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On-Demand Webinar: New 2022 Phishing By Industry Benchmarking Report: How Does Your Organization Measure Up

As a security leader, you have a lot on your plate. Even as you increase your budget for sophisticated security software, your exposure to cybercrime keeps going up. IT security seems to ...

Labor Market Social Engineering: Supply-Side and Demand-Side

We’re accustomed to social engineering being used for credential theft and business email compromise. We’re also accustomed to hearing about the increase in remote work during the ...

New Data Breach Extortion Attack Begins with a Fake Duolingo or MasterClass Subscription Scam

The cybercriminal gang, dubbed ‘Luna Moth’ uses a sophisticated mix of phishing, vishing, remote support sessions, and remote access trojans to gain control of victim endpoints.

Security and Gender: The Gaps Are Not Where You Expect

The 2022 KnowBe4 Women’s Day Survey interviewed more than 200 women from across the technology industry in South Africa to find out more about how they perceive the industry, the gender ...

Cyber Insurance Expected to Continue to Rise as Sophistication and Cost of Ransomware Attacks Increase

New data about the state of cyber insurance shows that given the current loss ratios by insurers – and the reasons behind those losses – will result in higher premiums for the foreseeable ...

Experian Customer “Impersonation” Account Takeover Uncovered by KrebsOnSecurity

After a few notifications of a potential problem with Experian by his readership, Brian Krebs and team checked out Experian’s account signup process and found some disturbing news.

A Widespread, Multistage Investment Scam

A complex and ambitious investment scam has used more than 10,000 domains to induce speculators to give up not just funds, but personal information as well. Researchers at security firm ...

Happy 23rd Annual SysAdmin Day from KnowBe4!

It's been 23 years of celebrating all of our fellow System Administrators! Your hard work on daily maintenance of your company's day-to-day computer operations definitely deserves kudos.

Your KnowBe4 Fresh Content Updates from July 2022

Check out the thirteen new pieces of training content added in July, alongside the always fresh content update highlights and new features.