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FBI Reports Email Account Hijacking Is Still Number One

The FBI’s 2019 Internet Crime Report, came out February 25. Email account hijacking, or Business Email Compromise (BEC) is the top money maker for cyber-criminal groups, earning them an estimated $1.776 BILLION with a B. CEOs of companies are top targets for this exploit, and usually it begins with a phishing email.

Even though ransomware is the big noisy topic, in terms of dollar losses, it is not even in the top ten, although a lot of expenses and costs ...

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account hijacking, Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, law and policy, Phishing, ransomware

Weekend Update

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Next week, WyzGuys Cybersecurity Blog is having its own Scam Week, and will be focusing on scams we see happening to our clients all the time. A couple are listed below.

Coronavirus warning spreads computer virus

There’s an attachment that you are “strongly recommended to read” on account of coronavirus infections in your area. Don’t open it!

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account hijacking, critical infrastructure, cyberwar, Google, law and policy, Weekend Update

cyber insurance, NotPetya

Infographic – Should the Government Pay the Ransom in Ransomware Attacks?

Today I am running a guest post by Panda Security, courtesy of my friends at Siege Media. As you may have heard, 2019 was the year of ransomware. The target? The public sector. With variations such as Cryptolocker, German Wiper and Robinhood, there was a shocking number of government ransomware attacks this past year. Each ...

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cybersecurity, law and policy, ransomware

Weekend Update

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Sanity Finally Reigns in Iowa

From Brian Krebs: Dallas County, Iowa has dropped trespassing charges against two penetration testers who were arrested and jailed last year on September 11, and held in jail until yesterday for doing the job they were hired to do The news broke as Brian was in the middle of a video interview with ...

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compliance, cybersecurity, law and policy, ransomware, Weekend Update

Weekend Update

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Police Warn of New ‘Line-Trapping Technology’ Being Used to Scam People Over the Phone

From CyberHeist News

A new piece of sophisticated technology is being used by fraudsters to scam unsuspecting people over the phone. Police said a woman in the York Region received a call earlier this month and was told by the scammers she had been a victim of identity ...

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DEC

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Android, Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, law and policy, Linux, privacy, Weekend Update

browser, firefox, imposter scam, Iran, Neverquest, SSD

Weekend Update

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The FBI Says Your TV Is Probably Spying On You

Last week, the FBI, that bastion of sage privacy and security advice, issued a blog post out of its Portland field office warning cyber Monday shoppers that their smart TV is a little too smart, and likely watches you as much as you watch it. The ...

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DEC

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cybersecurity, Identity Theft, Internet of Things, law and policy, malware, passwords, Phishing, privacy, social engineering, Weekend Update

Tim Berners-Lee’s 9 Principles for the Internet

Tim Berners-Lee, the man who gave us the World Wide Web protocol in 1989, and turned the Arpanet into a global communications network of unprecedented scale, is worried about the health of the Internet.

Governments are using the Internet for mass surveillance, and big Internet companies and merchants collect, analyze, buy, and sell more personal data about each of us. Internet trolls and other bad actors use the Internet for criminal activity, ...

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DEC

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Russia Creates A National Internet

Back on March 1 2019, I reported that Russia was planning to disconnect itself from the Internet. On November 1, 2019, the Russian Federation decreed that all Russian ISPs are required to route Internet traffic through special gateway routers run by Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzo.

The stated goal is to protect Russia from major cyber-attacks from bad actors or other nation-state run cyber operations. ...

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NOV

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Computers and Internet, law and policy, News and politics

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Weekend Update

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End of an Era – Microsoft is Ending Support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Original release date: October 17, 2019

Personal note: Windows 7 has been, and may always be, my favorite operating system of all time. I have come to respect Windows 10, and of course I use it every day, but I have ...

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NOV

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law and policy, Phishing, ransomware, smartphones, Web Design, Weekend Update, WordPress

SMS, typo-squatting, typosquatting, virtual machines, Windows 7

Guest Post – Can Crime Really Affect a Business’ Long-Term Growth Projections?

A guest post by Maxwell Donovan

Editor’s comment: I spend a lot of time writing about cyber-crime. This article reminds us that there are other very physical and personal crimes that we need to guard against as well.

They say that crime doesn’t pay, but in the end, does it? You are at risk from crime when you’re running a business. This could include an ...

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NOV

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crime, embezzlement