Scumbag hackers lift $1m from children's charity

The Register reported on some scumbag criminals that stole a million bucks from a charity. The editors got very upset with these criminals and freely spoke their mind. The resulting copy ...

December 13, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

NotPetya Causes Whopping 100 Million Insurance Coverage Lawsuit

Techlawx posted news about an astounding NotPetya-related lawsuit, (link at the end). We all remember June 27, 2017, when a major global cyber attack harmed thousands of companies. The ...

November 5, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

SEO Poisoning + Midterm Elections = Cybercriminals Paradise

Compromised websites focused on tomorrow’s midterm elections serve as the hunting ground for cybercriminals looking to take advantage of unsuspecting visitors.

October 20, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

[Heads-up] Here Is Some New Powerful Ammo To Get InfoSec Budget Approval!

The team at Forbes Magazine's Tech Council asked me to write up the lessons we have learned over the last 8 years of helping you keep the bad guys out of your network. It took me a while, ...

October 10, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

Add Wi-Fi Proximity to Your Cyberattack Concern List

The latest attack from the Russian GRU involves both traditional spear phishing and close access attacks in an attempt to thwart an investigation of the nerve agent attack in the UK.

October 8, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

Cyber Attacks Mean Double the Trouble in 2018

According to the 2018 Traveler’s Risk Index, the percentage of businesses that have been the victim of a cyberattack has doubled… and most businesses aren’t even remotely ready.

September 4, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

Well-Known Cybercrime Group Continues Attacks on Banks

The notorious criminal group Cobalt—aka Carnanak—impersonates vendors or partners to gain access to bank networks, with each successful attack taking in as much as €10 Million.

August 25, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

[INFOGRAPHIC] Cybercrime Pulls In A Million Bucks A Minute

More than a million dollars is lost every minute to cybercrime. That staggering stat comes to us by way of RiskIQ who published new research showing that despite businesses spending ...

August 24, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

Cybercrime Takes Advantage of Agile Development

The bad guys have long benefited from vulnerabilities in any part of an OS or application. Now they’re going a bit deeper and looking for ways to benefit from development cycles.

August 15, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

Organizations Remain Unprepared for Cyber Attack in 2018

With such an abundance of information around attack methods, vulnerabilities, and potential targets, you would think IT has a handle on cybersecurity. Accenture shows us they don’t.

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