Scam Of The Week: Illegal Game of Thrones Download

Jul 30, 2016 10:07:40 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Illegally downloading television shows and movies from a variety of torrent websites is done all the time. The HBO series, "Game of Thrones" is the #1 downloaded, not surprisingly. This ...

Scam Of The Week: RNC Attendees Get Hacked Through Fake Wi-Fi Networks

Jul 24, 2016 10:02:55 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The PR people at Avast decided to have some fun and created a series of fake Wi-Fi networks at various locations around the Republican National Congress in Cleveland. Avast’s team set up ...

Scam Of The Week: Pokémon Malware, Muggings And Other Mayhem

Jul 16, 2016 11:20:22 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

In case you just came back from vacation, there literally is a new craze going on with an augmented-reality smartphone app called Pokémon Go. It's a geocaching game, meaning it's tied to ...

Scam Of The Week: FBI Warns Against Data Breach Extortion

Jul 11, 2016 7:58:40 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The number of data breaches keeps going up. Last week it was more than 1,000 Wendy's where credit card records got ripped off. Fraudsters quickly use the news release of a high-profile ...

Scam Of The Week: Orlando Nightclub Phishing Attacks

Jun 17, 2016 5:56:24 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Just when you think they cannot sink any lower, criminal internet scum is now exploiting the tragedy in Orlando. Unfortunately, from this spot I have been warning about these lowlifes ...

Scam Of The Week: Nasty Two-factor Auth Text Hack

Jun 11, 2016 11:21:12 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

We all know that two-factor authentication (2FA) is much better than just simple user/password credentials. However, there is a nasty spoofing trick that bypasses 2FA if the user does not ...

Scam Of The Week: FBI Warns Against Email Extortion

Jun 5, 2016 9:48:43 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Your employees are being attacked both inside and outside the office. This new email extortion scam called CEO fraud can hit in both places, so it makes sense to warn them about this ...

Scam Of The Week: Summer Olympics Canceled in Rio

May 28, 2016 10:29:28 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Heads-up! There is a spike in phishing attacks with Summer Olympics themes, and in the coming months the bad guys are going to be all over this. Kaspersky Labs researchers are reporting ...

Scam Of The Week: LinkedIn Email Change Your Password

May 21, 2016 10:33:05 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

You probably remember the 2012 LinkedIn data breach. It was a big deal because something like 6.5 million user account passwords were posted online, but LinkedIn never confirmed the final ...

Scam Of The Week: Bogus IT Security Company Websites

May 15, 2016 3:46:50 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Tech Support Scams are nothing new, but the bad guys are furiously innovating and there is a new variation you need to warn your users about. A few years ago this started out with bogus ...

Scam Of The Week: Prince Last Words On Video

Apr 21, 2016 8:18:38 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Today, news broke that Prince Rogers Nelson was found dead in his home in Minneapolis at age 57. He was found unresponsive in an elevator and was declared dead shortly after. He performed ...

Scam Of The Week: Phishing Email Uses Accurate GPS Data To Catch Speeding Drivers

Mar 27, 2016 4:20:15 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

[UPDATE] See new information at the bottom of this posts. A phishing scam posing as a speeding ticket email with a malicious link is nothing new. But here's an innovation that should give ...

Scam Of The Week: Massive LinkedIn Spam Steals Passwords

Jan 3, 2016 10:42:01 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

"I feel like a complete idiot. I just got taken by a LinkedIn spam that may have just stolen my banking password." These words dropped in my inbox, written a while ago by Dan Tynan, ...

Scam Of The Week: Comcast Triple Threat

Dec 19, 2015 9:26:55 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

You are probably aware that Comcast is the largest home ISP in the U.S. and that they also have many thousands of business users. No wonder they are the target of a sophisticated social ...

Scam Of The Week: Apple ID Suspension Phish With A Twist

Dec 5, 2015 3:07:08 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

OK, this scam is widespread enough to alert your users about. The email claims to be from Apple Support and both your Apple ID and iCloud are going to be suspended because you did not ...

[INFOGRAPHIC] The Top 5 Holiday Scams To Warn Your Users About

Nov 19, 2015 5:37:34 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

There are certain holiday scams we tend to see year after year. This infographic is great to share with your users to help them make smarter security decisions!

Scam Of The Week: Microsoft Windows 10 Upgrade Installs Ransomware.

Aug 3, 2015 11:33:26 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Major Operating System upgrades are usually a cause of confusion among end-users and the current Windows 10 upgrade is no exception. The bad guys exploit these confusions in several ways, ...

Scam Of The Week: "Your Data Was Hacked, How To Protect Yourself"

Jun 7, 2015 7:05:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

It is all over the news, The 4-million Federal Employee OPM database was hacked and lots of employee information leaked to probably the Chinese. This weekend on CNN they said that the ...

Scam Of The Week: Red Bull Money Mule Victims

May 16, 2015 9:15:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Warn your employees, friends and family about a cunning money laundering scam that is currently back on the rise. This lure was used during spring break in 2014 and apparently successful ...

Scam Of The Week: IRS Refund Ransomware

Apr 19, 2015 12:44:44 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Many of us waited till the last moment before the April 15 tax deadline and are now holding our collective breath in expectation of that possibly rewarding refund. The problem is that ...

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