Coronavirus-Related Spear Phishing Attacks See a Massive 667% Increases in March

Apr 15, 2020 10:32:53 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Attackers are taking advantage of the pandemic, looking for every way possible to achieve their malicious goals via targeted phishing campaigns of every kind.

When the Implausible Seems, Well, More Plausible

Apr 15, 2020 8:34:39 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Everyone is vulnerable to social engineering and no security tool can block every phishing email, according to Kevin Casey at The Enterprisers Project. Casey talked to a number of ...

Phishing Better Than the Bad Guys During the Pandemic

Apr 14, 2020 4:19:23 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

By Katie Brennan, KnowBe4 Product Content Director. The COVID-19 pandemic has had cyber criminals in a phishing frenzy for months. They’ve been sending countless attacks, with the ...

CyberheistNews Vol 10 #16 [Heads Up] Killing Your Zoom Meeting IDs Is Only Suppressing the Real Problem

Apr 14, 2020 9:34:49 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

3 Eye Opening Reasons Why Security Awareness Training is Even More Critical Now That You Have a Remote Workforce

Apr 13, 2020 8:36:56 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

In the history of IT and cyberthreats, there has never been a more critical time for organizations to employ security awareness training than now. With employees working from home, the ...

Three More Ransomware Families Join the Extortion Game

Apr 13, 2020 8:32:33 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

As ransomware creators look for ways to ensure they get paid for their malicious efforts, many are taking a page from the Maze ransomware manual and are posting stolen data if not paid.

Novel, but Retrospectively Obvious: a QR Code Generator Scam

Apr 13, 2020 8:28:11 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A scammer has stolen more than $45,000 worth of bitcoin over the past month by tricking people with fake QR code generators, ZDNet reports. Harry Denley, Director of Security at MyCrypto, ...

Removing Zoom Meeting ID's: Treating the Symptom, Not the Cause

Apr 10, 2020 8:43:49 AM By Javvad Malik

Zoom has been under a lot of scrutiny lately, and it's commendable that the vendor has been working through as many security issues as it has. With great growth and visibility comes great ...

Q1 2020 Coronavirus-Related Phishing Email Attacks Are Up 600%

Apr 9, 2020 11:12:57 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

KnowBe4 reports on the top-clicked phishing emails by subject lines each quarter in three different categories: subjects related to social media, general subjects, and 'In the Wild' - we ...

New Articles and Updates From the KnowBe4 Technical Content Team in Q1 2020

Apr 9, 2020 11:06:09 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Here are all of the major items and updates our KnowBe4 Product Content Team has added to our knowledge base and Security Awareness Training product in Q1 2020.

The Bad Guys Use A New Text Reversal Technique To Get Phishing Attacks Past Your Security Filters

Apr 9, 2020 10:10:29 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Dark Reading reports that researchers at Inky have observed attackers using a text reversal technique to get their phishing emails past security filters. Many email security filters ...

[On-Demand Webinar] The Art of Invisibility: Important New Privacy Concerns for Your Quickly Evolving Remote Workforce

Apr 9, 2020 7:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Corporate privacy concerns are more paramount right now than ever before. Organizations are being forced to maneuver a new world of security and privacy issues related to a remote ...

3 Lessons COVID-19 Can Teach Us About Cybersecurity

Apr 9, 2020 7:00:00 AM By James McQuiggan

It’s day 4,823 that I’ve been home for the stay at home order in the county where I live. Okay, so it feels like years, but it’s actually only been a few weeks. Like many of you, I can’t ...

Hackers have hit every country on Earth with coronavirus-themed cyberattacks

Apr 9, 2020 6:51:31 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cyber criminals have launched coronavirus-themed cyberattacks in 241 countries and territories, new research from Redmond showed. "Every country in the world has seen at least one ...

Struggling with the Whole WFH Thing? Fear Not! The Bad Guys are Here to Help!

Apr 8, 2020 3:57:16 PM By Eric Howes

By Eric Howes, KnowBe4's Principal Lab Researcher. Over the past month we have provided readers with regular updates on the growth and development of Coronavirus-themed phishing emails ...

Zoom's Recent Hypergrowth Challenges -- And How To Use It In A Secure Way

Apr 8, 2020 1:40:50 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The massive uptick in use of the popular video conferencing service Zoom has resulted in a rise in stock price, a class action lawsuit, and a huge opportunity for cybercriminals.

NASA sees an “exponential” jump in malware attacks as personnel work from home

Apr 8, 2020 8:53:01 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Ars Technica reports that NASA has experienced an exponential increase in malware attacks and a doubling of agency devices trying to access malicious sites in the past few days as ...

Share the Red Flags of Social Engineering Infographic With Your Employees

Apr 8, 2020 8:43:49 AM By Roger Grimes

Social engineering and phishing are responsible for 70% to 90% of all malicious breaches , so it’s very important to keep your employees at a heightened state of alert against this type ...

Cloud-based Business Email Compromise

Apr 8, 2020 8:27:11 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) published an alert warning that criminals are exploiting cloud-based email services to carry out business email compromise (BEC) attacks. ...

March Content Update: Including Work From Home and Coronavirus Training Resources

Apr 8, 2020 7:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Here are a few important updates to share with you from the month of March.

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