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April 16, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Island Hopping Grows in Popularity as Attackers use One Victim to Create the Next

Cybercriminals no longer see your organization as just their next target; they see the organization as a valuable source of intel and the launch point for their next attack. In business ...

April 16, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Insurers Discuss What to Expect from a Ransomware Attack, and How to Defend Yourself Against One

Ransomware tops the list of attacks for insurers of the food and beverage industry. Outdated software and lax user concern for security controls provide attacker with a way in.

April 16, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Staff and Students Put School Districts at the Greatest Risk of Cyber Attack

Inadvertent sharing, phishing attacks, and ransomware top the list of attack vectors, with teachers, students, and vendors all contributing to the risk of breach.

April 15, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Spycatching: Social Engineering and the FBI's Insider Threat Experience

We’ve recently shared a link to a podcast, “The Ghost and the Mole,” which revisits the infamous case of FBI Special Agent turned Russian spy Robert Hanssen. Before dismissing this as ...

April 15, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Extortionists Threaten Victims with WannaCry Ransomware

An email extortion scam is threatening victims with DDoS attacks and WannaCry ransomware, according to researchers at Avast. The scammers claim to have hacked the victim’s network and ...

April 15, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

[PODCAST] The ghost and the mole; Eric O'Neill's Gray Day.

Eric O’Neill is a former FBI counterintelligence and counterterrorism operative, and founder of the Georgetown Group, a security and investigative firm, as well as national security ...

April 11, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Reuters: "Cybersecurity Firm Cofense Says Pamplona To Sell Stake After U.S. Probe"

(Reuters) - U.S. cybersecurity firm Cofense Inc said on Wednesday that buyout firm Pamplona Capital Management is seeking to sell its stake in the company following a year-long probe by ...

April 10, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

What's The Best Name? ThreadJacking or Man-in-the-Inbox Attacks?

We are seeing a new type of attack popping up more and more. Bad guys send a phishing attack and steal the credentials of your employee. But they stay under the radar and lurk for a while ...

April 10, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Get Ready for the First Wave of AI Malware

This is an excerpt from an article in SecurityWeek by Gunter Ollmann, who is currently the CSO of Microsoft’s Cloud and AI Security division. He is a seasoned information security leader.

April 10, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Ottawa City Treasurer sends $128,000 to fraudsters in email phishing scam

The treasurer of the city of Ottawa, Marian Simulik, fell for a business email compromise (BEC) scam and sent $100,000 to a scammer, the city’s auditor general revealed this week. Simulik ...

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