BEC Attacks Accounted for More Than One in Ten Social Engineering Attacks in 2023

Jun 24, 2024 9:21:30 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new report from Barracuda has found that email conversation hijacking attacks have risen by 70% since 2022. Additionally, business email compromise (BEC) attacks accounted for 10.6% of ...

My Hacker Story: A Cautionary Tale of Intern Antics and Cultural Learnings

Jun 24, 2024 8:31:12 AM By Javvad Malik

My hacker story does not paint me in the best light, and it is not intended to. I am a firm believer in sharing one's mistakes and being open to learning from them.

The Indispensable World of Red Teaming

Jun 20, 2024 11:35:56 AM By Javvad Malik

In this mad, mad world of breaches, organizations are scrambling to keep their heads above water. It's like trying to navigate a minefield while blindfolded and riding a unicycle — one ...

Vacation-Themed Scams Are Spiking

Jun 20, 2024 11:33:45 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Scammers are now impersonating legitimate services like Booking.com and Kayak to target people planning their summer vacations. One out of every 33 vacation-themed domains registered last ...

Happy 1st Birthday to Our KnowBe4 Community!

Jun 19, 2024 8:00:00 AM By Genells Martinez

Happy 1st birthday to our KnowBe4 Community! We’re so excited to celebrate our community's first anniversary. It’s been filled with so many wholesome moments and learning opportunities.

Brazilian Entities Increasingly Targeted by Nation-State Phishing Attacks

Jun 18, 2024 1:58:40 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Mandiant has published a report looking at cyber threats targeting Brazil, finding that more than 85% of government-backed phishing activity comes from threat actors based in China, North ...

The Overlooked Truth: User Experience in Cybersecurity

Jun 18, 2024 1:58:36 PM By Javvad Malik

We live in a world where the term "cybersecurity" tends to make folks either shiver with anxiety or yawn with boredom. The narrative has always been about hacking, phishing, and all sorts ...

CyberheistNews Vol 14 #25 Microsoft and KnowBe4 Collaborate on Ribbon Phish Alert Button for Outlook

Jun 18, 2024 9:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

[Heads Up] Tricky Fake Invoice Phishing Attack Uses Search to Deliver Malware

Jun 17, 2024 3:16:07 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers at Trustwave warn that a phishing campaign is distributing malware via HTML attachments disguised as invoices. Notably, the HTML files abuse the Windows Search protocol to ...

No Politician Too Small: School Board Candidates Targeted By Phishing and BEC Scams

Jun 17, 2024 3:15:49 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cybercriminals are broadening their targets to include even local political candidates, as an escalating series of phishing attacks was recently directed at school board candidates in ...

Microsoft and KnowBe4 Collaborate on Ribbon Phish Alert Button for Outlook

Jun 17, 2024 8:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Increasing phishing attacks are a constant threat to organizations, making it crucial for users to report suspicious emails.

Unmasking the Threat: Why Phishing Scams are Surging in Japan

Jun 15, 2024 10:11:49 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Japan has a large number of Forbes Global 2000 corporations--more than the UK, Germany, and France combined. Despite this economic strength, Japan faces an alarming and growing threat ...

Phishing Campaign Targets Job Seekers With WARMCOOKIE Backdoor

Jun 14, 2024 3:47:55 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A phishing campaign is impersonating recruiting firms to target job seekers with a new strain of malware, according to researchers at Elastic Security.

The Global Reach of Cyber Threats: Why Security Awareness Training is More Important Than Ever

Jun 14, 2024 3:47:49 PM By Javvad Malik

Based on news cycles within cybersecurity, it's easy to fall into the trap of thinking that threats only come from certain parts of the world or that they only target specific industries. ...

Cybercriminals Use New V3B Phishing Kit to Mimic 54 Different Banks in the European Union

Jun 13, 2024 2:32:39 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new phishing-as-a-service toolkit that leverages credential interception and anti-detection capabilities has put EU banks at severe risk of fraud.

Phishing With Deepfakes for HK$200 Million

Jun 13, 2024 2:29:59 PM By Martin Kraemer

My hacker story occurred not too long ago at the Hong Kong office of an undisclosed multinational corporation. The hackers pulled off a first-of-its-kind scam that leveraged a phishing ...

New Research Shows An Alarming Trend of Phishing Attacks Doubling For US and European Organizations

Jun 12, 2024 3:25:33 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cybercriminals never sleep, and their aim keeps getting better. According to new research from Abnormal Security, phishing attacks targeting organizations in Europe shot up by a ...

Beware: Major AI Chatbots Now Intentionally Spreading Election Disinformation

Jun 11, 2024 11:54:33 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Just when you thought the disinformation landscape couldn't get any worse, a new report from Democracy Reporting International in Europe reveals that popular AI chatbots have started ...

Sinister "More_eggs" Malware Cracks Into Companies by Targeting Hiring Managers

Jun 11, 2024 11:54:29 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Job seekers, beware - cybercriminals have a nasty new way to slide their malicious code on corporate networks. Researchers have uncovered a devious phishing campaign that's distributing ...

CyberheistNews Vol 14 #24 [NEW 2024 RESEARCH] Reveals that 34% of Green Users Will Fail a Phishing Test

Jun 11, 2024 9:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

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