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W-2s Are Just the Beginning of Tax-Related Scams This Year

Email scammers can’t pass up a tried and true theme that is almost guaranteed to produce results. And with W-2 forms being sent out, it marks the start of this year’s expected campaigns.

Ransomware Attacks Using Extortion Tactics Reaches Critical Mass at 96% of all Attacks

New cyber attack data from 2022 is providing insight into what to expect in 2023, including ransomware campaigns.

28% of Users Open BEC Emails as BEC Attack Volume Skyrockets by 178%

New data shows users aren’t scrutinizing emails used in business email compromise (BEC) attacks, allowing critical changes in banking details that would impact the victim's organization ...

What Is a Good Survey Rating for Security and Compliance Training?

We received great feedback from many of you after sharing data about completion percentages last month so much that we thought, “What other things can we share from our vast amount of ...

Coinbase Attack Used Social Engineering

Coinbase describes a targeted social engineering attack that led to the theft of some employee data. The attacker first sent smishing messages to several Coinbase employees, urging them ...

Should You Click on Unsubscribe?

Some common questions we get are “Should I click on an unwanted email’s ’Unsubscribe’ link? Will that lead to more or less unwanted email?”

Do Not Let Ransomware Steal the Show – Business Email Compromise Is the Biggest Threat You Must Prepare For!

When it comes to cybersecurity, ransomware is the rockstar of threats. But taking a peek behind the curtain, business email compromise (BEC) causes huge financial losses.

A Special Case of Business Email Compromise

Cloudflare warns that business email compromise (BEC) phishing has assumed a new form: vendor email compromise (VEC). The classic BEC case involves the impersonation of someone within an ...

Corporate Transitions Represent Times of Heightened Danger

When should organizations be on guard against social engineering? Always, of course, but there are certain times when they should be especially alert. A study of cyberattacks has found ...

The Curse of Cybersecurity Knowledge

The curse of knowledge is a cognitive bias that occurs when someone is trying to communicate information to another person, but falsely assumes that the other person has the same level of ...