Human Behavior is What Makes Phishing Attacks So Successful

Mar 19, 2020 8:28:37 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The problem isn’t the lack of software designed to detect, prevent, and protect – it’s that human response is a required part of every phishing attack that users seem to be happy to ...

Healthcare Providers Suffer 350 Percent Increase in Ransomware Attacks

Mar 19, 2020 8:25:03 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The lack of proper security technologies in place is largely to blame for the massive increase in ransomware attacks in Q4 of 2019 as compared to the same time the previous year.

Domains Use Homographic Characters to Create Hard to Spot Phishing URL's

Mar 18, 2020 8:35:31 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Website domains can use homographic characters to create very hard-to-spot phishing URLs, Threatpost reports. Cybersecurity researcher Avi Lumelsky demonstrated how easy it is to create ...

The Effectiveness of Educating End Users With a Test-Out Quiz

Mar 17, 2020 12:54:14 PM By Roger Grimes

Use a “test-out” quiz as a way to get people who are normally resistant to training to proactively take the training. They think they are taking a quiz to avoid the training, but in ...

CyberheistNews Vol 10 #12 Secret Service Warning: Exploiting the Coronavirus for Fraud and Profit

Mar 17, 2020 9:42:42 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

FBI Sends Private Industry Notification Warning of BEC Techniques

Mar 17, 2020 8:32:03 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The FBI sent out a Private Industry Notification (PIN) warning companies that attackers are abusing Microsoft Office 365 and Google’s G Suite to launch business email compromise (BEC) ...

U.K. Revenue Collector Data Shows Email Scams Are on the Decline in Favor of Vishing and SMiShing Attacks

Mar 16, 2020 6:05:03 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Scams aimed at conning U.K. taxpayers out of money and credentials are reportedly experiencing shifts in mediums from email to phone and text.

It is in times of crisis you will be tested

Mar 16, 2020 1:43:21 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Many organizations are dusting off their crisis management documents this week. Many a contingency plan will see its first-ever run. As the C-19 is spreading fast around the world, more ...

Coronavirus-Themed Simulated Phishing Templates

Mar 16, 2020 9:48:41 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The following templates were added to the console this morning:

The Most Important Thing When Working From Home

Mar 16, 2020 9:31:50 AM By Javvad Malik

With social distancing being the new norm, introverts are joking about how they’ve been preparing for this moment their entire lives. While working from home has many benefits, doing it ...

Malicious IQY Files Found in Spam Campaign

Mar 16, 2020 8:26:37 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers at Lastline have come across a phishing campaign that’s using Internet Query (IQY) files to bypass security filters and deliver a new version of the Paradise ransomware. The ...

Extreme Measures: The Epidemic of COVID-19 Phishing Emails Rages On

Mar 16, 2020 7:02:25 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Since the publication of our first two blog pieces documenting the flood of Coronavirus-themed emails (see HERE and HERE), customers using the Phish Alert Button (PAB) have continued to ...

Hackers Use Interactive Malicious COVID-19 Map to Spread Malware

Mar 14, 2020 10:44:24 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cybercriminals constantly latch on to news items that captivate the public’s attention, but usually they do so by sensationalizing the topic or spreading misinformation about it. ...

U.S. Homeland Security: "Malicious Actors Expected To Focus Attacks On Teleworkers. Secure Your VPN"

Mar 14, 2020 9:55:44 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity agency this week shared tips on how to properly secure enterprise virtual private networks (VPNs) seeing that a lot of organizations ...

Keeping our employees and partners safe during #coronavirus

Mar 13, 2020 4:20:16 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Our top priority remains the health and safety of our Knowsters, and we also have a responsibility to support partners and the local community in all the countries we operate.

FBI: Ransomware Attacks Have Cost Victims over $140 Million With Ryuk Leading the Way

Mar 13, 2020 3:12:17 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

New details presented at RSA 2020 outline which ransomware variants are the highest paid over the last 6 years and what was their share of the millions paid in ransom.

U.K. Pensions Regulator Sees 145 Percent Increase in Malicious Email Activity

Mar 13, 2020 8:21:15 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The U.K. Government’s massive jump in email-based cyberattacks far outpaces even the most aggressive phishing or spam growth numbers seen this year.

[Heads Up] Your Exfiltrated Ransomware Data Is Now Used To Spearphish Your Business Partners

Mar 12, 2020 1:26:41 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Ransomware operators are continually improving their tactics to ensure more lucrative payouts, according to Information Security Media Group (ISMG). Over the past several years, attackers ...

[Heads Up!] A Whopping 21 Percent of Phishing Attack URLs Are Not Detected As Malicious For Days After They Go Live

Mar 12, 2020 7:03:09 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

New data from Akamai provides insight into why phishing attacks are making it all the way to the endpoint… and why they can trick users so easily into becoming a victim.

Secret Service Warning: Exploiting the Coronavirus for Fraud and Profit.

Mar 11, 2020 1:07:08 PM By Eric Howes

By Eric Howes, KnowBe4 Principal Lab Researcher. On Monday of this week we published a review of the coronavirus-themed emails that had been reported to us by customers using the Phish ...

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