Vishing Attacks Yield Phone Fraud Take of Over $100 Million

Jul 13, 2020 7:01:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

While not a new tactic, vishing presents cybercriminals with an attack method that’s perfectly aligned with the pandemic shifts to remote workforces.

Ransomware Attacks on Manufacturing Yield an Average Payout of $271K

Jul 13, 2020 7:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

New data shows just how much major industries are paying out to remediate successful ransomware attacks, despite guidance to never pay the ransom.

[HEADS UP] Office 365 Phishing Attacks Now Use Fake Zoom Suspension Alerts

Jul 9, 2020 1:33:56 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Microsoft Office 365 users are targeted by a new phishing campaign using fake Zoom notifications to warn those who work in corporate environments that their Zoom accounts have been ...

Back-to-School: a Buzzkill in More Ways than One

Jul 9, 2020 9:01:39 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

40% of the top twenty universities in the US aren’t using DMARC to mitigate phishing attacks that impersonate the universities’ domains, according to researchers at Tessian. Additionally, ...

[On-Demand Webinar] Hackers Exposed: Kevin Mitnick Shares His Tradecraft and Tools to Help You Hack Proof Your Network

Jul 9, 2020 8:27:47 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Months of quarantine, transitioning to work from home, economic uncertainty, social and political turmoil… it’s easy to see why your employees are amped up, tense and distracted. And the ...

More Than 15 Billion Credentials Are For Sale in Criminal Markets

Jul 8, 2020 3:50:09 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers at Digital Shadows warn that there are more than 15 billion leaked login credentials for sale in online criminal marketplaces. This number is up 300% since 2018, and the ...

How To Get And Stay Compliant With The New California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA):

Jul 8, 2020 11:27:36 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

California's new AB 375 privacy law is not as bad as GDPR, but the details are still in flux. CCPA does not have some of GDPR's most scary requirements like the very short 72-hour window ...

Gartner: You Should Focus On These 7 Specific COVID-19 IT Security Areas

Jul 8, 2020 10:59:44 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Gartner observed: "Rapid responses to the coronavirus pandemic leave organizations vulnerable to security breaches. Security and risk teams must remain vigilant and focus on strategic ...

Microsoft Seizes Six Domains Used in Sophisticated Phishing Scheme

Jul 8, 2020 8:24:34 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Microsoft announced that the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has ruled that the company can seize six domains that were being used in a widespread phishing ...

CyberheistNews Vol 10 #28 60% of Organizations Are Hit by Cyberattacks Spread by Their Own Employees

Jul 7, 2020 10:49:38 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[Heads Up] The First-Ever Russian BEC Gang, Cosmic Lynx, Was Uncovered. They Spear Phish Multinational & Fortune 500 Senior Executives

Jul 7, 2020 10:13:48 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

“This is a historic shift to the global email threat landscape and portends new and sophisticated social engineering attacks that CISOs around the world must brace for now,” according to ...

FakeSpy Android Malware Distributed via Smishing

Jul 7, 2020 8:29:13 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers at Cybereason are tracking a sophisticated malware campaign targeting Android devices around the world. The campaign involves a new version of the FakeSpy information-stealing ...

New Calendar Invitations as Phishbait Attack Wave

Jul 6, 2020 3:19:48 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

BleepingComputer warns that cybercriminals are using calendar invites to send phishing links to Wells Fargo customers. Researchers at Abnormal Security discovered this phishing campaign ...

New Phishing Attack Targets 200M+ Microsoft 365 Accounts Via Malicious Excel .SLK Files to Bypass Security

Jul 6, 2020 3:10:03 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Using an old (but supported) Excel filetype, attackers can bypass both Exchange Online Protection and Advanced Threat Protection to run malicious macros.

More Companies Start Reporting Their Ransomware Infections As The Expensive Data Breaches They Are

Jul 6, 2020 11:57:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Larry Abrams at Bleepingcomputer correctly observed: "Corporate victims are finally starting to realize that ransomware attacks are data breaches and have begun to notify employees and ...

If you don’t meet the CMMC specifications, you will no longer be able to compete for the DoD’s business

Jul 6, 2020 10:08:34 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is a new US Department of Defense (DoD) standard for implementing best practices throughout the defense industrial base, which ...

KnowBe4’s Q2 2020 Year-Over-Year Sales Grow 25%

Jul 4, 2020 9:47:36 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

We announced on July 2nd that 2020's second quarter was 25% higher in sales than Q2 2019, and that we are nearing a staff of 1,000 and 33,000+ customers worldwide. KnowBe4 continues on a ...

New ‘WastedLocker’ Ransomware Released by Evil Corp

Jul 2, 2020 10:45:13 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The group associated with the Zeus trojan, Locky and BitPaymer looks to have debuted a new ransomware and have already seen massive distribution of it in the wild.

Half of all Remote Employees Aren’t the Slightest Bit Prepared for Cyberattacks

Jul 2, 2020 10:36:53 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

New data from IBM suggests that employees, their devices, training, and organizational policies are all lacking when it comes making sure remote workers don’t become a victim of ...

Microsoft 365 Phishing Attacks Masterfully Use Brand Name Sites to Establish Legitimacy

Jul 2, 2020 10:13:11 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

New voicemail phishing scam uses legitimate branded domains from companies like Samsung and Adobe to facilitate redirects to compromised websites intent on stealing credentials.

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Vishing Attacks Yield Phone Fraud Take of Over $100 Million

Ransomware Attacks on Manufacturing Yield an Average Payout of $271K

[HEADS UP] Office 365 Phishing Attacks Now Use Fake Zoom Suspension Alerts

Back-to-School: a Buzzkill in More Ways than One

[On-Demand Webinar] Hackers Exposed: Kevin Mitnick Shares His Tradecraft and Tools to Help You Hack Proof Your Network

More Than 15 Billion Credentials Are For Sale in Criminal Markets

How To Get And Stay Compliant With The New California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA):

Gartner: You Should Focus On These 7 Specific COVID-19 IT Security Areas

Microsoft Seizes Six Domains Used in Sophisticated Phishing Scheme

CyberheistNews Vol 10 #28 60% of Organizations Are Hit by Cyberattacks Spread by Their Own Employees

[Heads Up] The First-Ever Russian BEC Gang, Cosmic Lynx, Was Uncovered. They Spear Phish Multinational & Fortune 500 Senior Executives

FakeSpy Android Malware Distributed via Smishing

New Calendar Invitations as Phishbait Attack Wave

New Phishing Attack Targets 200M+ Microsoft 365 Accounts Via Malicious Excel .SLK Files to Bypass Security

More Companies Start Reporting Their Ransomware Infections As The Expensive Data Breaches They Are

If you don’t meet the CMMC specifications, you will no longer be able to compete for the DoD’s business

KnowBe4’s Q2 2020 Year-Over-Year Sales Grow 25%

New ‘WastedLocker’ Ransomware Released by Evil Corp

Half of all Remote Employees Aren’t the Slightest Bit Prepared for Cyberattacks

Microsoft 365 Phishing Attacks Masterfully Use Brand Name Sites to Establish Legitimacy

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