Companies Slow to Adopt Insurance As Hedge Against Ransomware Wave

Research firm Ovum for Silicon Valley analytics firm FICO, conducted a May 2017, survey about cyber insurance. And here is the head-scratcher: “The survey further concluded that “a full ...

August 31, 2017 Stu Sjouwerman

Introducing Behavioral Information Security

Ben Tomhave posted a great article on his "The Falcon's View" blog. Loved the concept and I'm cross-posting the whole thing in it's entirety without any edits with grateful ...

August 29, 2017 Stu Sjouwerman

Nigerian Phishers Have Gone to School and Gotten Their CEO Fraud Diploma

The FBI calls CEO Fraud "Business Email Compromise" (BEC) and it has become a highly lucrative threat vector for attackers. According to IC3, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center, ...

August 29, 2017 Stu Sjouwerman

[ALERT] The IRS Issued An Urgent Warning Against An IRS / FBI-Themed Ransomware Phishing Attack

WASHINGTON, August 28, 2017 — The Internal Revenue Service warned people to avoid a new phishing scheme that impersonates the IRS and the FBI as part of a ransomware scam to take computer ...

August 27, 2017 Stu Sjouwerman

Scam Of The Week: Hurricane Harvey Charity Fraud

Hurricane Harvey hit hard and especially Houston, TX got badly flooded. The death toll is rising and you can also count on low-life cyber-scum exploiting this disaster.

August 26, 2017 Stu Sjouwerman

New Defray Ransomware Demands $5,000 In Customized Spear Phishing Attacks

This newly discovered ransomware strain is targeting healthcare, education, manufacturing and tech sectors in the US and UK, using customized spear phishing emails. Defray is demanding a ...

August 25, 2017 Stu Sjouwerman

The RopeMaker Exploit Can CHANGE An Already Delivered Email

Our friends at Mimecast are warning against something scary! This is a sobering example of why scanners and filters will always be behind in the security arms race... They wrote: "Most ...

August 25, 2017 Stu Sjouwerman

Health Care Systems Remain Targets of Ransomware And Phishing Attacks in 2017

Health care networks and providers are squarely in the cross hairs of ransomware cyber criminals and if the current rate of attacks continue it will likely exceed last years' events ...

August 24, 2017 Stu Sjouwerman

Microsoft Wakes Up To The Fact That Cyber Security Risk Is A Business Risk [VIDEO]

The 800-pound Redmond Gorilla asks: "Should your security focus be on systems or people?" They wrote: "In the latest Modern Workplace episode, “Cyber Intelligence—The Human Element,” we ...

August 23, 2017 Stu Sjouwerman

Enigma Hacked Before ICO Date -- CEO Had Not Changed A Compromised Password

Wherever there’s a lot of money to be made cyber thieves are not far behind. Think sharks surrounding a bait ball. Enigma is a financial data marketplace founded by a team from MIT which ...

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