Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.


[INFOGRAPHIC] Introducing The Psychology of Passwords

From LastPass – It feels like almost every day there’s another data breach in the news, or a case of user credentials up for sale on the Dark Web. Despite the headlines, and repeated warnings from experts about weak passwords and the dangers of password reuse, users have yet to change their online ...

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Data Breach – What To Do Next

Your IT manager comes to you with a look on his or her face that is a combination of panic, shock, and depression.  “We’ve been breached, and it looks like they got into the customer database, but I’m not sure how long they’ve been on our network, and what else they might have done.”  Do you know what you need to do next?

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SIM Swap Fraud Is Growing

In the middle of the day your cell phone mysteriously goes dead.  Later on, when you call the cell phone carrier, you find out that someone else pretending to be you has visited a store and claimed to have lost your phone.  Customer service agents moved your mobile number to a new SIM card on a new phone, and using your phone and other personal information gathered earlier through phishing ...

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How Valuable Is Cybersecurity Training?

We are a big proponent of cybersecurity awareness training for your employees. Humans are always the weakest link in the cybersecurity chain, so enlisting your employees in the fight against cyber-attacks has to begin with some basic training, and ideally continue with periodic refreshers, and activities like phishing simulation exercises.

Today’s infographic is a guest post by security training firm Everycloud Technologies.

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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.


Porn-warning security scam hooks you up to “Apple Care”

It’s a toll free “Apple Care” number, meaning that in theory it shouldn’t cost you a thing – so what’s the harm in calling just in case?


Extortionist lawyer pleads guilty to creating porn honeypot

These guys give lawyers a bad name, if that isn’t an ...

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The Swiss Army Knife of Hacker-ware

Have you ever wondered just what an attacker can do once they gain access to your computer?  A 21 year old software coder is facing prison time for developing the ultimate Swiss Army knife of an “administrators'” tool-kit.  This tool was sold to over 6,000 people through an extensive affiliate marketing network.  Many of his customers were cyber-criminals who used ...

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Botnet Targets Banks With Phishing Emails

Cyber-criminals are using a botnet to send phishing emails with the apparent purpose to test a new email attachment type.  Over the course of three weeks starting August 10th, this cyber-gang released seven different types of phishing emails to over 3,000 banks around the world.  They appear to be testing which of these several approaches is most successful at tricking recipients into opening the email attachment.

The attachment itself is also something different – Microsoft Excel Web Query files that use ...

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Malware Remediation Comparison – Malwarebytes vs. Hitman Pro

Often, when I am dealing with a malware-infected computer, I find that the malware has compromised the currently installed anti-malware product, and simply scanning the computer with the installed software does not work.  When that happens, my go-to choice for malware remediation has been to download and install a copy of Malwarebytes, and run scans until the Malwarebytes reports the system is clean.

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