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

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Chinese hacker brings grief to Calgarys Catholic school system

May 29, 2012 4:01:09 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Hackers will find any mail server that is not protected and/or configured correctly and use it to send out as much spam as possible. This gets the unsuspecting organization blacklisted ...

VIDEO The Top 5 Online Security Traps And How To Avoid Them

May 24, 2012 3:38:50 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

GFI is one of the few antivirus vendors that understands the importance of prevention and end-user training. They produced this useful video that in two minutes illustrates the top 5 ...

Gmail Security Hole Allows Hackers To Automate Social Engineering Trick

May 23, 2012 5:03:39 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Christopher Mims over at Technology Review was the first one to report on this. A large Gmail security hole could lead to mass harvesting of accounts, as hackers can automate this social ...

Hackers Target the Weakest Link: The End User

May 22, 2012 6:03:59 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

I was interviewed by Jeremy Quittner yesterday. Here is how he started his article in American Banker today: "It took Stu Sjouwerman, the founder and chief executive of security firm ...

Guessable Passwords: The Unpatchable Exploit

May 21, 2012 6:46:16 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Monday morning, I found a tweet by @INFOSECSchool with the above title. I admit, it's a catchy phrase and sure enough, IF you allow easy passwords, it's an invitation to get hacked. This ...

Fake Amex ID Verification

May 21, 2012 6:11:47 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="260" caption="Fake Amex ID Verification"][/caption] OK, here is another one to warn everyone about, especially the employees that have a ...

Spot the security "no-no"

May 18, 2012 2:49:25 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="260" caption="Spot the security "no-no""][/caption] Wow, talk about a TV interview that contains a massive vulnerability. We think this is a press ...

Spear-phishing attacks hit gas pipeline networks

May 14, 2012 5:37:56 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A Homeland Security Department cyber response team focusing on industrial control systems has issued a warning to the natural gas pipeline industry of targeted cyberattacks that have ...

Gartner considers security awareness training an essential tool for all companies

May 12, 2012 8:34:07 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Linda Musthaler, at NetworkWorld just wrote an excellent article about training workers to be cyber safe. One paragraph was especially noteworthy: “In 2012 we’re already seeing a sharp ...

I am a malware coder and botnet operator

May 11, 2012 3:20:23 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

This is a discussion on Reddit, where a (presumably Polish) malware coder and botnet operator very candidly answers questions from people. This is a fascinating but rather technical read, ...

CyberheistNews Vol 2, #21

May 9, 2012 9:52:07 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

News - FBI warns against malware installed via hotel networks

May 9, 2012 3:59:59 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Internet Crime Complaint Center had this 'Intelligence Note': "Recent analysis from the FBI and other government agencies demonstrates that malicious actors are targeting travelers ...

The personal cloud will eclipse the PC

May 8, 2012 9:40:29 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The personal cloud is poised to eclipse the PC as the hub of consumers' digital lives by 2014 as rapid growth in the use of apps and services introduces a new paradigm for how people ...

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