KnowBe4 Celebrates 10 Years by Planting 10,000 Trees Worldwide

Aug 10, 2020 1:41:53 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

We're celebrating 10 years as a company today! To celebrate this milestone, we'll be planting 10,000 trees around the world to celebrate our 10th anniversary and the addition of its ...

SBA Phishing: Malicious Actors "Return to Roots" in the Hunt for Money

Aug 10, 2020 10:55:00 AM By Eric Howes

By Eric Howes, KnowBe4 Principal Lab Researcher. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to dominate news headlines as well as the development of malicious email attacks designed to separate ...

Cyberattacks Involving Both Data Exfiltration and Ransomware to Ensure Ransom Payment Increase 152%

Aug 10, 2020 8:27:19 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Ransomware authors are realizing the benefit of either stealing data or just implying they have and threatening to publish the data publicly in order to increase their chances of being ...

Dark Patterns and the Craft of Online Persuasion

Aug 10, 2020 8:22:35 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

People should learn how to spot the tactics companies (and, more importantly, criminals) use to persuade customers (or marks), especially when those tactics are used deceitfully, ...

Nearly Half of Dutch Listed Companies Do Not Provide Information on Cybersecurity in Annual Report

Aug 10, 2020 8:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Many publicly traded companies in the Dutch AEX, AMX and AScX indices fail to be transparent on cybersecurity efforts in their annual reports. While the Netherlands is a highly digitized ...

The U.N. counterterrorism chief says a 350% increase in phishing websites was reported in Q1 2020

Aug 7, 2020 4:14:05 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

UNITED NATIONS -- A 350% increase in phishing websites was reported in the first quarter of the year, many targeting hospitals and health care systems and hindering their work responding ...

Ransomware Payments Increase by a Massive 60% as Email Phishing Rises in Frequency as Primary Attack Vector

Aug 7, 2020 9:30:23 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The newest ransomware data paints a pretty bleak picture for organizations with “big game” attacks and six- and seven-figure ransom demands becoming the norm.

Leaked U.S.-UK Trade Documents Show How Devastating Compromised Email Can Be

Aug 6, 2020 4:15:57 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

An ongoing criminal investigation highlights how classified documents stolen by Russian hackers from former U.K. trade minister Liam Fox may have been used to impact the British 2019 ...

Five Reasons Why Ransomware Attacks Should Be Your Biggest Worry and Aren’t Going Anywhere

Aug 6, 2020 4:15:29 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

No other cyberattack has evolved like ransomware. Today’s attacks are more pervasive, invasive, impactful, damaging, and costly. Learn why and what to do about it.

The Importance of Identifying and Focusing on the Malicious Behavior

Aug 6, 2020 8:31:49 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Identifying malicious behavior is a more effective long-term strategy than trying to block individual malicious actors, according to Johnathan Hunt, Vice President of Security at GitLab. ...

Visit KnowBe4 at Black Hat USA 2020 - Virtual Event

Aug 5, 2020 11:26:42 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Are you attending (the 100% virtual) Black Hat USA 2020? Be sure to stop by the KnowBe4 booth August 5-6th to find out how to secure your last line of defense: USERS.

[Interpol Alert] LockBit Ransomware Attacks Affect American SMB's

Aug 5, 2020 10:19:07 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

If you thought LockBit ransomware has gone away, think again. According to a recent report from Interpol, the impact of COVID-19 on cybercrime has taken shape and LockBit operators are ...

Explosion of Zoom Meeting Phishing Attacks Over Spring and Summer of 2020 and Targeting Office365 and Outlook Credentials

Aug 5, 2020 8:44:18 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers at INKY have observed an “explosion” of Zoom-themed phishing attacks over the Spring and Summer of 2020. Most of the attacks are aimed at stealing credentials to services like ...

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KnowBe4 Celebrates 10 Years by Planting 10,000 Trees Worldwide

SBA Phishing: Malicious Actors "Return to Roots" in the Hunt for Money

Cyberattacks Involving Both Data Exfiltration and Ransomware to Ensure Ransom Payment Increase 152%

Dark Patterns and the Craft of Online Persuasion

Nearly Half of Dutch Listed Companies Do Not Provide Information on Cybersecurity in Annual Report

The U.N. counterterrorism chief says a 350% increase in phishing websites was reported in Q1 2020

Ransomware Payments Increase by a Massive 60% as Email Phishing Rises in Frequency as Primary Attack Vector

Leaked U.S.-UK Trade Documents Show How Devastating Compromised Email Can Be

Five Reasons Why Ransomware Attacks Should Be Your Biggest Worry and Aren’t Going Anywhere

The Importance of Identifying and Focusing on the Malicious Behavior

Visit KnowBe4 at Black Hat USA 2020 - Virtual Event

[Interpol Alert] LockBit Ransomware Attacks Affect American SMB's

Explosion of Zoom Meeting Phishing Attacks Over Spring and Summer of 2020 and Targeting Office365 and Outlook Credentials

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