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SANS: "Less Than Half of Cyberattacks Detected via Antivirus"

We have been saying here for a while that antivirus is dead, but SANS just confirmed it in a new report that starts with: "Companies are buying next-gen antivirus and fileless attack ...

UK SMEs: Know Your Enemy. Plan Your Defense

Organizations in the UK with 250 employees or less need a solid understanding of the attack potential, methods used, and how to prepare.

CyberheistNews Vol 8 #28

Ransomware Mid-Year Update: It’s Worse Than Ever

We’re finally getting a look at how much ransomware attacks have been seen in the wild in the first half of 2018 – and the numbers are astounding.

Another Hacking Scandal? Russians could be behind 'cyber caliphate'

The US Senate is asking the Justice Department to look into the possibility that an Islamic extremist hacking group was actually the work of the Russian government.

Russian Indictment: They Used Criminal Tradecraft like Spearphishing To Hack The Democratic Party

The email arrived in Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta’s inbox around March 19, 2016, during the height of the presidential primaries, spoofed to look like a standard ...

What Would You Like To Ask Kevin Mitnick About Social Engineering?

Here's your chance. Late August we'll do a live webinar with Kevin, and he asked me to find out what questions you have for him regarding social engineering, so we can cover them in this ...

Bad guys use Google's Golang to cross-compile multi-platform malware

Here is the bad news: The use of Google's Golang (also called Go) programming language allows attackers to cross-compile malware for use on multiple platforms, making potential attacks on ...

New Report: Mobile Phishing on the Rise

With users being three times more likely to click on a suspicious link on their mobile device, along with over half of mobile users tapping on a phishing URL, mobile phishing is a bigger ...

[Scam Of The Week] Amazon Prime Day Is Only 4 days away

It's a prime opportunity for the bad guys to send a raft of phishing attacks. We do have a "Free Amazon Prime Account" template that we just modified to fit a Prime Day-style scam. It's ...