[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.

Organizations Remain Unprepared for Cyber Attack in 2018

Aug 15, 2018 10:41:37 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

With such an abundance of information around attack methods, vulnerabilities, and potential targets, you would think IT has a handle on cybersecurity. Accenture shows us they don’t.

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.

Cybercrime Carbanak Gang Leaders Arrested After Causing 1 Billion In Damage

Aug 2, 2018 11:18:56 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The FBI announced Wednesday, August 1st, that an international manhunt had collared three leaders of the Carbanak gang. Also known as Fin7, Carbanak specialized in phishing business for ...

Is Your Country One of the Best Prepared for Cyber-Attack?

Aug 1, 2018 1:27:09 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A global ranking of countries exists to demonstrate which are the most committed to raising awareness for cybersecurity in preparation for cyber-attacks. How does your country rank?

WSJ: "Russian Hackers Reach U.S. Power Utility Control Rooms"

Jul 24, 2018 8:23:25 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Now here is some news that concerns me deeply. I knew it was bad, but I did not know it was this bad.

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 ...

[ALERT] There Is A New Hybrid Cyber Attack On Banks And Credit Unions In The Wild

Jun 20, 2018 5:02:53 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A customer just called me. He found a new strain of attack that's the next scary thing your organization may become the target of.

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 ...

[Heads-up] Massive Downtime Caused By Bad Guys Killing Bank's 9,500+ Systems To Hide Stealing 10 Million Dollars Via SWIFT

Jun 16, 2018 11:25:35 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A cyberattack against Banco De Chile (BDC)—that country's largest financial institution—bricked a hair-raising 9,000 workstations and 500 servers. However, killing these machines was ...

What Is The Reason Why The Ransomware Threat Is Not Going Away Any Time Soon?

May 14, 2018 6:58:14 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

It's KnowBe4's general policy to not mix business with politics or religion. However, sometimes geopolitics—which focuses on political power in relation to geographic space—is the only ...

Britain braces for Russian cyber warfare targeting transport links, water supplies, hospitals and airports

Apr 15, 2018 9:31:22 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The UK Mirror reported that Britain is braced for a wave of crippling cyber attacks in Russian retaliation for the Syrian missile strikes. Here is an excerpt: "Vital transport links, ...

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 ...

Five things to know about Russian cyber attacks on the energy grid

Mar 19, 2018 2:21:59 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Morgan Chalfant at The Hill wrote: "Trump administration officials on Thursday accused the Russian government of staging a multi-year cyberattack campaign against the energy grid and ...

Putin Wins Election: Six More Years Of Criminal Cyber Attacks On The West

Mar 19, 2018 7:33:22 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Russian President Vladimir Putin won re-election by a wide margin Sunday, strengthening his hand amid an escalating confrontation with the West. Having been 18 years in power, Putin has ...

A Cyber Attack in Saudi Arabia Had a Deadly Goal. Experts Fear Another Try:

Mar 17, 2018 12:52:16 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Last summer, a petrochemical plant in Saudi Arabia was the target of a cyber attack that investigators believe was designed to sabotage the plant's operations and cause an explosion. Iran ...

It's official: Russia is targeting critical American infrastructure with 'malicious cyber attacks'

Mar 16, 2018 7:30:40 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

TNW just wrote: "Russian cyber operatives are attacking critical American infrastructure such as energy grids, nuclear facilities, aviation systems, and water processing plants, according ...

Hackers Invade German Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs

Feb 28, 2018 2:17:34 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Foreign hackers have invaded secure networks of various German government departments. According to German and Dutch media, the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense were among the ...

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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