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March 28, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

Report: Ransomware is the New Normal. 52% Have Lost Faith in Antivirus and 44% Agree AV is Dead

A new report on malware says that the majority of companies globally have been victims of ransomware in the last 12 months. 52% Have Lost Faith in Antivirus and 44% Agree AV is Dead A new ...

March 27, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

Leader of Carbanak Cybercrime Group Who Stole Over 1Billion Arrested in Spain [InfoGraphic]

March 26, 2018 -- Some good news for a change! Police in Spain have arrested an individual identified as Denis K. who is believed to be the mastermind behind the Carbanak (also known as ...

March 27, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

Social Engineering Fraud and Cyber Insurance – Are You Covered?

We’ve covered this before but here’s another article on exclusionary clauses. The loophole: "No unauthorized use of the victims Computer System". Excellent reminder by Drinker Biddle ...

March 25, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

US Disrupts 'Massive And Brazen' Iranian Phishing Scheme, DOJ Says

Friday morning the US Department of Justice announced that it had indicted Iran's Mabna Institute and nine of the individuals who work for it. The charges include conspiracy to commit ...

March 25, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

The AVCrypt Ransomware Tries To Uninstall Your AV Software

Larry Abrams at Bleepingcomputer reported this strain first: "A new ransomware named AVCrypt has been discovered that tries to uninstall existing security software before it encrypts a ...

March 23, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

City of Atlanta IT Systems Shut Down by SamSam Ransomware. Demand Is $51K To Decrypt

It was all over the major press yesterday. The Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia has confirmed that several local government systems are currently down due to a ransomware infection and said the ...

March 22, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

Why Social Engineering Works And How To Arm Yourself Against "Human Hacking"

Let me share some observations after 7 years of building KnowBe4 from scratch into a 100 million dollar company. We train your employees to recognize social engineering attacks and not ...

March 20, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

MY TAKE: Why ‘cryptojacking’ is spreading faster than ransomware — and may be more insidious

Has there ever been anything more tailor made for hackers than crypto currency? Is anyone surprised that hackers are innovating ways to crack into digital wallets and currency exchanges? ...

March 20, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

UK National Lottery hacked: Watch Out For Phishing Attacks On Millions Of Customers

The UK National Lottery has warned more than 10 million players with online accounts to change their passwords due to a security breach, The Telegraph reported.

March 20, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

How To: Social Engineering A Whole Country During An Election

Check out this fascinating 13 min interview with Christopher Wylie, a former research director at Cambridge Analytica, who had a copy of a dataset with 50 million Facebook profiles. He ...

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