Cyberheist: The Real Bite in Company Suits Against Banks for Negligence

Feb 21, 2011 11:11:29 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

As we've mentioned repeatedly in this blog, the FDIC does not insure SMBs against losses to fraudulent account access the same way that it covers individual bank accounts. This has left ...

Phishing's "Golden Hour"

Feb 17, 2011 7:31:42 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

We stumbled across a fascinating story on the Trusteer Web site recently ( Trusteer is an Internet security firm whose principal products focus on fraud detection and prevention for the ...

Beware Cross-Channel Cybercrime Threats!

Feb 9, 2011 7:59:40 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Shoot! Anybody with a smidgen of Web security history under his or her belt winces as soon as the word "cross" comes up as a modifier, thanks to the legions of exploits based on ...

Preventing Cyberheist, A New Internet Creed: 'Think Before You Click!'

Feb 2, 2011 4:59:05 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Here at KnowBe4 we focus on Internet Security Awareness, and provide a battery of information, services, and training to help raise awareness of potential threats and loss that uninformed ...

Internet Security Awareness Training: Getting Social With KnowBe4

Feb 1, 2011 1:50:42 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

If you want to keep up with the latest news and information about Internet Security, then you can not only follow KnowBe4 right here on our blog, but you can also check us out on our ...

Symantec Covers Top Social Networking Cyberheist Scams, Including Phishing

Jan 30, 2011 8:49:54 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Norton/Symantec “Your Security Resource” newsletter recently featured a story entitled “ Top 5 Social Media Scams” that’s worth a read-through. It talks about the kinds of scams and ...

Anatomy of a Blantant Phishing Message

Jan 27, 2011 3:49:35 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

In earlier blogs about Phishing (especially Phishing Primer Part 1 and Part 2) we described phishing as an artful attempt to get readers to click links in e-mail, thereby opening ...

Fabulous Anti-Phishing/Cybercrime News Resource

Jan 26, 2011 8:50:14 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_130" align="aligncenter" width="488" caption="The banner at YourMoneyIsNotSafeInTheBank.org says it all!"] [/caption] The name of the site that provides the ...

Hackers Pull A Tasty Variation on the ACH Cyberheist Technique

Jan 25, 2011 11:48:46 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

On January 19, PC World reported an interesting twist on an old but still favorite phishing scam called the ACH, or Automated Clearing House, scam in a story entitled "Hackers Steal ...

Phishing Primer Part 2: Spotting the Lure

Jan 24, 2011 3:56:54 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Last Thursday, we posted a blog entitled "Phishing Primer, Part 1;" here is Part 2 in that ongoing series of brief expositions on this fascinating subject that is also a clear and present ...

FDIC Issues "Patriot Act" Phishing Scam Warning

Jan 21, 2011 6:02:58 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Earlier this week on January 18, the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued its tenth special alert for 2011 (SA-10-2011). Its summary provides an excellent explanation ...

Phishing Primer, Part 1

Jan 18, 2011 3:41:55 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Phishing takes its inspiration from the piscatorial arts, where an angler uses an attractive and perhaps even appetizing-looking or –seeming lure (well, to a fish anyway) to entice an ...

Phishing for Trouble: At-work Email Behavior Can Affect the Bottom Line in Unexpected Ways

Jan 18, 2011 1:42:45 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Even financial professionals can get snared at work by e-mails that purport to deal with routine, straightforward transactions. One interesting phishing scam that occurred as recently as ...

Phish-Prone Percentage: 20%

Jan 13, 2011 6:50:18 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Today we did a "Free Security Audit" with a company that wanted to test their 100+ employees. When we talked to the IT Manager and told him what simulated attack we were planning, he said ...

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