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CSO Security Awareness Weekly May 30, 2016 Five arrested for impersonating the IRS, listen to a recorded scam in progress Five people have been arrested in Miami who are said to be responsible for scamming 1,500 people out of more than $2 million by impersonating IRS agents. Their scams centered on contacting individual taxpayers out of the blue and demanding payments under the threat of jail time. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Celebrity hacker Guccifer's confession gives us all a lesson in security • New DMA Locker ransomware is ramping up for widespread attacks • 5 active mobile threats spoofing enterprise apps Case Study: Teradata Case Study: Two Firms Adopt Teradata Managed Cloud Two companies cut costs, gain flexibility and ease administration by adding cloud data warehouse capacity. Both companies now see hybrid deployment as an invaluable aspect of their respective data warehousing strategies. What's more, they're investigating additional hybrid use cases, starting with data exploration and predictive analysis in the cloud. Read this case study to learn more. Read More ▶ Celebrity hacker Guccifer's confession gives us all a lesson in security A Romanian hacker known online as Guccifer pleaded guilty to hacking into 100 email and social media accounts belonging to American citizens, including former high-ranking government officials. Read More ▶ New DMA Locker ransomware is ramping up for widespread attacks A new ransomware program called DMA Locker has reached maturity and shows signs of being distributed in widespread attacks. Read More ▶ 5 active mobile threats spoofing enterprise apps Enterprise employees use mobile apps every day to get their jobs done, but when malicious actors start impersonating those apps, it spells trouble for IT departments everywhere. Here are 5 apps that masquerade as real apps. Read More ▶ Video/Webcast: Enterprisedb Corporation Liberate Your Enterprise From Expensive DBMS to Drive Digital Business! Learn how you can free your core database management systems from traditional limitations - and become a differentiator in the market. Explore:The challenge to deliver digital business initiatives, Steps to Take to Get To Success Quickly, and EDB Postgres value for the enterprise and customer success. Read More ▶ Top 5 Stories 1. Five arrested for impersonating the IRS, listen to a recorded scam 2. Cybersecurity recruitment in crisis 3. By the numbers: Cyber attack costs compared 4. 5 active mobile threats spoofing enterprise apps 5. Regulators: cybersecurity poses biggest risk to global financial system Editor's Picks 1. 15 hot, new security and privacy apps for Android and iOS 2. How to get creative with your penetration testing 3. 5 security bolstering strategies that won't break the bank 4. What's wrong with this picture? The NEW clean desk test 5. Inside an attack by the Syrian Electronic Army

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