We report on the latest trends in cybercrime to help you stay informed and aware of what the current threat landscape looks like.
Today, in the Wall Street Journal, an article told the story of a software product called blackshades that experts call a "rat" (Remote Access Trojan) which was commercially sold to cyber ...
This could be a very expensive scam to fall for, so keep on reading.
Applying Engineering Values to IT Security. The National Institute of Standards and Technology is developing new cybersecurity standards based on the same principles engineers use to ...
Ready to be hit upon by the likes of Anna Chapman? MI5 in the UK warned that foreign spy agencies are targeting IT workers within big organizations as a means of gaining privileged access ...
Rob Rachwald and Zheng Bu at FireEye came up with some interesting observations: "At FireEye, we look at hundreds of malware samples daily, and, in a recent talk at RSA Conference, Zheng ...
An article in the Wall Street Journal of May 5, 2014 summarized what I have been talking about these last few years. 25 years ago, Symantec was one of the first IT security companies to ...
An Eastern European Cyber Mafia has been found to run a multi-year campaign that targets small U.S. banks and credit unions with a sophisticated VoIP phishing scheme (aka vishing) to ...
In IT, we are subject to help desk tickets and putting out fires. The problem with this is that most of these are short-term fixes. It is usually about last week's downtime, today's ...
Welcome to the new world of malware.
Danny Yadron at the WSJ got the picture right. State, and local law enforcement are struggling to keep up as their online case load grows. They are even gettting a hand from the FBI here ...
Here is another reason why buying legitimate operating systems and application software is a good idea. A new study conducted by IDC and commissioned by Microsoft reveals some troubling ...
Virus Bulletin came up with some interesting historical facts. In 1989, when the very first Virus Bulletin rolled off the press (produced in a black-and-white, printed pamphlet style), ...
This week I attended a webinar about Security Awareness Training hosted by David Monahan, Research Director Security and Risk Management of Enterprise Management Associates.
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 ...
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 ...
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
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
