Scam Of The Week: Yahoo Massive Data Breach Settlement Phishing Attacks

Sep 28, 2019 11:19:16 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Yahoo is close to reaching a $117.5 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit over a series of data breaches that affected users between 2012 and 2016 — and your employees are ...

Chinese Hackers Target Airbus Suppliers in Quest for Commercial Secrets

Sep 27, 2019 11:35:20 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

European aerospace giant Airbus has been hit by a series of attacks by hackers targeting its suppliers in search of commercial secrets, sources told AFP, adding they suspected a Chinese ...

Russian Secret Weapon Against U.S. 2020 Election Revealed In New Cyberwarfare Report

Sep 26, 2019 7:17:58 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

You may have sensed this, but you need to confront the fact the Planet Earth is an anarchy of nations. The UN is ineffective and thoroughly corrupt. A few good things have come out of it, ...

Social Engineering via the US Mail

Sep 26, 2019 6:47:28 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[Heads Up] What If The World's Largest Cyber Insurers Recommended Just One Security Awareness Training Platform As The Most Effective In Reducing Cyber Risk?

Sep 25, 2019 11:08:54 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Well, that just happened. Today, September 25th 2019, Marsh, the world’s leading insurance broker and risk adviser, announced the inaugural class of cybersecurity solutions receiving a ...

KnowBe4 2019 Security Threats and Trends Report – October 2019

Sep 25, 2019 6:58:32 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Executive Summary The yearly, independent, KnowBe4 2019 Security Threats and Trends Survey polled 600 organizations worldwide mid-2019 on the major security issues they will face in the ...

Don't Let Your Users Download Malicious Chrome Extensions

Sep 25, 2019 6:46:08 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Here's a relatively "innocent" example of this risk. The ‘AdBlock’ and ‘uBlock’ look just like legitimate Chrome extensions but instead engage in cookie stuffing to defraud affiliate ...

Less Than a Third of Small Businesses Deliver Annual Cybersecurity Training

Sep 25, 2019 6:18:54 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Only 31% of employees receive annual cybersecurity training, Chubb’s Third Annual Cyber Report has found. According to Small Business Trends, the report shows that employees’ perception ...

Disgusting Fake Employment Site Targets Veterans And Installs Remote Access Trojan

Sep 24, 2019 4:59:04 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Just when you think they could not sink any lower, you see something like this. A fake website pretending to be an organization that offers job opportunities for U.S. veterans is ...

A Short, Very Useful Guide to Social Engineering

Sep 24, 2019 6:50:34 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Knowing how to identify indicators of social engineering can alert you when someone tries to manipulate you, according to Roger A. Grimes, KnowBe4’s Data-Driven Defense Evangelist. In an ...

No, Really, They're Just Not That Into You

Sep 24, 2019 6:44:40 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

There are numerous ways to check the authenticity of someone on a dating site so you don’t fall for a romance scam, according to HackRead. You should always be cautious when interacting ...

The Emotet Trojan Botnet is Back in Business

Sep 23, 2019 10:11:44 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Emotet botnet is up and running again after four months of inactivity, according to Ars Technica. Multiple security firms have reported seeing phishing emails delivering the malware ...

Massive phishing wave of account hijacks hits YouTube creators

Sep 23, 2019 7:47:49 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Over the past few days, a massive wave of account hijacks has hit YouTube users, and especially creators in the auto-tuning and car review community, a ZDNet investigation discovered ...

PDF Phishing Attacks Using Microsoft OneDrive Surge Nearly 200%

Sep 19, 2019 3:23:25 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Scammers use a mixture of familiar brand, unsuspecting users, legitimate document types and locations, and credential harvesting in this attack aimed at getting into your Office 365.

Amazon Phishing Scam in Progress

Sep 19, 2019 7:49:14 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

HackRead has come across a phishing scam that’s trying to trick Amazon customers into handing over their account credentials, personal information, and financial details. The phishing ...

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Lays Out Strategic Vision and Priorities in the Wake of Texas Ransomware Attacks.

Sep 18, 2019 7:27:45 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

This new document, entitled Strategic Intent highlights ways to “defend today, secure tomorrow” and comes out as the CISA director admits that ransomware is “only getting worse.”

Security Awareness Training Blog