ALERT: Ransomware Infection = Official Data Breach

Jul 16, 2014 4:28:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

This is one of the rare Cyberheist NewsFlash issues that we send when we run into something important enough to alert you about right away. Please forward to your friends and colleagues.

Brokerage house Gets Hit With CryptoWall Ransomware

Jul 15, 2014 3:56:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The brokerage house, Benjamin F. Edwards & Co., announced this week that they had suffered a data breach. May 24, 2014 they had their computer systems compromised by an unauthorized ...

[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:

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 ...

Prepare yourself for high-stakes cyber ransom

Jul 2, 2014 11:45:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Roger Grimes over at InfoWorld did a great write-up about the state of cyber ransom these days. He also went back in history for a while and gives the factors that have led up to the ...

New KnowBe4 Survey Shows IT Pros Concern About Ransomware Skyrocketing

Jun 27, 2014 4:11:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Security Awareness Training and Backup Voted Most Effective Solutions to Combat CryptoLocker

Stand-alone CryptoLocker Variant Found

Jun 22, 2014 5:44:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

It looks like the Russian evil genius behind Cryptolocker, Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev, has not been sitting still since the recent international law enforcement "Operation Tovar" which ...

Finally Some Good News iPhone Ransomware Gang Busted

Jun 10, 2014 10:25:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Finally some good news for a change. John Zorabedian at Sophos reported the following.

CryptoLocker Clone Serves Up Energy Bill Spam Campaign

Jun 10, 2014 9:57:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

And here's another ransomware wannabe that has ripped off the CryptoLocker brand but is something totally different. A recent spam campaign sending out emails masquerading as an ...

New Ransomware CryptoWall Comes With A Twist

Jun 6, 2014 4:32:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

We’ll Pay Your Crypto-Ransom If You Get Hit With Ransomware

Jun 5, 2014 2:26:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

We’ll Pay Your Crypto-Ransom If You Get Hit

New Ransomware Holds iPhones and iPads Hostage

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

That ransomware payment is coming out of your allowance

May 30, 2014 3:55:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cartoon: Parenting is very different in 2014 compared to 1989! "That ransomware payment is coming out of your allowance."

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 20 CryptoLocker Goes Spear-Phishing

May 20, 2014 9:15:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 20

CryptoLocker Goes SpearPhishing

May 17, 2014 11:26:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

You may be familiar with a site called Spiceworks. They have free system admin and network management software, and their business model is advertising to the hundreds of thousands that ...

Elite Hackers Develop Cybercrime Attack Kits As Market Matures

May 17, 2014 7:40:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Today, in the Wall Street Journal, an article told the story of a software product called blackshades that experts call a "rat" (Remote Access Trojan) which was commercially sold to cyber ...

WARNING Third Ransomware Strain Called CryptorBit Attacks

Apr 26, 2014 9:14:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Welcome to the new world of malware.

Wall Street Journal Quoted Me Regarding Ransomware Phishing Attacks

Apr 10, 2014 10:21:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

This week, Wall Street Journal MarketWatch reporter Priya Anand quoted me in an article she wrote about the new wave of ransomware phishing attacks.

Backup Failures And Ransomware Phishing: Recipe For Disaster

Apr 7, 2014 4:02:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

With system administrators in the crossfire between cybergangs who are wielding sophisticated ransomware like CryptoLocker on one side and CryptoDefense on the other, it's likely many of ...

The 7 Steps Of The Cyber Kill Chain

Apr 6, 2014 10:09:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cyber security professionals are slowly but surely grabbing more and more military jargon. No surprises there, with a possible cyberwar brewing. The "kill chain" is a traditional warfare ...

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