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The Snappening - Snapchat naked selfies have leaked - but how?

Snapchat is supposed to not keep pictures and basically delete ("self-destruct") any pictures automatically. The ghostly cloud service itself was not hacked, but many megabytes of saved ...

I was just interviewed on TV about the JP Morgan Hack

Tampa TV station 10News WTSP interviewed me about the JP Morgan Hack. You can see the short clip here:

Who Is The Most Dangerous Cyber Celebrity of 2014?

No, it's not who you think. In recent year it was always a female celebrity like Emma Watson, Heidi Klum or Cameron Diaz that lured web surfers to sites laced with malware. At the end of ...

Latest Anti Phishing Working Group Report

The latest APWG report came out: "Phishers are criminal, but they do make rational decisions about how to go about their work. They’re in it for the money, and they work to make their ...

Top 5 eLearning Statistics for 2014 [Infographic]

The rise in eLearning’s popularity isn’t showing any signs of slowing. In fact, judging by the following Top 10 eLearning statistics for 2014, the future of the eLearning Industry is ...

Home Depot Hack Turns Into Criminal Negligence Scandal

Wait for the class-actions lawsuits to get unleashed. The lawyers are going to be over this one like white on rice. Ex-employees from the Home Depot IT technology group are now claiming ...

New Android Ransomware Strain Locks The Device Twice

Researchers in Russia discovered a new Android ransomware strain which does not lock the device just once but twice. It spreads by using a social engineering trick, disguising itself as a ...

Regular Facebook Users Are More Likely To Fall For Phishing Scams

Techcrunch was the first one to report on some very interesting findings:

New KnowBe4 Whitepaper: A Short History of Ransomware

New Ransomware Discovered Called CryptoGraphic Locker

Panda researcher BartBlaze discovered a new strain of ransomware called CryptoGraphic Locker. Bleepingcomputer wrote: "Just like other encrypting ransomware, this infection will scan your ...

Scam Of The Week: Jennifer Lawrence Nude Pictures Phishing

There is a new (true) Current Event which unfortunately is the ultimate click bait. A hacker got into the Apple iCloud and hacked the account of Jennifer Lawrence and many other celebs.

Meet CryptoWall, The New Ransomware Leader (with heatmap)

Malware comes in waves. CryptoLocker was the first major, vicious ransomware, and set off a bunch of copycats. Recently 16 competing ransomware gangs were identified. After CryptoLocker ...

Chase Is Asking For Phishing Trouble

Chase bank says to click links if you suspect phishing. Huh? Yup, they do. Check out this email from Chase, scratch your head, and do not make this error in your own organization. If you ...

J.P. Morgan Hacked Because Malware Infects Employee PC

This morning, the Wall Street Journal reported on the front page that J.P. Morgan was hacked and suffered a cyberheist called "a significant breach of corporate computer security".

Bitcoin Phishing Click Rate Higher Than Regular Scams

The Proofpoint Threatinsight blog reported on something curious. They called their posting "Curiosity Clicks: Using Bitcoin’s hype for phishing fun" and came up with some interesting ...

900,000 Android Phones Hit by Ransomware in 30 days

August 22, 2014 - Nicole Perlroth at the New York Times wrote: "You are guilty of child porn, child abuse, zoophilia or sending out bulk spam. You are a criminal. The Federal Bureau of ...

Not news: Windows Store is full of scam apps

Paul Thurrott over at WindowsIT Pro wrote:

Workers At U.S. Nuclear Regulator Fooled By Phishing

Antone Gonsalves at CSO reported something that worries me, and this SHOULD NOT BE at this day and age.

Reveton Ransomware Adds Powerful Password Stealer

The Avast Blog reports a new "password stealer" feature in the Reveton ransomware. Reveton is the type of "police" lock/screen ransomware which falsely alerts users they've broken some ...

Hacking Into Traffic Lights With a Plain Old Laptop Is Scary Simple

Gizmodo reported yesterday about a new study from the University of Michigan on the vulnerabilities of traffic lights which is shocking proof that we need to make some major changes, and ...


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