Bahrain’s National Oil Company Hit by Iranian "DustMan" Data Wiper

Jan 9, 2020 2:43:30 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Bahrain National Oil Company was attacked by Iranian state-sponsored hackers implanting a destructive data wiper nicknamed "DustMan."

Money Mules and Evil Corp.

Dec 17, 2019 9:32:59 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Last week we reported that the U.S. Justice and Treasury Departments filed charges against and placed sanctions on the members of “Evil Corp.,” the criminal group behind the Dridex ...

Microsoft Sees Phishing on the Rise

Dec 11, 2019 7:00:00 AM By Javvad Malik

According to Microsoft security research, the percentage of inbound emails associated with phishing on average increased in the past year. For some, this may feel like obvious news, but ...

You Can’t Always Trust a Dot-Gov Domain

Dec 2, 2019 7:12:15 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

It may be easier than one thinks to register a dot-gov domain, according to KrebsOnSecurity. People have tended to regard urls with the top-level domain dot gov as generally reliable, but ...

SIM Card Attack May Affect Over 1 Billion Mobile Phones Worldwide

Nov 15, 2019 7:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Using SMS messaging, attackers can use phishing tactics to hijack mobile devices using a legacy piece of SIM code, called the S@T Browser, to execute commands as part of a more ...

Bogus eCommerce Sites Spinning Up for Holidays

Nov 13, 2019 9:44:25 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The number of potential e-commerce phishing domains registered in the first nine months of 2019 is more than six times the amount registered during the same period in 2016, a report from ...

A Lawyer's Look at "Big Game Phishing"

Oct 17, 2019 6:50:18 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Ransomware attacks have increasingly been going after high-value data in order to extract larger ransoms from victims, according to the well-known law firm Cooley. This trend was ...

Organizations Experiencing Attacks Rises by 35% as Most Consider Themselves Cyber-Novices

Oct 14, 2019 7:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

An increase in attacks should equate to a rise in organizational cyber-preparedness. But according to new research from U.K. cyber insurer Hiscox, organizations simply aren’t ready.

Crime Sometimes Pays: $1.1M Recovered from U.K. Phishing Scammer 2 Years After Being Caught

Oct 7, 2019 7:00:53 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

We don’t often hear enough stories of cybercriminals being caught and paying back what they’ve stolen, but in the case of scammer Grant West, that’s exactly what has happened.

[Heads Up] Five New Ways How Cyber Criminals Commit Insurance Fraud

Sep 30, 2019 7:39:58 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

TransUnion and Iovation predict that the increased use of online platforms to interact with insurance providers will result in new fraud challenges for insurance companies and their ...

Russian Secret Weapon Against U.S. 2020 Election Revealed In New Cyberwarfare Report

Sep 26, 2019 7:17:58 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

You may have sensed this, but you need to confront the fact the Planet Earth is an anarchy of nations. The UN is ineffective and thoroughly corrupt. A few good things have come out of it, ...

Financial Phishing Campaigns on the Rise

Aug 29, 2019 7:01:35 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

More than 1900 new potential bank phishing sites were registered in the first half of 2019, according to researchers at NormShield. Based on the increase in new suspicious domains ...

New Cyber Attack Trends Report Reveals That Digital Criminals Made Off With $45 Billion in 2018

Jul 23, 2019 10:27:12 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Scott Ikeda at CPO Magazine posted insights about a new report on cyber attack trends which combines information from a number of high-level sources. It reveals a startling amount of ...

[LIVE WEBINAR] Hacking Your Organization: 7 Steps Bad Guys Use to Take Total Control of Your Network

Jul 16, 2019 8:30:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The scary fact is that human error is a contributing factor in more than 90% of breaches. With so many technical controls in place hackers are still getting through to your end ...

UK Mid-Sized Firms Lost £30bn to CyberAttacks in 2018

Jul 16, 2019 7:24:18 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Phil Muncaster at InfoSec Mag reported that "Cybersecurity incidents have cost UK mid-market firms a combined £30bn over the past year as automated attacks become the norm, according to ...

“Lack of Security Awareness” a Major Reason Why Financial Firms Are 300 Time More Likely to Fall Prey to Cyberattacks

Jul 8, 2019 8:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The bad guys always go where the money is. And financial firms are grossly ill-prepared for cyberattacks and suffer higher costs in addressing successful attacks. Boston Consulting Group ...

One more reason to keep your money stuffed under your mattress?

Jul 5, 2019 4:30:59 PM By Eric Howes

By Eric Howes, KnowBe4 Principal Lab Researcher. Every so often someone flags an email with our Phish Alert Button that isn't a phishing email but is still very interesting. In this ...

ATM Card Number Scammer Sentenced to 32 Months in Prison

Jul 3, 2019 10:41:10 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The story of one text-based scam shows how easy it is for literally anyone to become a cybercriminal. It also shows how the amateurs should leave it to the professionals.

[Heads-up] The U.S. Launched A Cyber Attack On Iran, And We're Expecting Spear Phishing Strike Backs

Jun 23, 2019 11:30:59 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The tension in the Middle-East apparently prompted a game-changing move by the U.S. President. Washington Post sources say exactly 10 years after Stuxnet, the President approved a ...

FBI Alert: Last Week Conflict With Iran Can Cause Spear Phishing Retaliation

Jun 22, 2019 10:34:21 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

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Bahrain’s National Oil Company Hit by Iranian "DustMan" Data Wiper

Money Mules and Evil Corp.

Microsoft Sees Phishing on the Rise

You Can’t Always Trust a Dot-Gov Domain

SIM Card Attack May Affect Over 1 Billion Mobile Phones Worldwide

Bogus eCommerce Sites Spinning Up for Holidays

A Lawyer's Look at "Big Game Phishing"

Organizations Experiencing Attacks Rises by 35% as Most Consider Themselves Cyber-Novices

Crime Sometimes Pays: $1.1M Recovered from U.K. Phishing Scammer 2 Years After Being Caught

[Heads Up] Five New Ways How Cyber Criminals Commit Insurance Fraud

Russian Secret Weapon Against U.S. 2020 Election Revealed In New Cyberwarfare Report

Financial Phishing Campaigns on the Rise

New Cyber Attack Trends Report Reveals That Digital Criminals Made Off With $45 Billion in 2018

[LIVE WEBINAR] Hacking Your Organization: 7 Steps Bad Guys Use to Take Total Control of Your Network

UK Mid-Sized Firms Lost £30bn to CyberAttacks in 2018

“Lack of Security Awareness” a Major Reason Why Financial Firms Are 300 Time More Likely to Fall Prey to Cyberattacks

One more reason to keep your money stuffed under your mattress?

ATM Card Number Scammer Sentenced to 32 Months in Prison

[Heads-up] The U.S. Launched A Cyber Attack On Iran, And We're Expecting Spear Phishing Strike Backs

FBI Alert: Last Week Conflict With Iran Can Cause Spear Phishing Retaliation

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