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Categories: exploits, malware, web security, email security
Tags: malware, web security, web safety

Everyone dreads paying their wireless bill, but imagine getting a wireless bill for over $1600 dollars! This latest threat does just that, sending you a wireless bill for an exorbitant amount pushing you to click the link in the email and find out what happened with your bill. Any links in the email redirect the user to malicious distribution points dishing out exploits for Microsoft and Adobe vulnerabilities.

The cybercriminals pervading this threat do an excellent job of spoofing legitimate AT&T wireless bill notifications. The image below (click to enlarge) shows both the real and fake notifications for comparison.

Categories: web filtering
Tags: small business, productivity, website blocking

The NCAA Basketball Championship tournament is arguably the most exciting sports event of the year. Office pools and water cooler talk along with video streaming and real-time game updates are commonplace in businesses across the nation.

What everyone is talking about is the impact on productivity to American business:

Categories: virus, web security, email security
Tags: business network security, small business

People sometimes question whether Desktop or Endpoint Security (for example anti-virus software) should be installed if a company wide security solution (such as eSoft) is installed. Or the other way around.

All security conscious personnel know a layered approach provides the best protection. Yet questions often arise about the necessity of one or the other. Below is a discussion of why company wide security policy should include both.

People can easily imagine why desktop protection is important. Hackers target elements of a desktop that a Gateway
device simply cannot inspect (such as memory, cookies and registries). With the huge increase in laptop and other mobile computing devices, more computers leave the in-house network than ever before. They must have some form of protection from “off-line” usage at the hotel, coffee shop, home, etc.

If this is true, why do you need protection at the Gateway too? To understand the requirement of Gateway Threat Protection, all you need to do is ask a simple question. How many people have gotten infections on computers even though they have Desktop Security? Virtually everyone.

Categories: compromised sites, phishing scams, web security
Tags: phishing, business network security, web security, web safety

In the latest phishing spree on PayPal users, cyber criminals use some crafty techniques to evade detection and trick users. As typical, the scam starts with an email asking the user to update their account, providing a realistic spoof of an authentic PayPal communication.

Categories: exploits, web security
Tags: business network security, web security

eSoft is alerting users to some fake invoice spam hitting inboxes with an attachment delivering malware. The trick to this is that the attachment is a simple htm file that many users might open, then delivering the malware through an exploit.

Categories: network security, web security
Tags: business network security, web security, small business

A recent survey revealed half of SMBs don't think they are a target for cyberattacks. The fact is attacks on SMBs are increasing, not only in volume but in complexity and sophistication. It’s important for SMBs to get away from the mindset that they can’t or won’t be attacked.

Dark Reading’s Ericka Chickowski recently posted the Top 10 Security Mistakes SMBs Make. The article highlights the increasing attacks that SMBs are facing while pointing out the top 10 areas where SMB security can and should improve.

Categories: fraud, pharma fraud, spam, web security, email security, attacks
Tags: business network security, malware, web security

One of the most popular sites on the Web, YouTube, has again become a target of Cyber Criminals. Similar to the myriad other service request emails that have been circulating over the past couple years, the hapless email recipient receives an email similar to the one shown below.

Categories: malware, virus, email security
Tags: malware

Below is an example of a recent malware infected email attempting to spread the Bredolab (bredozip) trojan. Similar versions of failed delivery notification spam using other shipping companies are now standard threats that users should be aware of as a security threat.

In these attacks, the recipient of the email gets a notice of a package shipment that looks very authentic. When they open the email attachment, or click an embedded web link, the virus infects the host pc...

Categories: network security, web security, cyber crime
Tags: business network security, web security, National Cyber Security Awareness Month, small business

SMBs are under attack. Last year, small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) were attacked and suffered more breaches than any other segment. In fact, 63% of breaches occurred at businesses with fewer than 100 employees. Add to the mix new web based threats, phishing threats and targeted attacks and SMBs are at a higher risk now than ever before.

Why are cyber criminals targeting SMBs? Simply put, SMBs are easier targets. Quite often, SMBs don’t have the budget, equipment, time, or expertise to combat threats. For example, 50% of SMBs do not have any web security technology to prevent web based attacks. With 85% of infections being spread via the web it’s clearly important to employ such technology. Businesses cite resource constraints as the primary reason for not implementing this important layer of security.

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