Phishing Attack Spoofs Email Security Firm

Apr 16, 2019 10:50:49 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Ray Shultz at MediaPost's EmailINSIDER wrote about a nasty new way that the bad guys are trying to establish trust: spoofing the return path and received email headers of Barracuda in an ...

Tallahassee Loses Half a Million From Cyberattack

Apr 9, 2019 9:46:27 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Hackers stole approximately $498,000 from the city of Tallahassee, Florida, by diverting city employees’ paychecks, according to USA Today. The attackers hacked a third-party vendor that ...

Cybercrime market selling full digital fingerprints of over 60,000 users

Apr 9, 2019 6:49:49 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

ZDNet reported something surprising. A new dark web market called Genesis is selling users' personal data, complete with digital fingerprints, such as account credentials, cookies, ...

The Total Risk Value of Cybercrime Has Risen to $5.2 Trillion Over the Next Five Years

Apr 8, 2019 6:55:31 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

According to new data from Accenture, the average company sees 145 security breaches annually, with the cost of experiencing any kind of cyberattack rising.

Researchers Unearth 74 Facebook Cybercrime Groups With 385,000 Members

Apr 5, 2019 10:37:03 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A monthslong study by Cisco Talos has identified 74 Facebook cybercrime groups with a total of 385,000 members. While some groups resembled market places for illicit goods such as ...

New York Launches a Cybercrime Brigade

Apr 2, 2019 11:15:13 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The WSJ in their Opinion section reported about a NY citywide initiative that aims to coordinate all digital law-enforcement efforts. The op ed was written by Cy Vance, Manhattan district ...

Which Employees are the Cyber Criminals After?

Mar 28, 2019 10:30:33 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Lower-level employees are the workers most likely to face highly-targeted attacks, according to the online marketing firm Reboot. Citing information from Proofpoint’s most recent ...

Negative Reviews as Strong-Arm Collection for Bogus Bills

Mar 11, 2019 9:38:27 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Anyone who depends upon good public opinion can be vulnerable to orchestrated bad word-of-mouth, especially in the form of online reviews.

Cybercrime could cost companies trillions over the next five years

Jan 21, 2019 10:26:59 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new report (PDF) by Accenture indicates that over the next 5 years, cyberattacks could result in global costs totaling $5.2 trillion.

Children’s Full Personal Data and SSNs Are Being Sold on the Dark Web

Dec 21, 2018 11:46:13 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

New Deloitte Threat Study Shows The Fantastic ROI of Cyber Crime Operations

Dec 19, 2018 9:49:19 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Deloitte estimates that some common criminal businesses can be operated for as little as $34 month and could return $25,000, while others may routinely require nearly $3,800 a month and ...

SEO Poisoning + Midterm Elections = Cybercriminals Paradise

Nov 5, 2018 9:59:11 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Compromised websites focused on tomorrow’s midterm elections serve as the hunting ground for cybercriminals looking to take advantage of unsuspecting visitors.

Well-Known Cybercrime Group Continues Attacks on Banks

Sep 4, 2018 3:07:11 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The notorious criminal group Cobalt—aka Carnanak—impersonates vendors or partners to gain access to bank networks, with each successful attack taking in as much as €10 Million.

Think Size Matters to Hackers? It Doesn’t

Aug 30, 2018 11:02:37 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The largest of organizations aren’t the only ones being hit with cyberattacks. Everyone from the SMB on up is at risk and is actively a target.

[INFOGRAPHIC] Cybercrime Pulls In A Million Bucks A Minute

Aug 25, 2018 10:13:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

More than a million dollars is lost every minute to cybercrime. That staggering stat comes to us by way of RiskIQ who published new research showing that despite businesses spending ...

Cybercrime Takes Advantage of Agile Development

Aug 24, 2018 1:02:05 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The bad guys have long benefited from vulnerabilities in any part of an OS or application. Now they’re going a bit deeper and looking for ways to benefit from development cycles.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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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Phishing Attack Spoofs Email Security Firm

Tallahassee Loses Half a Million From Cyberattack

Cybercrime market selling full digital fingerprints of over 60,000 users

The Total Risk Value of Cybercrime Has Risen to $5.2 Trillion Over the Next Five Years

Researchers Unearth 74 Facebook Cybercrime Groups With 385,000 Members

New York Launches a Cybercrime Brigade

Which Employees are the Cyber Criminals After?

Negative Reviews as Strong-Arm Collection for Bogus Bills

Cybercrime could cost companies trillions over the next five years

Children’s Full Personal Data and SSNs Are Being Sold on the Dark Web

New Deloitte Threat Study Shows The Fantastic ROI of Cyber Crime Operations

SEO Poisoning + Midterm Elections = Cybercriminals Paradise

Well-Known Cybercrime Group Continues Attacks on Banks

Think Size Matters to Hackers? It Doesn’t

[INFOGRAPHIC] Cybercrime Pulls In A Million Bucks A Minute

Cybercrime Takes Advantage of Agile Development

Tech Support Scammers Increase Success with Call Optimization

The FBI recently published its 2017 Cybercrime Report highlighting trends and statistics

Banking Still a Major Target of Cybercrime

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

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