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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

Attackers Continue to Pose as Help Desks in Social Engineering Attacks

Researchers at Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) are tracking a new threat actor that’s impersonating help desks to trick users into installing malware. The threat actor, which ...

Introducing the New AI-Native KnowBe4 SAT

Cybercriminals are getting smarter and faster. Social engineering attacks are evolving rapidly, and AI is making them more convincing than ever. According to the 2025 Verizon Data Breach ...

Report: Deepfake Fraud Causes Billions in Losses

Deepfake-driven fraud has caused $2.19 billion in losses globally, with $1.65 billion reported in 2025 alone, according to an analysis by Surfshark. More than half of these losses were ...

Much Faster Phishing Attacks Target Your Senior Execs via Microsoft Teams

A phishing campaign is targeting senior executives with social engineering attacks conducted over Microsoft Teams, according to researchers at ReliaQuest. The researchers believe former ...

Your KnowBe4 Fresh Content Updates from April 2026

John N Just, Ed.D. - Chief Learning Officer What's New: Celebrating World Password Day and Beyond Happy May! This month, we are putting a major spotlight on World Password Day (May 7). ...

Alert: Payroll-Hijacking Attacks Are Targeting Canadian Employees

Microsoft warns that a new criminal threat actor dubbed “Storm-2755” is launching payroll-pirate attacks against Canadian users. These attacks use social engineering to compromise ...

FBI: Americans Lost More Than $20 billion to Fraud Last Year

Cyber-enabled crimes cost Americans nearly $21 billion in 2025, a 26% increase from the previous year, according to the FBI’s latest Internet Crime Report. Phishing, extortion, and ...

Phishing Campaigns Abuse AI Workflow Automation Platforms

Threat actors are abusing agentic AI automation platforms to deliver malware and send phishing emails, according to researchers at Cisco Talos. The researchers observed attackers using ...

Alert: WhatsApp Phishing Campaign Delivers Malware

A new phishing campaign is using WhatsApp messages to deliver malware, according to researchers at Microsoft. The attackers are attempting to trick users into installing malicious Visual ...

Survey: Security Leaders Emphasize Need for Workforce Education

A new survey from LevelBlue has found that a majority of Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) believe the human-related elements of their cybersecurity strategies are falling short. These ...

New KnowBe4 Agent Risk Manager Addresses Pervasive AI Agent Risk

By Roger A. Grimes and Matthew Duren

New Phishing Kit Streamlines ClickFix Attacks

A new commodity phishing kit called “Venom Stealer” allows threat actors to automate ClickFix attacks, according to researchers at BlackFog. ClickFix is a social engineering technique ...

Phishing Campaign Targets Japanese Firms During Tax Season

A criminal threat actor called “Silver Fox” is launching tax-themed phishing attacks against Japanese companies during the country’s tax season, according to researchers at ESET.

Rising Compliance Oversight Pressure: From Audit Fatigue to Continuous Readiness

Public sector cybersecurity leaders are no longer measured solely on whether they stop attacks, they are measured on whether they can prove it. Across federal, state, local and education ...

AI Phishing Attack Prevention Strategies: How AI Identifies and Limits Human Risk

AI is making phishing attacks easier to create and scale. Tasks that once required manual effort can now be automated, allowing attackers to generate realistic messages, launch campaigns, ...

Phishing Campaign Impersonates Palo Alto Networks Recruiters

Threat actors are impersonating Palo Alto Networks recruiters to target job seekers, according to researchers with Palo Alto’s Unit 42 security team. “These attacks specifically target ...