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Phishing

Learn about current phishing techniques, notable campaigns and attacks, what to watch out for 'in the wild', and more.

How to get your Phish-prone percentage up. Up? Yes, Up.

Something surprising happened last week. A few of our customers reported that their phish-prone percentage was going up. Up? Yes, up. Not something you normally would expect or ...

China Finally Admits It Has A Hacker Army

China finally admits it has special cyber warfare units — and a lot of them. This is the "advanced persistent threat" cyber security experts have been pointing to.

Banking Regulator Issues New Phishing Alert

The National Credit Union Administration, (NCUA) warns netizens about phishing emails containing links to a fraudulent website that resembles the NCUA are being pushed to consumers.

CyberheistNews Vol 5 #11 Ransomware: Pay Up Or Fight. What Would You Do?

Ransomware: Pay Up Or Fight. What Would You Do? Ask security experts what to do when hit with ransomware -- the sophisticated malware that infects a device or network, uses military-grade ...

Spear Phishing Attack Nearly Costs FL City $500K

A spear-phishing last month at Orange Park City Hall almost got away with $500,000 from the city's bank account. Fortunately it was caught in time so that a wire transfer that already had ...

Scam Of The Week: Phishing For Apple Watch

This week, Apple had their big Apple Watch release event, and the press is full of news about the models and pricing. Pundits are sprinkling their predictions about features and future ...

New CryptoWall Attack Uses Malicious Help File Attachments

A new CryptoWall attack wave has hit end-users with phishing emails containing malicious .chm attachments that infect networks with the latest and most sophisticated file-encrypting ...

Hospital Sues Bank of America Over Million-Dollar Cyberheist

CyberheistNews Vol 5 #9 Mar 3, 2015 How To Get The OK To Phish Your Own Employees

CyberheistNews Vol 5 #9 Mar 3, 2015 How To Get The OK To Phish Your Own Employees IT people responsible for network security talk to us all the time. Almost all of them agree that ...

How To Get The OK To Phish Your Own Employees

IT people responsible for network security talk to us all the time. Almost all of them agree that end-users are their number one headache and managing that problem continues to be a big ...

Scam Of The Week: Death In The Family

Cybercrime is innovating on a known and disgusting scam; preying on people that have recently suffered a loss. Used to be that old time scam artists read the obituary notices in the ...

More Phishing Attacks Going After Financial Data

Kaspersky recently reported that 28.8 percent of phishing attacks in 2014 tried to steal financial data from consumers. The results show how cybercrime has shifted its focus to payment ...

New KnowBe4 Console V4.0 Released

We are excited to announce Version 4.0 of the KnowBe4 console with some exciting new phishing features! Here are the two main highlights and the rest of the list is below. - Random ...

Anthem Hack Caused By A Phished System Admin?

The foreign hackers who stole up to 80 million records from Anthem social engineered their way into the company's network by obtaining the credentials of five tech workers. Thomas Miller, ...

Antivirus Products Are Slow at Making Malware Signatures

The traditional malicious software detection approach is far from being sufficient, especially in corporate environments. More and more it's found that antivirus products can take months ...

Anthem Breach Began with Phishing of Employees

Last updated 2/12/2015 - The foreign hackers who stole up to 80 million records from Anthem social engineered their way into the company's network by obtaining the credentials of five ...

Hacked Lawyers Office Sends Phishing Attack To Customers

An interesting new wrinkle in phishing attacks is in the wild as we speak. A system administrator reported the following on the spiceworks forum:

Malware Hijacks Microsoft Outlook And Spreads Banking Trojan

I mentioned a few months ago that I expected something like this, but it has materialized faster than I expected. Trend Micro researchers discovered a new version of the Dyre banking ...

Brand new ransomware strain encrypts files from memory

Security researchers at venture-backed Fairfax, Virginia-based Invincea have discovered a new Russian ransomware strain they called "Fessleak" which delivers its malicious code straight ...

Slideshow: The Worst Of The Worst Phishing Scams

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