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January 27, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

New Malware Upgrade Steals Browser and Email Client Credentials

Nothing is safe anymore. While tricking users into giving up their credentials still seems pretty impressive, new updates to the FTCode ransomware target the IDs and passwords on your ...

January 27, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Cyber-Insurance Premiums Jump as High as 25% and May Now Require Co-Insurance

With enough claims under the belts of insurance companies covering data ransoms, data theft, and other types of cyberattack, the risk appears to be shifting somewhat back to the ...

January 27, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

5 Tips to Prevent CEO Fraud

Every day, employees are regularly receiving spoofed emails. Even C-level executives are receiving fraudulent requests to transfer money or provide sensitive information. This form of ...

January 27, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Contributing to the Delinquency of a Major

A Swedish man used a multitude of forged credentials and a fake school diploma to join the Swedish military, where he maintained the ruse for eighteen years and eventually attained the ...

January 26, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Scam Of The Week: "Kobe Bryant Dead, Dies in Helicopter Crash"

Today, news broke that Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash. His daughter Gigi was also on board and died in the crash. This is a celebrity death that the bad guys are going to be ...

January 25, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

[Heads-up] Will Proposed New Laws *Ban* Making Ransomware Payments?

The ransomware scourge has become much worse the last 12 months. Highly organized cybercrime gangs have iterated their attacks into a massive extortion racket.

January 24, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

US Government Agency Spear Phished With New CARROTBALL Malware

According to new research posted by Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42, a US Government agency and two non-US foreign nationals professionally affiliated with North Korea were targeted by spear ...

January 24, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Ransomware Costs Double as Attacks Increase in Downtime and Sophistication

With payouts as much as $780,000, new data shows ransomware threat actors are going after every sized organization doing more damage and asking for more money.

January 24, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

New EFS Ransomware Attack Uses Windows Encrypting File System Against Itself

The newly-spotted form of ransomware takes advantage of encryption capabilities built into Windows making it difficult for AV vendors to stop it.

January 23, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Domain-Impersonation Increases by 400% as part of Conversational Hijacking Attacks

The latest data from security vendor Barracuda suggests that attackers heavily rely on lookalike domains as part of BEC scams that can result in CEO fraud, malware infection, or ransom.

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