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KnowBe4 Team

KnowBe4 Team

The KnowBe4 Team delivers timely, expert-driven insights on cybersecurity trends, emerging threat intelligence, human risk and agent security best practices, compliance strategies and industry research to help organizations strengthen their digital defense layer and stay informed, resilient, and secure.


Recent Posts

FTC Report: Americans Lost $3.5 Billion to Imposter Scams Last Year

Imposter scams were the most commonly reported type of fraud in 2025, with Americans reporting $3.5 billion in losses, according to new data from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). ...

Report: Device Code Phishing is Surging

Multiple sophisticated phishing kits are now focusing on harvesting device codes to breach accounts without a password, according to researchers at LevelBlue.

Report: Online Shoppers Increasingly Ignore Scam Warning Signs

New research by McAfee has found that many consumers tend to ignore red flags associated with scams when searching online for a good deal. The research identified the following consumer ...

Extortion Gang Sends In-Person Attackers to Exfiltrate Data

An extortion gang tracked as “Silent Ransom Group” is targeting US law firms with voice phishing and in-person social engineering attacks, according to researchers at Mandiant and ...

Social Engineering Attacks Abuse Workplace Collaboration Tools

Threat actors are increasingly abusing workplace collaboration tools like Microsoft Teams to launch social engineering attacks, according to researchers at Palo Alto Networks’s Unit 42. ...

New Extortion Brand Uses IT Impersonation to Breach Organizations

A newly surfaced extortion brand called “Pink” is using voice phishing and fake IT support calls to breach organizations, the Register reports. The threat actor may be a rebrand of prior ...

APWG Report: Social Media Phishing is Surging

Phishing scams surged across social media platforms during the first quarter of 2026, according to a new report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG).

Cybersecurity Awareness Training for AI: Key Focus Areas

As employees increasingly rely on AI tools and AI agents in daily workflows, organizations are facing a new workforce security challenge: how to reduce risk without slowing productivity.

Americans Lost $900 Million to AI-Powered Scams Last Year

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns that Americans lost just under $900 million to AI-powered scams in 2025, Malwarebytes reports. Total reported losses to scams last year ...