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2026 Phishing by Industry Benchmarking Report: Findings on Human Risk

Every year, KnowBe4 analyzes millions of simulated phishing tests to measure one thing: how likely is your workforce to fall for a phishing attack? The results, published in the 2026 ...

Static DLP Is Leaving You in the Dark: Why It’s Time for Intelligent, Self-Serve Outbound DLP and Misdirected Content Analysis

When we think about email security, our minds almost always jump to the inbound threats: the sophisticated phishing lures, the AI-generated business email compromise (BEC) attacks, and ...

INC Ransomware Gang Targets the Legal Sector

The INC ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation has grown into one of the premier ransomware offerings, claiming hundreds of victims in 2026 alone, according to researchers at Acronis. ...

5 Essential Cybersecurity Defenses for Cloud Email Security

Cloud email has become the center of modern business. Regardless of your organization's industry or size, email connects employees, customers, vendors, executives, financial systems and ...

Cybercriminals Are Targeting the FIFA World Cup 2026

Lead Analysts: Jeewan Singh Jalal and Louis Tiley KnowBe4 ThreatLabs tracked phishing campaign activity from the first week of April through June 22, 2026 — covering the pre-tournament ...

Why Bite-Sized Security Awareness Training Matters in an Age of TikTok and Digital Distraction

In cybersecurity, attention has become one of our most valuable resources. Modern digital habits have fundamentally changed how we consume information, giving rise to "TikTok Brain." An ...

Happy 3rd Birthday to Our KnowBe4 Community!

Can you believe it? It’s here — three years of KnowBe4 Community!

Phishing Exposes Employee Data at 86% of Fortune 100 Companies

A new report from SpyCloud has found that phishing attacks have exposed employee data at 86% of Fortune 100 companies over the past 12 months, with the technology, airline and automotive ...

Shadow AI Is Not Shadow IT With a Better Marketing Budget

I saw a venn diagram on social media. One circle is Shadow IT, one circle is Shadow AI, a substantial overlap, and the implicit message is that they are effectively the same challenge.