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Tech Support Scammers Increase Success with Call Optimization

Aug 13, 2018 11:51:03 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
Like legitimate call centers, tech support divisions, and organizations with inbound calling, scammers are using call optimization to improve callback success rates in tech support scams.
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The FBI recently published its 2017 Cybercrime Report highlighting trends and statistics

Jun 24, 2018 9:29:29 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
The FBI recently published its 2017 Internet Crime Report highlighting trends and statistics compiled by the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (“IC3”) during 2017. The report compiles ...
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Banking Still a Major Target of Cybercrime

Jun 20, 2018 11:45:31 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
1950’s bank robber Willie Sutton was once—erroneously—quoted as saying “I rob banks because that’s where the money is.” Sutton never said it, a reporter made up the quote. However, cyber ...
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Leader of Carbanak Cybercrime Group Who Stole Over 1Billion Arrested in Spain [InfoGraphic]

Mar 27, 2018 2:12:43 PM By Stu Sjouwerman
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 ...
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Chinese Cybercrime Develops Lucrative Hacking Services

Jan 2, 2018 4:55:42 PM By Stu Sjouwerman
The McAfee blog gave an interesting perspective on an area we do not look at too closely normally.  Underground cybercrime profits in China have likely already exceeded US$15.1 billion ...
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Lower Cybercrime Costs! Attack Humans...

Oct 20, 2017 2:28:34 PM By Stu Sjouwerman
This could be a headline on a dark web site for cyber criminals. And it would be correct. Our colleagues at Wombat did some digging and came up with relevant research you should know ...
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The Hackers Smell Blood Now, Not Silicon

Jul 15, 2017 5:51:29 PM By Stu Sjouwerman
Steve Morgan wrote an excellent post with the Top 5 cybersecurity facts, figures and statistics for 2017 at the CSO site. These predictions and observations provide a 30,000-foot view of ...
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Two New Cybercrime-as-a-Service Platforms Discovered

Jul 15, 2017 9:13:27 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
There is a rising trend of cybercrime sites for wannabe "crims" that make malicious hacking a point-and-click exercise. A new report describes two more sites that were discovered by ...
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Vladimir Putin Approves Of Patriotic Russian Hackers

Jun 2, 2017 7:28:21 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
The WSJ just posted a very interesting article by Nathan Hodge confirming what we have been saying here for the last few years. Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested in St Petersburg ...
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Shadow Brokers Offer New SaaS 0-Day Threat Subscription Model

May 16, 2017 4:13:15 PM By Stu Sjouwerman
  The mysterious Shadow Brokers – the hackers who leaked the NSA SMB zero-day exploit that powered WanaCry into the world's worst ransomworm – are back, and could cause even more damage. ...
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