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Key Ransomware Money Laundering Operation Taken Down and Owner Arrested in Greece

More than 4 Billion Dollars May Have Been Laundered If you’ve been the victim of a ransomware attack you know cybercrooks almost always demand payment in Bitcoin. Now we know that the US ...

Lessons from Social Engineering Disasters to Improve Security

Michele Fincher from the excellent team at www.social-engineer.com wrote: "In my fantasy life, I’m Ruby Rose from John Wick: Chapter 2, Gina Carano from Haywire, with possibly some ...

CyberheistNews Vol 7 #31 How Not to Fall for Phishing as an IT Pro

This password bombshell will make you scratch your head...

OK, this is a headscratcher. This is why we were surprised. I found it in a Wall Street Journal article today (paywall). Bill Burr, the author of “NIST Special Publication 800-63. ...

How Modern Email Phishing Attacks Have Organizations On The Hook

Israeli anti-phishing vendor IronScales came out with an interesting new report about phishing trends. They looked at more than 8,500 attacks that bypassed spam filters, from more than a ...

How Not To Fall For Phishing As An IT Pro

OK, here is a new spear phishing scheme that attacks your development team. Cyber criminals with IPs resolving to Russia hijacked an extension for Google Chrome and abused their illegal ...

Cerber Ransomware Can Now Steal Bitcoin Wallet Data And Browser Passwords

The Russian 800-pound gorilla Dridex Banking Trojan gang who are also behind the Cerber ransomware have just upped their game. Cerber is part of the small set of professional ransomware ...

CyberheistNews Vol 7 #30 Scary New Social Engineering Attack Turns Off Your Power

Hackers are targeting hotel Wi-Fi with particularly evil malware and spear phishing

The veteran DarkHotel hacking group is back with a few new tricks up their sleeve. These sophisticated hackers first began targeting high level executives in 2011 with a signature brand ...

CyberheistNews Vol 7 #29 CEO Fraud Attacks Were Far More Lucrative Than Ransomware Over the Past 3 Years