These 4 Maps Will Make You Understand Russia's Aggressive Cyber Attacks

Sep 3, 2017 1:23:29 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

There are many kinds of maps, they can show roads or general geography, but sometimes they shed light on other dimensions like economic, political and/or military perspectives. First of ...

A Phishing Attack in the Clouds May Rain On Your Parade

Sep 1, 2017 5:02:27 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

According to MeriTalk, an editorial and events organization that focuses on Federal IT and government computing technologies, governments are moving some, or all of their IT to the Cloud, ...

[ALERT] The IRS Issued An Urgent Warning Against An IRS / FBI-Themed Ransomware Phishing Attack

Aug 29, 2017 7:01:20 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

WASHINGTON, August 28, 2017 — The Internal Revenue Service warned people to avoid a new phishing scheme that impersonates the IRS and the FBI as part of a ransomware scam to take computer ...

Health Care Systems Remain Targets of Ransomware And Phishing Attacks in 2017

Aug 25, 2017 4:41:25 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Health care networks and providers are squarely in the cross hairs of ransomware cyber criminals and if the current rate of attacks continue it will likely exceed last years' events ...

[On-Demand Webinar] How To Phish Like the Bad Guys

Aug 21, 2017 2:35:29 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Despite all the spectacular news stories about advanced persistent threats and targeted hacks from nation-states, the most common security challenge facing enterprises today continues to ...

SyncCrypt Uses Graphic File to Cloak Ransomware in ZIP Phishing Payload

Aug 21, 2017 1:22:54 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Emisoft Security researcher xXToffeeXx discovered another new phishing threat adept at bypassing Antivirus using a variation of the game played by PowerPoint PPSX attachment phishing ...

New Study: Phishing Is Still The Top Threat Faced By Organizations

Aug 20, 2017 10:05:19 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The new 2017 SANS Threat Landscape survey from the well-known research and education specialist finds that security professionals rate phishing at 72 percent, spyware at 50 percent, ...

Cyber-Attacks Soar by a Quarter as Phishing Dominates

Aug 12, 2017 10:24:28 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cyber-attacks were up by a quarter in Q2 2017, with a surprising twist: global manufacturing is now the top target. The report from NTT Security also shows that phishing is the most ...

We Love The PhishMe Free Idea!

Aug 11, 2017 7:40:15 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Yesterday, PhishMe's CEO Rohyt Belani came out with a great new initiative. They have created a "lite" version of their platform — they call it simplified — and they are giving it away ...

How Modern Email Phishing Attacks Have Organizations On The Hook

Aug 6, 2017 1:11:28 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Israeli anti-phishing vendor IronScales came out with an interesting new report about phishing trends. They looked at more than 8,500 attacks that bypassed spam filters, from more than a ...

How Not To Fall For Phishing As An IT Pro

Aug 5, 2017 12:36:23 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

OK, here is a new spear phishing scheme that attacks your development team. Cyber criminals with IPs resolving to Russia hijacked an extension for Google Chrome and abused their illegal ...

Hackers are targeting hotel Wi-Fi with particularly evil malware and spear phishing

Jul 25, 2017 10:13:54 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The veteran DarkHotel hacking group is back with a few new tricks up their sleeve. These sophisticated hackers first began targeting high level executives in 2011 with a signature brand ...

New Phishing Templates: OJ Simpson Parole and Chester Bennington Suicide Note

Jul 21, 2017 8:45:37 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

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New Type Of WhatsApp Phishing Attack

Jul 20, 2017 1:34:26 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Heads-up. There is a new social engineering attack currently being tested in Europe, and that means we will see it in America in the near future.

Second Quarter 2017 Top-Clicked Phishing Email Subjects [INFOGRAPHIC]

Jul 14, 2017 5:33:06 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

KnowBe4 customers run millions of phishing tests per year, and we report at least quarterly on the latest top-clicked phishing email subjects so our customers know what the highest-risk ...

Scam Of The Week: Phishing Moves To Smishing

Jul 8, 2017 10:14:18 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cybercriminals are increasingly trying to circumvent your spam filters and instead are targeting your users directly through their smartphone with smishing attacks, which are hard to ...

Russians Are Suspects in Phishing Attacks Involving U.S. Nuclear Site

Jul 7, 2017 4:53:42 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A report from the FBI and the US Department of Homeland Security warns of malware attacks targeting mainly nuclear power stations, and energy facilities. The attacks started May this ...

APWG Cybercrime Report: Phishers’ Command of Domain Name System Reaches All-Time High in 2016

Jun 27, 2017 1:21:07 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Criminalization of DNS for Phishing Advanced Most Every Year Since 2012 CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-- The APWG's latest study has found that cybercriminals have been shifting their tactics markedly, ...

Scam Of The Week: Real Estate Wire Transfer Phishing Fraud

Jun 25, 2017 12:37:42 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

According to the NY Daily News, State Supreme Court Justice Lori Sattler was in the process of selling her apartment and buying another, when she received an email that seemed like it was ...

Global Cyber Alliance: "Few U.S. Hospitals Secure Their Email Against Phishing"

Jun 24, 2017 12:08:12 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Shaun Waterman at the quite useful CyberScoop site wrote: "Fewer than one-third of the largest 98 public and private hospitals in the United States secure their email against phishing and ...

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