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 ...

Cryptolocker Is Not Dead

Jul 17, 2014 1:58:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Tyler Moffitt, Threat Team Member at Webroot wrote:

Five Travel Scams Of The Week

Jul 14, 2014 12:33:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

It's summer and a lot of people are on the road, but some of your employees are always traveling for business, and often these are management-level people with access to lots of ...

[InfoGraphic] Ransomware Threats Concern Survey

Jul 8, 2014 7:43:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

We surveyed over 300 system administrators regarding ransomware, here are the results:

Fascinating Phishing Attack On Bitcoin Auction Bidders

Jul 7, 2014 1:06:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Ever hear of CoinDesk? They are a news site about pricing and other info about digital currencies. They reported a fascinating phishing attack on a list of auction participants.

The Evolution of Mobile Ransomware

Jul 3, 2014 1:32:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Security experts have warned for years that our smartphones are due for a major cyberattack. Like PCs back in the early days -- the 1990s -- mobile phones are largely unprotected by ...

Phishing Websites Up 10 percent First Quarter 2014

Jul 3, 2014 11:24:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The United States continued to host the majority of phishing websites in the first quarter of 2014, but did not even crack the top 36 when it came to global computer infection rates, ...

Can You Fix A Human Problem With A Technology Solution?

Jun 16, 2014 2:32:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Let me be clear from the get-go: maybe partially but never 100%. Hundreds of IT security companies have tried and failed, just look at the malware infections you are battling regularly. ...

Phishing Scam Of The Week: Free World Cup Trip To Brazil

Jun 10, 2014 4:34:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The 2014 FIFA World Cup football (soccer) has kicked off this week, and so have phishing campaigns trying to trick you into scams for free tickets, realtime news and online streaming of ...

CryptoLocker Clone Serves Up Energy Bill Spam Campaign

Jun 10, 2014 9:57:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

And here's another ransomware wannabe that has ripped off the CryptoLocker brand but is something totally different. A recent spam campaign sending out emails masquerading as an ...

New Ransomware CryptoWall Comes With A Twist

Jun 6, 2014 4:32:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

That ransomware payment is coming out of your allowance

May 30, 2014 3:55:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cartoon: Parenting is very different in 2014 compared to 1989! "That ransomware payment is coming out of your allowance."

Scam Of The Week: eBay Password Reset Phishing Emails

May 23, 2014 1:10:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Ok, unless you were on an Internet-free vacation (fat chance); you have heard that eBay managed to lose all its 145 million credentials.

And in THIS corner we have Dave

May 19, 2014 11:23:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

I thought you would enjoy this cartoon! LOL Stu

CryptoLocker Goes SpearPhishing

May 17, 2014 11:26:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

You may be familiar with a site called Spiceworks. They have free system admin and network management software, and their business model is advertising to the hundreds of thousands that ...

Scam Of The Week: Fake Purchase Orders

May 16, 2014 12:19:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

This could be a very expensive scam to fall for, so keep on reading.

Are You Being Targeted By Hot Foreign Spies?

May 12, 2014 1:43:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Ready to be hit upon by the likes of Anna Chapman? MI5 in the UK warned that foreign spy agencies are targeting IT workers within big organizations as a means of gaining privileged access ...

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