Latest Anti Phishing Working Group Report

Oct 1, 2014 1:51:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The latest APWG report came out: "Phishers are criminal, but they do make rational decisions about how to go about their work. They’re in it for the money, and they work to make their ...

Home Depot Hack Turns Into Criminal Negligence Scandal

Sep 29, 2014 8:58:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Wait for the class-actions lawsuits to get unleashed. The lawyers are going to be over this one like white on rice. Ex-employees from the Home Depot IT technology group are now claiming ...

Home Depot Hit By Same Russian Hackers As Target

Sep 13, 2014 3:29:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Right after the Target Hack, C-level execs at Home Depot Inc. put together a task force to prevent being the victim of a similar attack. The task force recommended to fully encrypt ...

We Are At War In The Digital World

Sep 11, 2014 1:52:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

I just read an opinion editorial in the Wall Street Journal that really did clarify the new threat we are faced with this last decade. "Ten years ago, the 9/11 Commission Report triggered ...

Cyber Criminals Use AEA-256 Crypto To Obfuscate Phishing Sites

Sep 10, 2014 10:47:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Register said: "Well, at least someone listened to Snowden about privacy... Phishing fraudsters have begun using industry-standard AES-256 encryption to disguise the content of ...

New Ransomware Discovered Called CryptoGraphic Locker

Sep 4, 2014 3:25:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Panda researcher BartBlaze discovered a new strain of ransomware called CryptoGraphic Locker. Bleepingcomputer wrote: "Just like other encrypting ransomware, this infection will scan your ...

Is The Home Depot Hack Really Russian Retaliation?

Sep 2, 2014 2:30:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Brian Krebs blogged: "Multiple banks say they are seeing evidence that Home Depot stores may be the source of a massive new batch of stolen credit and debit cards that went on sale this ...

Scam Of The Week: Jennifer Lawrence Nude Pictures Phishing

Sep 2, 2014 10:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

There is a new (true) Current Event which unfortunately is the ultimate click bait. A hacker got into the Apple iCloud and hacked the account of Jennifer Lawrence and many other celebs.

J.P. Morgan Hacked Because Malware Infects Employee PC

Aug 28, 2014 9:19:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

This morning, the Wall Street Journal reported on the front page that J.P. Morgan was hacked and suffered a cyberheist called "a significant breach of corporate computer security".

A cybersecurity video you should really watch

Aug 24, 2014 6:19:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cybersecurity as Realpolitik by Dan Geer at Black Hat USA 2014

Workers At U.S. Nuclear Regulator Fooled By Phishing

Aug 21, 2014 11:34:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Antone Gonsalves at CSO reported something that worries me, and this SHOULD NOT BE at this day and age.

Cryptolocker Being Spread On YouTube Ads

Aug 21, 2014 11:12:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

VirusBulletin reported that cyber criminals now spread around Cryptolocker / CryptoWall via YouTube. The cyber criminals purchase advertising space and use exploit kits to infect ...

Reveton Ransomware Adds Powerful Password Stealer

Aug 21, 2014 10:39:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Avast Blog reports a new "password stealer" feature in the Reveton ransomware. Reveton is the type of "police" lock/screen ransomware which falsely alerts users they've broken some ...

KnowBe4's Email Exposure Check Discovers Data Breach

Aug 18, 2014 3:57:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

You are probably aware of the free one-time Email Exposure Check Pro (EEC Pro) we can run for you. We find all the email addresses of your domain that are out there available on the ...

Phishing: 4.5 million Community Health patients records stolen

Aug 18, 2014 1:44:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

n">(Reuters) - Community Health Systems Inc, one of the biggest U.S. hospital groups, said it was the victim of a cyber attack that originated in China, resulting in the theft of ...

NSA's Monstermind Aims To Detect And Stop Cyber Attacks Instantly

Aug 15, 2014 4:08:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

WIRED magazine had the scoop, by directly talking to Edward Snowden recently. An NSA program known as MonsterMind, currently under development, is being designed to detect and stop cyber ...

Tenn. Firm Sues Bank Over $327K Cyberheist

Aug 13, 2014 1:28:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Ransomware: The next 12 months

Aug 11, 2014 2:05:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Since September 2013, ransomware has become vicious and has inspired several copycats. At the time of this writing, summer 2014, the very first strains of second-generation ransomware ...

Security Companies Help Users Recover Files Locked by CryptoLocker

Aug 11, 2014 10:02:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers at FireEye and Fox-IT have managed to obtain the private encryption keys that the malware uses to lock files.

Scam Of The Week: "For Sale: CyberVor False Sense Of Security"

Aug 9, 2014 10:30:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Are the credentials of one of your users among the stash of the 1.2 billion stolen passwords? A small Internet security company will tell you for just a 120 bucks per year. Their ...

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