Gmail Security Hole Allows Hackers To Automate Social Engineering Trick

May 23, 2012 5:03:39 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Christopher Mims over at Technology Review was the first one to report on this. A large Gmail security hole could lead to mass harvesting of accounts, as hackers can automate this social ...

Hackers Target the Weakest Link: The End User

May 22, 2012 6:03:59 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

I was interviewed by Jeremy Quittner yesterday. Here is how he started his article in American Banker today: "It took Stu Sjouwerman, the founder and chief executive of security firm ...

Guessable Passwords: The Unpatchable Exploit

May 21, 2012 6:46:16 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Monday morning, I found a tweet by @INFOSECSchool with the above title. I admit, it's a catchy phrase and sure enough, IF you allow easy passwords, it's an invitation to get hacked. This ...

Fake Amex ID Verification

May 21, 2012 6:11:47 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="260" caption="Fake Amex ID Verification"][/caption] OK, here is another one to warn everyone about, especially the employees that have a ...

Russia's most effective cybercriminals

May 16, 2012 10:53:39 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Rod Rasmussen over at SecurityWeek has a really interesting article about a Russian cyber gang driving a massive wave of fraud: "Tucked away in a small town outside Moscow, Russia one of ...

Spear-phishing attacks hit gas pipeline networks

May 14, 2012 5:37:56 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A Homeland Security Department cyber response team focusing on industrial control systems has issued a warning to the natural gas pipeline industry of targeted cyberattacks that have ...

I am a malware coder and botnet operator

May 11, 2012 3:20:23 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

This is a discussion on Reddit, where a (presumably Polish) malware coder and botnet operator very candidly answers questions from people. This is a fascinating but rather technical read, ...

The Average Cyberespionage Attack Goes On For 416 Days

May 6, 2012 3:03:48 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

WIRED Mag has a great article by Kim Zetter. It boils down to the fact that high-level hackers are able to get and stay in your network. And even if you are able to kick them out, they ...

Symantec Report Says User Behavior is Root of Most Breaches

May 4, 2012 8:51:55 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Tracy Kitten over at BankInfoSecurity spotted something interesting in Symantec's recent Internet Security Threat Report. This is the upshot: "Which Internet security threats pose the ...

$1,000 Walmart Gift Card Scam Inflates Your Phone Bill

May 4, 2012 3:04:56 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

We have seen crooked Walmart gift card offers before, but now and then I run across one that's craftier than earlier versions. And as usual, you do not get the gift card, but a high dose ...

Proof: Antivirus Only Defends Against Low-skilled Attackers

May 3, 2012 4:40:59 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The SANS Computer Forensics and Incident Response team built a real-life network for their students so they could learn how to hack into the network. They put McAfee enterprise endpoint ...

Scam Of The Week: Fake Storage Upgrades

May 3, 2012 3:29:51 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Phishers are now offering fake storage upgrades. Symanted reported: "Customers of popular email service providers have been a common target for phishers for identity theft purposes. ...

Bogus PayPal payment alert causes malware infection

May 2, 2012 3:12:03 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Gary Warner just reported: "A new malicious spam campaign has just launched this morning targeting Paypal users. This malware campaign attempts to "social engineer" users into clicking a ...

Cybercrime uses hidden file extensions to trick users

May 2, 2012 3:00:26 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Symantec contributor Fred Gutierrez shows clearly in this blog post why it can be deadly to click on a .JPG file: "Cybercriminals have continuously evolved their methods throughout the ...

Make sure 'challenge questions' aren't a backdoor into your account!

Apr 30, 2012 9:21:33 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Lookout Mobile Security Blog pointed out something important. Patty talked about the man who hacked hollywood: "Finding a working e-mail address was a simple process of trial and ...

Omaha cast net that caught cyberthieves

Apr 29, 2012 8:24:21 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Matthew Hansen, World-Herald Staff Writer just wrote a great article that illustrates what I have been warning about these last years. It starts out like this: "Imagine for a moment that ...

2012 Doomsday Scam Continues to Serve up Doom, Giftcards

Apr 27, 2012 9:34:49 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Chris Boyd over at GFI wrote: "If we survive the Mayan Apocalypse of 2012, does that mean were technically immortals? Ive no idea, but it will probably mean we dont see quite as many ...

How to Start an IT Security Awareness Program

Apr 27, 2012 2:44:36 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Mike Chapple is an IT professional and assistant professor of computer applications at the University of Notre Dame. He wrote at biztechmagazine:"Are your users aware of their ...

Check Out This NY Traffic Ticket Phish!

Apr 26, 2012 4:29:04 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Kevin Mitnick sent this phish over. It's a classic attempt to get you to avaid a problem, but the moment you click this link, life will become a lot more painful. So... Stop. Look. Think ...

The Latest Anti-Phishing Working Group Report

Apr 26, 2012 3:46:45 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

This week, the new APWG Global Phishing Report is being today at the Anti-Phishing Working Group meeting in Prague. This report is published every six months, detailing how phishers are ...

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