Backup Failures And Ransomware Phishing: Recipe For Disaster

Apr 7, 2014 4:02:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

With system administrators in the crossfire between cybergangs who are wielding sophisticated ransomware like CryptoLocker on one side and CryptoDefense on the other, it's likely many of ...

14 Things That Definitely Should Not Be On The Internet, But Are

Apr 6, 2014 9:08:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

You would think that after the recent few years of press showing the risks of the Internet that people would wise up. But no. To my astonishment it's getting worse, not better. Just have ...

ALERT - CryptoLocker Has A Competitor That Is Worse: CryptoDefense

Apr 1, 2014 6:58:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

As we said before, there is furious competition between cybergangs. Late February 2014 a copycat ransomware competitor to Cryptolocker was released which outdoes CryptoLocker. The malware ...

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 13 It's The XPOCALYPSE!... But Is It?

Apr 1, 2014 8:50:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 13

Hackers hit Monster Jobs users with Gameover Zeus malware

Mar 27, 2014 7:38:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Companies that are recruiting new employees are being targeted through Monster Jobs. The bad guys are using malware called Gameover Zeus, security firm F-secure reported in a blog post ...

CryptoLocker Has A Competitor That Is Worse: CryptoDefense

Mar 24, 2014 4:35:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

As we said before, there is furious competition between cybergangs. Late February 2014 a copycat ransomware competitor to Cryptolocker was released which outdoes CryptoLocker. The malware ...

Scam Of The Week: You Owe Taxes, Pay Now Or Else

Mar 21, 2014 5:00:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

This scam uses a combination of phishing emails and spoofed Caller ID scam calls. The scammers intimidate the victim, threaten with arrest, deportation or loss of a business or driver’s ...

Sophisticated Scam Of The Week: Cell Phone Voucher

Mar 9, 2014 8:37:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

There's a fresh, well thought-out social engineering scam sticking up its ugly head right now. The bad guys are promising cell phone users amounts of up to $100 in vouchers using a ...

Pre-installed malware turns up on new phones

Mar 6, 2014 9:23:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A fake version of Netflix that steals personal data and sends it to Russia has been found on several phone models

How to Test the Phishing Savvy of Your Staff

Mar 5, 2014 1:28:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Average Enterprise Is Hit by a Cyber Attack Every 1.5 Seconds

Mar 1, 2014 3:57:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

FireEye released its yearly Advanced Threat Report, and they did some interesting math. Enterprises are hit by cyber attacks on average once every 1.5 seconds, which is double from the ...

Knowbe4 CyberheistNews Vol 4, 07 SNEAK PEEK At New Site: HACKBUSTERS

Feb 18, 2014 9:05:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 07

SNEAK PEEK at hot new site HACKBUSTERS

Feb 14, 2014 11:51:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

KnowBe4 Announces HackBusters, A Curated IT Security News Site

NIST Releases Voluntary Cybersecurity Compliance Framework

Feb 13, 2014 4:12:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Online social engineering scams flourish around Valentine's Day

Feb 13, 2014 10:30:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Michael Cooney at Network World summarized the current scams doing the rounds related to online dating and romance sites. A good reminder that heartless con artists use social engineering ...

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 06 Cryptolocker Scrambles Files Of US Law Firm

Feb 11, 2014 9:13:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 06

Why Cybercrime Pays Off

Feb 5, 2014 11:20:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 05

Feb 4, 2014 9:03:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 05

FBI: The 10 Criminal Cyber Crime Professions

Feb 3, 2014 3:44:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Center for Cyber Forensics and Information Security (CCFIS) reported in a blog: "The FBI has recently classified the different 'professional positions' they have encountered in the ...

What Is The Deep Web 101

Jan 21, 2014 5:29:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Pierluigi Paganini wrote a great blog post today. The Deep Web (or Invisible Web) is all the information on the World Wide Web not reported by normal search engines. It's HUGE. According ...

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Backup Failures And Ransomware Phishing: Recipe For Disaster

14 Things That Definitely Should Not Be On The Internet, But Are

ALERT - CryptoLocker Has A Competitor That Is Worse: CryptoDefense

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 13 It's The XPOCALYPSE!... But Is It?

Hackers hit Monster Jobs users with Gameover Zeus malware

CryptoLocker Has A Competitor That Is Worse: CryptoDefense

Scam Of The Week: You Owe Taxes, Pay Now Or Else

Sophisticated Scam Of The Week: Cell Phone Voucher

Pre-installed malware turns up on new phones

How to Test the Phishing Savvy of Your Staff

Average Enterprise Is Hit by a Cyber Attack Every 1.5 Seconds

Knowbe4 CyberheistNews Vol 4, 07 SNEAK PEEK At New Site: HACKBUSTERS

SNEAK PEEK at hot new site HACKBUSTERS

NIST Releases Voluntary Cybersecurity Compliance Framework

Online social engineering scams flourish around Valentine's Day

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Why Cybercrime Pays Off

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FBI: The 10 Criminal Cyber Crime Professions

What Is The Deep Web 101

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