Human Risk Management Blog

Cyberheists A Helluva Wake-up Call to Small Biz

Brian Krebs has an excellent example of a recent cyberheist. Read it and weep! The $180,000 robbery took the building security and maintenance system installer Primary Systems Inc. by ...

CyberheistNews vol2, #47

CyberheistNews vol2, #46

7 shortcuts To Get Your Network Hacked

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Shortcuts To Get Hacked[/caption] Today, October 30, 2012 we asked system administators: "In your opinion, what are the most gruesome ...

Industrial Control Systems The Next Twin Towers

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="588"] Shodan Network[/caption] Eugene Kaspersky a few days ago wrote a hair-raising blog post about the reality of our Industrial Control Systems ...

Real-time Cyber-Attack Map

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="625" caption="Real-time Cyber-Attack Map"][/caption] James Fallows reported on his latest blog about the new real-time map of the honeynet ...

What a live botnet looks like YIKES

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="760" caption="ZeroAccess Botnet"][/caption] MIT's Technology Review posted something fasctinating put together by Mike Orcutt. What you see above ...

Article: Is Your Credit Card Stolen? Check for free!

Is Your Credit Card Stolen? Check for free! (This is a great PSA) http://ismycreditcardstolen.com/

CyberheistNews vol2, #45

Cyberespionage miniFlame malware discovered

Antone Gonsalves at CSOonline covered this in-depth on October 16, 2012. "Newly discovered spying malware designed to steal data from infected systems was likely built from the same ...

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Prepaid Cards Go Mainstream - Watch For New Scams

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="270" caption="Bluebird prepaid card"][/caption] Wal-mart and American Express have started a joint venture to sell prepaid Bluebird cards, stamped ...

Scam Of The Week You Have Been Targeted For Assasination

The last few weeks, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported they received complaints about the latest version of 'Hit Man scam' which now tells people via e-mail they have been ...

I was quoted on CNNMoney re mobile security

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="230" caption="Mobile Security"][/caption] NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Security experts have warned for years that our smartphones are due for a major ...

How I Bought 1,000 Twitter Followers

September 9, 2012 -- I have been a fan of Mike Elgan for years. He's often able to put his finger on the sore spot and boy this spot hurts for some people! He lists a new class of ...