Regular Facebook Users Are More Likely To Fall For Phishing Scams

Sep 19, 2014 3:32:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

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

New KnowBe4 Whitepaper: A Short History of Ransomware

Sep 18, 2014 5:57:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cyber Criminals Use AEA-256 Crypto To Obfuscate Phishing Sites

Sep 10, 2014 10:47:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Register said: "Well, at least someone listened to Snowden about privacy... Phishing fraudsters have begun using industry-standard AES-256 encryption to disguise the content of ...

Five Reasons Why Clicking "Unsubscribe" May Be A Bad Idea

Sep 8, 2014 9:47:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

When you get on a mailing list you don't want to be on, it's easy to get off – just click on the "unsubscribe" link. But should you? Sophos Naked Security says maybe not. When you ...

Scam Of The Week: Jennifer Lawrence Nude Pictures Phishing

Sep 2, 2014 10:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

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.

Chase Is Asking For Phishing Trouble

Aug 29, 2014 3:43:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

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

Aug 28, 2014 9:19:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

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

Aug 27, 2014 8:41:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

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 ...

Not news: Windows Store is full of scam apps

Aug 22, 2014 1:42:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Paul Thurrott over at WindowsIT Pro wrote:

Workers At U.S. Nuclear Regulator Fooled By Phishing

Aug 21, 2014 11:34:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

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

Cryptolocker Being Spread On YouTube Ads

Aug 21, 2014 11:12:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

VirusBulletin reported that cyber criminals now spread around Cryptolocker / CryptoWall via YouTube. The cyber criminals purchase advertising space and use exploit kits to infect ...

Phishing: 4.5 million Community Health patients records stolen

Aug 18, 2014 1:44:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

n">(Reuters) - Community Health Systems Inc, one of the biggest U.S. hospital groups, said it was the victim of a cyber attack that originated in China, resulting in the theft of ...

New CryptoLocker copycat: TorrentLocker

Aug 15, 2014 3:55:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

iSIGHT partners discovered a new ransomware strain, which uses components of CryptoLocker and CryptoWall but underneath the surface, the code is completely different from these two ...

As Expected: Robin Williams 'Goodbye Video' Facebook Phishing Message

Aug 15, 2014 3:09:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The scammers are at it, as expected. There is now a Facebook phishing message that invites users to click a link and see an "exclusive" video of Robin Williams saying goodbye through his ...

Scam Of The Week: See Robin Williams Last Words On Video

Aug 12, 2014 9:23:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Last night, news broke that Robin Williams was found dead in his home in Marin County, CA. It is suspected that it was either a suicide or an overdose. This is a celebrity death that the ...

Security Awareness Training blocked Ransomware Infection

Aug 1, 2014 11:48:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

ComputerWorld in Australia reported on a very nice success where security awareness training prevented a major ransomware infection. They started out with: "People like to ask the ...

Heads-Up: Second Generation Ransomware In The Wild

Jul 28, 2014 1:46:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Last week, Fedor Sinitisyn, blogger and security researcher for Kaspersky posted something worrisome. He reported that the Angler Exploit Kit was delivering a new second-generation type ...

DELL Warns Against Social Engineering

Jul 26, 2014 9:24:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Dell has its own news site called Tech Page One. A few days ago they had a new article that started with: "Human errors that aid social engineers. The weakest links in computer networks ...

Scam Of The Week: MH17 Airplane Crash

Jul 22, 2014 7:24:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Almost 300 people get shot out of the air and the only thing cyber-criminals can think of is how to exploit the disaster. What else is new. Disgusting.

Phishing Scam Of The Week: "Transportation Manager"

Jul 20, 2014 4:14:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Unscrupulous eastern European cyber mafias are preying on U.S. workers that try to make ends meet and look for a second (or third) job. This is not a new scam, but it is sticking up its ...

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