Experts: Expect Summer Olympics-Themed Cyberattacks in the Coming Months

Mar 2, 2020 4:41:34 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The business of the games will provide cybercriminals with countless options to scam participants, sponsors, and spectators using contextual details and social engineering.

Ransomware Attack On Wool Industry Halted Sales Across Australia Last Week

Mar 2, 2020 11:27:49 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

It is yet to be seen how a cyber attack which shut down wool sales last week will affect growers in Tasmania. Last Tuesday Talman Software, which is used by the majority of wool industry ...

Bogus Singapore Police Site Serves as a Watering Hole

Mar 2, 2020 11:09:01 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Singapore Police Force (SPF) released an advisory warning about a phishing site that’s spoofing the Force’s website, Channel News Asia reports. The bogus website informs the user that ...

Nigerian Man Arrested 3 Years After $850,000 Stolen in Email Scam

Feb 28, 2020 9:32:41 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office says a Nigerian man has been arrested more than three years after $850,000 was stolen in construction bond money from the Boulder Valley School ...

Afraid You're Communicating Too Frequently? Rethink That.

Feb 27, 2020 8:39:24 AM By Joanna Huisman

This blog was co-written by Joanna Huismann and Aimee Laycock. Communication is not always easy (let’s be honest, we have all wanted to scream with frustration at our partner or a family ...

Guess Who Else is Now Doing Security Training Surveys?

Feb 27, 2020 8:33:11 AM By Eric Howes

By Eric Howes, KnowBe4 Principal Lab Researcher. A few months ago, KnowBe4 began offering customers two new kinds of scientifically-based assessments to help IT departments get a better ...

Amazon Prime Phishbait: Lessons Learned

Feb 27, 2020 8:24:56 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

An Amazon phishing campaign is accidentally sending out links that lead straight to the attacker’s remote access console, according to Paul Ducklin at Naked Security. Ducklin explains ...

[BREAKING NEWS] 'Shark' Gets Hooked for $380K in Email Phishing Scam

Feb 26, 2020 4:19:02 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

"Shark Tank" star Barbara Corcoran is missing nearly $400,000 Wednesday morning after her office was victimized by email scammers who used a tiny typo to gain the upper hand.

Verizon: More Than Half of Users Click on Multiple Phishing Links. Social Engineering, Innovation are Responsible

Feb 26, 2020 10:08:50 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The latest data from Verizon’s 2020 Mobile Security Index report shows that both consumer and business users make it all too easy for cyberattackers to fool them into becoming a victim.

An Influence or Wire Fraud?

Feb 26, 2020 8:26:37 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A 22-year-old Instagram and YouTube influencer named Kayla Massa has been arrested after allegedly convincing her followers to assist her in a fraud scheme, Quartz reports. Prosecutors ...

39 Percent of Organizations Were Victims of a Mobile Attack Despite Improved Security

Feb 26, 2020 8:19:25 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Brand new data from Verizon shows businesses sacrificed when it comes to mobile security; a decision that caused compromises with impacts well-beyond just a simple breach.

KnowBe4 Named a Leader in The Forrester Wave for Security Awareness and Training Solutions

Feb 25, 2020 2:54:27 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

We have some great news to share with our customers and global security professionals alike. KnowBe4 has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™ : Security Awareness and Training ...

Why Minimizing Human Error is the Only Viable Defense Against Spear Phishing

Feb 25, 2020 11:21:58 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Phishing attacks have become one of the business world's top cybersecurity concerns. These social engineering attacks have been rising over the years, with the most recent report from the ...

CyberheistNews Vol 10 #9 A U.S. Natural Gas Operator Shuts Down for 2 Days After a Phishing Attack Infects it With Ransomware

Feb 25, 2020 9:19:39 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

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Experts: Expect Summer Olympics-Themed Cyberattacks in the Coming Months

Ransomware Attack On Wool Industry Halted Sales Across Australia Last Week

Bogus Singapore Police Site Serves as a Watering Hole

Nigerian Man Arrested 3 Years After $850,000 Stolen in Email Scam

Afraid You're Communicating Too Frequently? Rethink That.

Guess Who Else is Now Doing Security Training Surveys?

Amazon Prime Phishbait: Lessons Learned

[BREAKING NEWS] 'Shark' Gets Hooked for $380K in Email Phishing Scam

Verizon: More Than Half of Users Click on Multiple Phishing Links. Social Engineering, Innovation are Responsible

An Influence or Wire Fraud?

39 Percent of Organizations Were Victims of a Mobile Attack Despite Improved Security

KnowBe4 Named a Leader in The Forrester Wave for Security Awareness and Training Solutions

Why Minimizing Human Error is the Only Viable Defense Against Spear Phishing

CyberheistNews Vol 10 #9 A U.S. Natural Gas Operator Shuts Down for 2 Days After a Phishing Attack Infects it With Ransomware

Spamming Tools are a Commodity in the Criminal Underworld

Spear Phishing Tops the Canadian Anti-Fraud Center’s List of Attacks

WSJ: "Losing $450,000 in Three Days: Hackers Trick Victims Into Big Wire Transfers"

A Single BEC Gang is Launching Thousands of Attacks Per Year

[EYE-OPENER] Dutch Minister Of Justice And Security: "Fighting Phishing Starts With Awareness"

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