The World Wide Web is being re-branded as the World Wild Web

Jun 27, 2011 6:54:53 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_1070" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="World Wild Web"][/caption] Increasingly, cyber-criminals are using mobile malware and fake apps as monetizing ...

Users Are the Weak Link in IT Security!

Jun 23, 2011 1:17:02 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_1060" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Weak Link in IT Security"][/caption] Firewalls and antivirus software can only go so far. Jeff James of Windows IT ...

FBI Finally Shuts Down Major Cybercrime Outfit Coreflood-Botnet

Jun 22, 2011 3:13:11 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_1054" align="alignleft" width="210" caption="FBI Cybercrime Agent"][/caption] The FBI has scrubbed some 19,000 PCs that were infected with the Coreflood bot ...

Bank Gets Sued Over $2,000,000 Cyberheist

Jun 20, 2011 3:14:15 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A judicial decision came down last week from a District Court in Michigan. Experi-Metal fell victim to a major cyberheist and then sued their bank (Comerica) over a nearly $2,000,000 ...

Cybercrime on the U.S. Senate

Jun 17, 2011 4:07:05 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

On Monday, the U.S. Senate confirmed a branch of its website was breached by a hacker group. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Reid and House Speaker Boehner appear disheartened in photo. Its ...

U.S. Government is asking the High-Tech Business Sector to Fight Cybercrime

Jun 15, 2011 2:23:03 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The U.S. Department of Commerce is asking big technology players with significant online presence to develop and adopt a code of conduct to help stop cybercrime. The Department of ...

U.S. Company Suffers a $588,000 Cyberheist Judge Says Too Bad

Jun 10, 2011 2:22:22 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_994" align="alignleft" width="262" caption="Cyber Judge"][/caption] Cyber security experts are expressing serious concern over a decision on a cyberheist lawsuit ...

The Stakes Rise in the War on Cybercrime

Jun 8, 2011 1:58:39 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_986" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="North America Cyber Crime"][/caption] The U.S. government just very recently broadened its definition of what ...

Cybercrime Sophistication Borne Out by Recent Google Gmail Attack

Jun 6, 2011 6:28:34 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_980" align="alignleft" width="308" caption="gmail-phishing"][/caption] In the cybercrime war being fought across international boundaries, the recent Gmail hack of ...

Scotland Yard launches New Cyber Squad Unit

Jun 4, 2011 10:51:14 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_972" align="alignleft" width="191" caption="Scotland Yard Cybercrime Unit"][/caption] Janet Williams of Scotland Yards Cybercrime Unit, who takes the lead on ...

Opening the Network to Cybercrime: The 10 Biggest Security Breaches of 2011 to Date

May 30, 2011 3:00:15 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_959" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Network Cybercrime"][/caption] Despite the valiant efforts of network security companies and the vigilance of IT ...

Phishing Attacks Keep Proliferating: How to Recognize Them

May 27, 2011 3:38:08 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_949" align="alignleft" width="237" caption="Phishing Attacks"][/caption] There is an article in eWEEK that highlights the gravity and growth of cybercrime. It ...

Phishing Your Own Employees is a Must!

May 25, 2011 3:35:54 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Following is an excerpt from SC Magazine: For IT Security Professionals. It highlights the importance of educating organizational employees against the tactics cybercriminals will use to ...

FCC to Help Small Business by Raising Internet Security Awareness

May 23, 2011 3:05:14 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_918" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="FCC Board"][/caption] The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has recently launched an initiative to help small ...

Common Sense Guidelines to Avoid a Cyberheist

May 11, 2011 3:02:36 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_884" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="cyberheists"] [/caption] Social engineering, called phishing, happens all the time. Phishing leads to cybercrimes of ...

Cybercrime: Cyber Security Public Awareness Act of 2011 Introduced in US Senate

May 5, 2011 9:09:57 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

It was great to read that the "Cyber Security Public Awareness Act of 2011" was recently introduced in the US Senate. The purpose of the bill is to raise the public's security awareness, ...

Inside the "Phishing Mindset" That Drives Cybercrime

Apr 25, 2011 8:55:16 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

I just read a fascinating interview with security maven Tim Rohrbaugh, VP for Information Security at Intersections Inc. Intersections is a provider of branded and customized identity ...

The Cyberheist Book Has Arrived!

Apr 22, 2011 8:19:41 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="attachment_754" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Cyberheist"] [/caption] Cyberheist the book has arrived! The Kindle edition is currently selling on Amazon for ...

Understanding ISAT (Internet Security Awareness Training)

Apr 18, 2011 8:56:34 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

ISAT is pronounced "Eye sat", and stands for Internet Security Awareness Training. It's our bread and butter here at KnowBe4.com, so it's something we like to communicate about regularly, ...

Cybercrime in Your Business

Mar 31, 2011 10:53:44 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

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