HMRC warns of new wave of UK phishing scams

Rosie Murray West at the Financial Times reported: "Taxpayers are being targeted by a new wave of phishing scams linked to the financial calendar, HM Revenue & Customs has warned. ...

May 11, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

The history and derivation of the word phishing...

The word "phishing" can't be found in Chaucer or Shakespeare. It is a homophone of "fishing". But why "ph" instead of "f"? Many English words of Greek origin transliterate "φ" (phi) as ...

May 11, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

Equifax: "Oh, minor detail, we also lost 17.6 Million driver's licenses in that data breach"...

On May 7, executives of Equifax submitted a "statement for the record" to the Securities and Exchange Commission detailing the extent of the consumer data breach the company first ...

May 10, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

KnowBe4 Releases Delegated Admin Permissions

KnowBe4 is proud to announce support for delegated permissions as part of the Security Roles feature. Security Roles allows you to limit roles to only display specific data or allow for ...

May 9, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

[Breaking] New BitKangoroo Ransomware Deletes Your Files If You Do not Pay

Our friend Larry Abrams at Bleepingcomputer said: "I am trying something new where I will post in brief articles about new ransomware as they are released. Many of these ransomware ...

May 8, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

[Heads-up] New Exploit Hacks LinkedIn 2-factor Auth. See This Kevin Mitnick VIDEO

OK, here is something really scary. KnowBe4's Chief Hacking Officer Kevin Mitnick now and then calls me with some chilling news. This time, Kuba Gretzky, a white hat hacker friend of ...

May 5, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

Scam Of The Week: Phishing Attack Uses GDPR As Bait

Attackers know that companies are sending a lot of emails to customers about GDPR—and that makes them prime opportunity for phishing attacks. With the looming GDPR May 25 deadline almost ...

May 4, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

Q1 2018 Top Clicked Phishing Email Subjects [INFOGRAPHIC]

This is the second year we've published quarterly results of the most-clicked phishing email subjects across a few categories. We separate the data into subjects related to social media ...

May 4, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

Chinese Cyber Spies Focus On Spear Phishing... YOU!

Catalin Cimpanu at Bleepingcomputer reported: "Chinese cyber spies are evolving their tactics, focusing on IT staffers, relying more and more on spear phishing instead of malware, and ...

May 3, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

Are Bad Guys Swapping TeamViewer For AnyDesk to install Blackheart Ransomware?

According to Trend Micro researchers a new ransomware strain called Blackheart drops its payload alongside the perfectly legitimate AnyDesk remote desktop tool, highly likely as a way to ...

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