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New Malware Upgrade Steals Browser and Email Client Credentials

Nothing is safe anymore. While tricking users into giving up their credentials still seems pretty impressive, new updates to the FTCode ransomware target the IDs and passwords on your endpoints.

Cyber-Insurance Premiums Jump as High as 25% and May Now Require Co-Insurance

With enough claims under the belts of insurance companies covering data ransoms, data theft, and other types of cyberattack, the risk appears to be shifting somewhat back to the policyholder.

5 Tips to Prevent CEO Fraud

Every day, employees are regularly receiving spoofed emails. Even C-level executives are receiving fraudulent requests to transfer money or provide sensitive information. This form of social engineering is known as CEO fraud and it’s becoming more and more common.

Contributing to the Delinquency of a Major

A Swedish man used a multitude of forged credentials and a fake school diploma to join the Swedish military, where he maintained the ruse for eighteen years and eventually attained the rank of Major, according to Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter. The man had been kicked from the Swedish Army Forces’ officer training program for lying about his grades, but he managed to join the army anyway through a combination of falsified documents and social engineering.

Scam Of The Week: "Kobe Bryant Dead, Dies in Helicopter Crash"

Today, news broke that Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash. His daughter Gigi was also on board and died in the crash. This is a celebrity death that the bad guys are going to be exploiting in a variety of ways. You have to warn your users right away that a series of scams are underway using the Bryant helicopter crash as social engineering bait.

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