Bank Sues Customer Over ACH/Wire Fraud

Jul 12, 2012 6:17:57 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="Bank Sues Customer"][/caption] Tracy Kitten at BankInfo Security reported on this: "In another legal wrangling over liability linked ...

VIDEO: The new 90-second Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training Elevator Pitch

Jul 11, 2012 7:28:44 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="455" caption="Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training 90-second Video"][/caption] July 2012, KnowBe4 officially released Kevin Mitnick Security ...

I Was Interviewed On TV Thursday

Jul 9, 2012 9:15:48 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Stu TV Interview"][/caption] Cyber threats reported by U.S. energy companies, public water districts and other infrastructure ...

Released! Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training

Jul 9, 2012 6:28:17 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="460" caption="Released! Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training"][/caption] I am super excited to officially announce we have released the new ...

Cybercriminals Sniff Out Vulnerable Firms

Jul 6, 2012 2:41:06 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="560" caption="Small Firms Cyberheist Victims"][/caption] I could have written this headline myself. But I didn't, it was Sarah Needleman at the ...

Training Fragmentation Causes Knowledge Gap

Jul 4, 2012 5:06:48 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="350" caption="Training Fragmentation"][/caption] More and more, you see training companies promote their security awareness training products as ...

Malware Metastasizes

Jul 1, 2012 3:13:16 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="230" caption="Malware Metastasizes"][/caption] A few days ago I wrote about a 60 million Euro cyberheist. I have been digging into this a bit more, ...

OMG - I did not know it was THIS horrible.

Jun 21, 2012 10:46:08 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="290" caption="Top malware email attacks in past 30 days. Source: UAB"][/caption] More from Brian Krebs's astounding blog post today. "As the chart ...

A Closer Look: Email-Based Ransomware Attacks

Jun 21, 2012 9:31:59 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

With the increase of email phishing attacks being the primary attack vector, ransomware payments have risen to 60%, it's important to take a closer look at email-based ransomware attacks.

Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training Success Stories

Jun 21, 2012 7:07:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Kevin Mitnick Partners With KnowBe4

Jun 18, 2012 3:55:28 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Kevin Mitnick"][/caption] Kevin Mitnick Partners With KnowBe4 Kevin Mitnick, at One Time the World's Most-Wanted Hacker, Joins Forces ...

Double-check that cashiers check

Jun 17, 2012 5:13:19 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="350" caption="fake cashier's checks"][/caption] The fake cashier's check scam has gotten more sophisticated. Cathy Bussewitz at the pressdemocrat ...

CyberheistNews vol 2, #25

Jun 11, 2012 2:20:50 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

F-Secure Cautions about Fresh Olympic-themed Spam

Jun 4, 2012 7:31:17 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

F-Secure the security company based in Finland has recently cautioned that spam mails themed on the Olympics are targeting Internauts while carrying web-links to one malevolent PDF file ...

Over-55s Pick Passwords Twice As Secure As Teenagers

Jun 4, 2012 7:03:54 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

"People over the age of 55 pick passwords double the strength of those chosen by people under 25 years old. That's according to the largest ever study of password security, which also ...

Malicious PowerPoint File Contains Exploit, Drops Backdoor

Jun 4, 2012 6:24:38 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

TrendLabs discovered a malicious MS PowerPoint document that arrives attached to email messages. The file contains an embedded Flash file, which exploits a software bug found in specific ...

Aaaugh! 1 in 5 U.S. Windows PCs Lack Antivirus Defenses

May 30, 2012 10:32:54 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Un-friggin-believable but true. Don't be one of them! Gregg Keizer at ComputerWorld was the first with this story. "Nearly a fifth of Windows PCs in the U.S. lack any active security ...

CyberheistNews Vol 2, #24

May 30, 2012 3:54:56 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 2, #23

May 30, 2012 3:51:48 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 2, #22

May 30, 2012 3:47:34 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

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