

I was interviewed by Jeremy Quittner yesterday. Here is how he started his article in American Banker today: "It took Stu Sjouwerman, the founder and chief executive of security firm ...

Guessable Passwords: The Unpatchable Exploit

Monday morning, I found a tweet by @INFOSECSchool with the above title. I admit, it's a catchy phrase and sure enough, IF you allow easy passwords, it's an invitation to get hacked. This ...

Fake Amex ID Verification

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="260" caption="Fake Amex ID Verification"][/caption] OK, here is another one to warn everyone about, especially the employees that have a ...

Spot the security "no-no"

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="260" caption="Spot the security "no-no""][/caption] Wow, talk about a TV interview that contains a massive vulnerability. We think this is a press ...

Russia's most effective cybercriminals

Rod Rasmussen over at SecurityWeek has a really interesting article about a Russian cyber gang driving a massive wave of fraud: "Tucked away in a small town outside Moscow, Russia one of ...

Spear-phishing attacks hit gas pipeline networks

A Homeland Security Department cyber response team focusing on industrial control systems has issued a warning to the natural gas pipeline industry of targeted cyberattacks that have ...

Gartner considers security awareness training an essential tool for all companies

Linda Musthaler, at NetworkWorld just wrote an excellent article about training workers to be cyber safe. One paragraph was especially noteworthy: “In 2012 we’re already seeing a sharp ...

I am a malware coder and botnet operator

This is a discussion on Reddit, where a (presumably Polish) malware coder and botnet operator very candidly answers questions from people. This is a fascinating but rather technical read, ...

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News - FBI warns against malware installed via hotel networks

The Internet Crime Complaint Center had this 'Intelligence Note': "Recent analysis from the FBI and other government agencies demonstrates that malicious actors are targeting travelers ...

Interpol President: "80% of Internet Crime Is Organized International Gangs."

Fresh from Yahoo News by Steve Weizman: "Interpol president Khoo Boon Hui said on Tuesday that organised international gangs are behind most internet scams and that cyber crime's ...

The personal cloud will eclipse the PC

The personal cloud is poised to eclipse the PC as the hub of consumers' digital lives by 2014 as rapid growth in the use of apps and services introduces a new paradigm for how people ...

The Average Cyberespionage Attack Goes On For 416 Days

WIRED Mag has a great article by Kim Zetter. It boils down to the fact that high-level hackers are able to get and stay in your network. And even if you are able to kick them out, they ...

The evolution of Business Cards

I just got a 'perk' over at the Klout site, which gives you a score how you do in Social Media. The perk was 50 business cards, each with a different backside if you want to. The company ...

Symantec Report Says User Behavior is Root of Most Breaches

Tracy Kitten over at BankInfoSecurity spotted something interesting in Symantec's recent Internet Security Threat Report. This is the upshot: "Which Internet security threats pose the ...

No Exploit Required: How Attackers Exploit Business Logic Flaws

Kelly Jackson Higgins over at Dark Reading had a very interesting article: "Cyberattacks don't always employ exploited vulnerabilities: Sometimes they prey on weaknesses in the business ...

$1,000 Walmart Gift Card Scam Inflates Your Phone Bill

We have seen crooked Walmart gift card offers before, but now and then I run across one that's craftier than earlier versions. And as usual, you do not get the gift card, but a high dose ...

How To Land A Cybersecurity Job

Just found an article in NetworkWorld by Carolyn Duffy Marsan that is very interesting. Here is a snippet: "One specific skill related to cloud security that's in demand: SAML. The ...

Proof: Antivirus Only Defends Against Low-skilled Attackers

The SANS Computer Forensics and Incident Response team built a real-life network for their students so they could learn how to hack into the network. They put McAfee enterprise endpoint ...


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