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Malvertising Targets Chinese-Speaking Users

Researchers at Malwarebytes warn that a malvertising campaign is targeting Chinese-speaking users with phony ads for encrypted messaging apps. The ads impersonate apps that are restricted ...

Identify Weak User Passwords With KnowBe4’s Enhanced Weak Password Test

Passwords are part of every organization’s security risk profile. Just one weak password with access to an organization’s critical systems can cause a breach, take down a network or ...

Scammers Use Airdrops to Lure Users With Phony NFTs

Researchers at Check Point warn that scammers are using airdrops to distribute phony non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that direct users to malicious sites.

Bravo Host Andy Cohen Scammed Out of a “Sizable” Amount of Money by Fraudsters Posing as the Bank

Bravo host Andy Cohen tells how he became the victim of an impersonation scam that gave scammers access to control his bank account.

Your KnowBe4 Compliance Plus Fresh Content Updates from January 2024

Check out the January updates in Compliance Plus so you can stay on top of featured compliance training content.

Your KnowBe4 Fresh Content Updates from January 2024

Check out the 37 new pieces of training content added in January, alongside the always fresh content update highlights, events and new features.

Houston, We Have a 2024 China Problem

Russia is not the only global problem that democracy has to deal with. The Chinese regime ran large influence campaigns, attempting mass social engineering in the U.S. 2022 midterm ...

The Number of Ransomware Attack Victims Surge in 2023 to over 4000

The surge in Ransomware-as-a-Service affiliates is likely the reason behind the dramatic increase in the number of victimized organizations, with all indicators suggesting that this trend ...

HP Enterprise Reveals It was hacked by the same Russians that broke into Microsoft

In a new SEC disclosure, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced on Wednesday that it fell prey to the same Russian intelligence group, known as Midnight Blizzard or Cozy Bear, that ...

New Evasive Phishing Technique “Legacy URL Reputation Evasion" (LURE)

Researchers at Menlo Security observed a 198% increase in browser-based phishing attacks over the past six months.