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March 22, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Cyber Attacks on Financial Institutions are the Modern-Day Bank Robbery

The financial sector has long been a target of cyber thieves. But despite their robust security postures, they continue to be the focus of some of the most innovative attack campaigns.

March 22, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

UK’s Police Federation Hit By Ransomware

The U.K.’s Police Federation has confirmed it has been hit by a cyberattack. The union-like organization, representing 119,000 police officers across the 43 forces in England and Wales, ...

March 21, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

WOW, Phishing Attacks Are Now More Common Than Malware!

Microsoft’s security team is uniquely positioned to analyze trends in cyber security threats. Their frequent Security Intelligence Reports (SIR) are an excellent indicator of these ...

March 21, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Beazley Data Reveals A 133% Increase In Business Email Compromise Incidents From 2017 To 2018

Business email compromises (BEC) accounted for 24% of the overall number of incidents reported to Beazley Breach Response (BBR) Services in 2018, compared to 13% in 2017, according to a ...

March 21, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Bots Impersonate Organizations to Spread Disinformation

Four congressmen have written to the FBI to request an investigation into social media accounts that are impersonating veterans’ organizations in order to spread fake news, according to ...

March 21, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

[Heads-up] Cybercriminals Are Moving To Mobile Phishing for Gift Cards Scams

Scammers are shifting to SMS to carry out business email compromise (BEC) attacks, since text messaging offers less visibility to the victim and more flexibility to the attacker, says ...

March 21, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Another Major Hack Of Singapore Government By Russian Cyber Criminals

SINGAPORE Straits Times reported that e-mail log-in information of employees in several government agencies and educational institutions, as well as details of more than 19,000 ...

March 20, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Phishing campaign targets Instagram users with fake copyright notices

A new phishing campaign targeting Instagram users is using fake copyright infringement notices to steal user credentials.

March 20, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

CISOs: Users and Collaborative Security Efforts are the Key to Protecting the Organization from Attack

Cisco’s CISO Benchmark Report 2019 focuses on the need for security collaboration between internal teams and the inclusion of users as part of an effective cybersecurity program.

March 20, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Blackmail and Sextortion Attacks Use Panic and Threats to Lure Their Victims

Preying on a victim’s fear of having “private” browsing details leaked sits at the center of these well-crafted attacks that leverage stolen or harvested passwords to establish ...

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