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We report on the latest trends in cybercrime to help you stay informed and aware of what the current threat landscape looks like.

$1Million Cyberheist From Leavenworth Hospital

Kevin Mitnick sent me an article that illustrates why it is needed to train all employees not to fall for hacker tricks: "Friday, April 26, 2013 - WENATCHEE — Hackers stole more than $1 ...

Fraud-as-a-service Goes Mainstream

10 Tips To Secure Funding For A Security Program

Over at the CSO site, Dominic Nessi, CIO for Los Angeles World Airports, outlines ten essential tips for getting your financial team on board with your security funding requests.

Why Your Tax Return Isn't Safe

That's the title of a Wall Street Journal opinion piece today by Cyrus R. Vance, Manhattan District Attorney.

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Automated Twitter DM Spear Phishing

Automated Twitter DM Spear Phishing. It was to be expected. Cyber criminals now are able to scrape your followers from Twitter, and send you a Direct Message (DM) supposedly coming from ...

Security Awareness Training Controversy

The Problem With Our Security Models

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How Phishing Attacks Are Evolving

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Scam Of The Week - Target: IT

This week, it's -you- specifically being targeted with a phishing attack. The bad guys know very well that the most powerful weapons are administrator's credentials, as those really are ...

PDF 0-day Vulnerability Being Exploited In The Wild

Last week, Adobe warned customers that a few new exploits that target Acrobat Reader were being exploited in the wild. Keep an eye out for patches that are expected soon. The exploits are ...

Which Antivirus Has The Best Phishing Protection? Surprise!

I ran across some very interesting research recently done by NSS Labs. They compared twelve of the most popular antivirus engines, they call them endpoint protection products (EPP) and ...

New CyberSec Executive Order IT Impact Zero

Last Tuesday, the White House issued the long awaited CyberSec Executive Order, which makes an attempt to outline policies that will protect US organizations against cyber-attacks and ...

Cyber Bullying

KnowBe4 is a market leader in security awareness training for employees in an office environment. However, when we asked people who finished the training what they thought, they said they ...

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