Cyber Criminals Use AEA-256 Crypto To Obfuscate Phishing Sites

Sep 10, 2014 10:47:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Register said: "Well, at least someone listened to Snowden about privacy... Phishing fraudsters have begun using industry-standard AES-256 encryption to disguise the content of ...

Five Reasons Why Clicking "Unsubscribe" May Be A Bad Idea

Sep 8, 2014 9:47:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

When you get on a mailing list you don't want to be on, it's easy to get off – just click on the "unsubscribe" link. But should you? Sophos Naked Security says maybe not. When you ...

Chase Is Asking For Phishing Trouble

Aug 29, 2014 3:43:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Chase bank says to click links if you suspect phishing. Huh? Yup, they do. Check out this email from Chase, scratch your head, and do not make this error in your own organization. If you ...

J.P. Morgan Hacked Because Malware Infects Employee PC

Aug 28, 2014 9:19:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

This morning, the Wall Street Journal reported on the front page that J.P. Morgan was hacked and suffered a cyberheist called "a significant breach of corporate computer security".

Bitcoin Phishing Click Rate Higher Than Regular Scams

Aug 27, 2014 8:41:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Proofpoint Threatinsight blog reported on something curious. They called their posting "Curiosity Clicks: Using Bitcoin’s hype for phishing fun" and came up with some interesting ...

KnowBe4's Email Exposure Check Discovers Data Breach

Aug 18, 2014 3:57:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

You are probably aware of the free one-time Email Exposure Check Pro (EEC Pro) we can run for you. We find all the email addresses of your domain that are out there available on the ...

Phishing: 4.5 million Community Health patients records stolen

Aug 18, 2014 1:44:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

n">(Reuters) - Community Health Systems Inc, one of the biggest U.S. hospital groups, said it was the victim of a cyber attack that originated in China, resulting in the theft of ...

As Expected: Robin Williams 'Goodbye Video' Facebook Phishing Message

Aug 15, 2014 3:09:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The scammers are at it, as expected. There is now a Facebook phishing message that invites users to click a link and see an "exclusive" video of Robin Williams saying goodbye through his ...

Scam Of The Week: See Robin Williams Last Words On Video

Aug 12, 2014 9:23:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Last night, news broke that Robin Williams was found dead in his home in Marin County, CA. It is suspected that it was either a suicide or an overdose. This is a celebrity death that the ...

DELL Warns Against Social Engineering

Jul 26, 2014 9:24:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Dell has its own news site called Tech Page One. A few days ago they had a new article that started with: "Human errors that aid social engineers. The weakest links in computer networks ...

Scam Of The Week: MH17 Airplane Crash

Jul 22, 2014 7:24:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Almost 300 people get shot out of the air and the only thing cyber-criminals can think of is how to exploit the disaster. What else is new. Disgusting.

Phishing Scam Of The Week: "Transportation Manager"

Jul 20, 2014 4:14:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Unscrupulous eastern European cyber mafias are preying on U.S. workers that try to make ends meet and look for a second (or third) job. This is not a new scam, but it is sticking up its ...

[InfoGraphic] Ransomware Threats Concern Survey

Jul 8, 2014 7:43:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

We surveyed over 300 system administrators regarding ransomware, here are the results:

Fascinating Phishing Attack On Bitcoin Auction Bidders

Jul 7, 2014 1:06:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Ever hear of CoinDesk? They are a news site about pricing and other info about digital currencies. They reported a fascinating phishing attack on a list of auction participants.

The Evolution of Mobile Ransomware

Jul 3, 2014 1:32:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Security experts have warned for years that our smartphones are due for a major cyberattack. Like PCs back in the early days -- the 1990s -- mobile phones are largely unprotected by ...

Phishing Websites Up 10 percent First Quarter 2014

Jul 3, 2014 11:24:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The United States continued to host the majority of phishing websites in the first quarter of 2014, but did not even crack the top 36 when it came to global computer infection rates, ...

Phishing Scam Of The Week: You Are Summoned To Court

Jun 28, 2014 11:58:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The AppRiver team dsicovered an increase in phishing scams containing the Zortob Trojan. The new surge uses an existing successful scam, which warns the victim that they've been ordered ...

PLEASE WHITELIST OUR NEW EMAIL SERVERS

Jun 27, 2014 2:08:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

First week of July we will cut over to a new mailserver, which allows us to use different "hover-domains" (meaning a user sees something else than the domain we used as the default up to ...

New Cellphone Phishing Hack Pulls Data Out Of Computer Over Air

Jun 16, 2014 4:00:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

This is from a few weeks ago, and I only just got to it. Hackers can exfiltrate data via a cellphone and no longer need the Internet to invade and control a system, Ben Gurion University ...

New Ransomware Holds iPhones and iPads Hostage

May 31, 2014 4:29:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

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