There is a new (true) Current Event which unfortunately is the ultimate click bait. A hacker got into the Apple iCloud and hacked the account of Jennifer Lawrence and many other celebs.
Apparently she had made nude pictures of herself and they are all out there now. You would think these celebs would have learned by now, but no. Sigh. Apple has patched a bug that would allow brute force attacks on their iCloud, and this may have been how the hack was done, or it could be passwords that were simple to guess.
The cyber mafias are already working on campaigns to exploit this event and there are going to be a very enticing phishing attacks over the next few months. I would send your users something like this:
"This weekend, it was all over the news that hackers leaked nude pictures of Jennifer Lawrence and other celebrities. The news is true, and the pictures are out there. The problem is that the bad guys are going to use this to trick people to click on links and open attachments, which will infect their computer with malware. Do not get curious and fall for these scams. Continue to 'Think Before You Click!'"
For KnowBe4 customers we have created a Current Event template that you can use to inoculate your users, based on the YouTube Video attack template. I understand there may possibly be a conflict with your corporate culture, as this template is not very Politically Correct, but remember that the bad guys don't care about this will use possible corporate reluctance to talk about this to their advantage. At least, it's here for you now if you
decide to use it!
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