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One phishing email exposes millions of people to data theft in South Carolina cyberattack

NBC News reported: COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A single malicious email sent to workers at the South Carolina Department of Revenue last August enabled an international hacker to crack into state ...
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Interview with Kevin Mitnick on SMB security

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="140" caption="Kevin Mitnick Interview"][/caption] Kevin Mitnick was interviewed by Spiceworks' Nicholas Tolstoshev: "When Stu Sjouwerman from ...
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VIDEO: The new 90-second Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training Elevator Pitch

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="455" caption="Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training 90-second Video"][/caption] July 2012, KnowBe4 officially released Kevin Mitnick Security ...
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Released! Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="460" caption="Released! Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training"][/caption] I am super excited to officially announce we have released the new ...
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Message From Kevin Mitnick

Kevin sent the folowing letter to 1,442 people that over the last 3 years filled out the his contact us form on the www.mitnicksecurity.com website. Of these, 1082 were delivered. Now, ...
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Phishing, the New Sport for Teenage Cybercriminals

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Cybercrime: Getting Robbed Is Not What It Used To Be…

[caption id="attachment_1378" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Old Fashioned Robber"][/caption] Way back in your grand-pappy’s day (before cybercrime), a bank-robber or garden ...
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Two Hackers Give Up The Cybercrime Life

[caption id="attachment_1372" align="alignleft" width="260" caption="Chinese Hackers"][/caption] A pair of notorious Chinese hackers who left the dark side are now urging other hackers in ...
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Beware the Spy-Eye Cybercrime Wave

[caption id="attachment_1367" align="alignleft" width="170" caption="cybercrime"][/caption] Cybercrime is a lucrative business which offers criminals very high returns in exchange for ...
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White House Takes On the New “Cybercrime” Mob

[caption id="attachment_1362" align="alignleft" width="270" caption="White House - Cybercrime"][/caption] The White House has decided that it's time to take hacking seriously, asking for ...
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Cybercrime Theft Topples $388 Billion Annually

[caption id="attachment_1357" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Cybercrime Losses"][/caption] U.S. government agencies are getting better at sharing information about cybercrime with ...
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Cybercrime: An Act of War

[caption id="attachment_1352" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="cyber act of war"][/caption] Efforts to chip away at the U.S. budget deficit are making life tougher for companies ...
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The War on Cybercrime Goes Beyond Your IT Department

[caption id="attachment_1340" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="cyber war"][/caption] Although the threat from cyber criminals has existed for decades, the sheer volume of successful ...
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$13 Million Florida Cyberheist

News that a Florida-based bank has been left holding the baby in a $13 million ATM fraud highlights the increasingly complex world of cybercrime and the multi-faceted layers of security ...
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Survey Says: “Cybercrime is on the Rise…”

[caption id="attachment_1319" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="online thief"][/caption] Symantec's “State of the Security” report highlights how many organizations are responding to ...
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Cybercrime Defense – Lacking in Most Organizations

[caption id="attachment_1314" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Cybercrime Defense"][/caption] Your protection against cybercrime is not as effective as you might think based on the ...
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The Cloud and Cybercrime Risk Factor

[caption id="attachment_1308" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Cloud Security"] [/caption] New applications such as cloud computing and virtualization are becoming increasingly ...
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Phishing Your Way to Bankruptcy

As summer draws to a close, banking institutions and their customers face a new wave of targeted phishing attacks - and industry experts predict these incidents will only increase in the ...
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