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[Security Masterminds] Revolutionizing Cybersecurity Training: How AI Is Changing the Game

Artificial intelligence (AI) in the cybersecurity realm is a nuanced topic. On the one hand, it has the potential to enhance our abilities to detect and prevent cyber threats ...

Beyond the Scams: Unraveling the Dark Tactics of Real-World Kidnapping Scams and Virtual Extortion

The world can be a scary and dangerous place. Its unethical scammers have no problem doing almost anything to make a buck, but sometimes, their plots seem to be extra messed up.

Pikabot Malware Spreading Through Phishing Campaigns

Researchers at Trend Micro warn that a threat actor known as “Water Curupira” is distributing the Pikabot malware loader via widespread phishing campaigns.

KnowBe4 Named a Leader in the Winter 2024 G2 Grid Report for Security Awareness Training

We are thrilled to announce that KnowBe4 has been named a leader in the latest G2 Grid Report that compares security awareness training (SAT) vendors based on user reviews, customer ...

Cybercriminals Celebrate the Holidays with Dark Web Data Dumps, Dubbed  “Leaksmas”

Millions of data records and GBs of data from organizations around the globe were made freely available to cybercriminals to coincide with dates around Christmas of 2023.

Red Flags for Phishing: Verizon Outlines Latest Scams to Watch Out For

Verizon has published an article outlining various forms of social engineering attacks, including SMS/text messaging phishing (smishing), voice phishing (vishing), and spear phishing ...

Guarding the Cloud: Top 5 Cloud Security Hacks and How You Can Avoid Them

Navigating the cloud security landscape is no walk in the park. It requires IT professionals like you to not only tackle traditional security threats, such as managing data access and ...

FBI Releases Blackcat Ransomware Decryption Tool to Victims, Disrupting Attacks

For the first time ever, the U.S. Justice Department announced the existence of an FBI-developed decryption tool that has been used to save hundreds of victim organizations attacked by ...

2024 Security Software Pricing Preference Survey

I need your help, I'm super interested to know what your current preferences are related to licensing and pricing models for security software. You may love or hate particular models and ...

Black Basta Ransomware Decryptor Released to Help Some Victims

A flaw found by security researchers in the encryption software allows victim organizations to use “Black Basta Buster” to recover some of their data – but there’s a catch.