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Phishing Attack Steals $8 Million Worth of Cryptocurrency

Scammers stole $8 million worth of Ethereum from users of the Uniswap cryptocurrency exchange, according to Sujith Somraaj at Decrypt. Notably, the attackers relied purely on social ...

KnowBe4’s 2022 Phishing By Industry Benchmarking Report Reveals that 32.4% of Untrained End Users Will Fail a Phishing Test

Once again, the human layer continues to be the most desirable attack vector for cybercriminals. 2022 marks the 5th year KnowBe4 has analyzed hundreds of millions of elements of data in ...

Callback Malware Campaigns Impersonate CrowdStrike and Other Cybersecurity Companies

CrowdStrike sent the following Tech Alert to their customers

All it Takes is “Free” Beer to Steal Your Personal Data

A recent phishing scam impersonating the Heineken beer brand demonstrates how very little effort is needed by scammers to convince victims to give up all kinds of personal information.

Multi-Medium Phishing Tactics Increase Attack Effectiveness by 300%

New data from IBM shows how attackers are leveraging more than just email to elevate their chances of reaching their malicious goals – and their victims are helping them do it.

Amazon Prime Day Phishing

Check Point Research (CPR) observed a 37% increase in Amazon-themed phishing attacks during the first week of July, ahead of Amazon Prime day this week. The emails come in a variety of ...

KnowBe4 Named a Leader in the Summer 2022 G2 Grid Report for Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR)

We are excited to announce that KnowBe4 has been named a leader in the Summer 2022 G2 Grid Report for Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) for the PhishER platform for ...

KnowBe4 Named a Leader in the Summer 2022 G2 Grid Report for Security Awareness Training

We are thrilled to announce that KnowBe4 has been named a leader in the latest G2 Grid Report that compares Security Awareness Training (SAT) vendors based on user reviews, customer ...

[Scam of the Week] Amazon Prime Day or Amazon Crime Day? Don’t Fall Victim to Phishing

As Amazon Prime Day approaches, Checkpoint research is sending a warning that Amazon Prime Day scams will ramp up very soon.