Author: Cylanda Watchtower

This week the FBI announced that threat actors have defrauded victims of about $42.7 million over the past 8 months through fake cryptocurrency apps that exploit people’s legitimate investments in…

Hi guys, Attila here with some exciting news! At long last, after waiting almost 2 years, we have been awarded the trademark for the company name we have always wanted.…

Hi guys, Usually I have a helpful weekly email with some tips to keep you safe but this couldn’t wait. If you tried to get a coffee at Starbucks within…

According to a recent report published by the NCC group, 40% of reported ransomware assaults for the month of May were from Lockbit ransomware. This latest scam tries to bait…

With Covid-19-related travel restrictions loosening, pleasure-seeking travelers are booking plane tickets, accommodations and tours with a vengeance. However, phishers, scammers and malware peddlers are ready to take advantage of the…

Happy Friyay! I have some great resources for you today: Next Friday the 17th I’ll be speaking on a panel on protecting Hawaii’s local businesses from Cyber threats for an…

From Congressman Ed Case’s Office: Cybersecurity, or protecting our computer systems and networks from intrusion, attack and manipulation, is an escalating challenge. Join me and three Hawai’i experts in a…

This is a special advisory Over the past week we have noticed a spike in attacks targeting local businesses that may be a prime or subcontractor for government work. We…

Good morning, Last week the FBI reported that the amount of money lost to business email compromise (BEC) scams continues to grow each year, with a 65% increase in the…

Good morning! There was a huge turn out at the last ProService live webcast: Cybersecurity & Must Do’s for Hawaii Employers. As a panelist, we discussed and shared real world…

  Good morning! Not sure if you’ve heard, but I’m going to be a panelist on tomorrow’s Proservice live webcast: Cybersecurity & Must Do’s for Hawaii Employers. We’ll be discussing…

Not sure if you’ve heard the news, but we were featured on KITV yesterday and talked about the coordinated cyberattack on the undersea cable that connects Hawaii to the rest…

YouTube fraudsters are at it again – this promising to give away free cryptocurrency (such as Bitcoin) by targeting unsuspecting victims. The scam gang ran 36 YouTube streams between February 16…

Yesterday Apple rushed out patches on a set of newly discovered 0-day vulnerabilities found on its MacOS and iOS devices. This latest set of bugs could allow threat actors to…

Threat actors are impersonating personal-finance apps to fool people into giving up their private information It’s tax season, and just like every year, it’s rife with scams. Usually we see…

A new credential harvesting email scam has emerged, this time impersonating Instagram tech support, threatening to shut down your account for sharing “fake content.  This latest scam was discovered last…

The new Electron Bot backdoor malware can take over you social-media accounts – including Facebook, Google and Soundcloud and has infiltrated Microsoft’s official store by cloning popular games such as…

This week scammers began targeting unsuspecting users via phishing webpages, forum posts, and email links enticing users to “help Ukraine” by donating The development follows Ukraine’s successful effort of raising…

Cyber criminals are targeting Microsoft Teams users, planting malicious documents into chat, allowing them to take over computers Microsoft Teams has had surge in use over the COVID-19 pandemic, especially…

This week Google released an urgent update for their Chrome browser, patching a zero-day exploit that was being jumped on by attackers in the wild Google has stated that the…