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Wave of Crypto Muggings Hits London's Financial District

Criminals in London are targeting digital currency investors on the street in a wave of “crypto muggings”, with victims reporting that thousands of pounds were stolen from their crypto ...

Business Email Compromise Shouldn’t Be the Cost of Doing Business

The FBI last week published a public service announcement updating its warnings about the continuing threat of business email compromise (BEC, also called CEO fraud). The problem has ...

10 of the Craziest Cyberattacks Seen In the Wild and How You Can Avoid Them

It feels like we hear about a new devastating cyberattack in the news every day. And attack methods seem to be proliferating at an exponential rate. So, which tactics should you be aware ...

Your KnowBe4 Fresh Content Updates from April 2022

Check out the 67 new pieces of training content added in April, alongside the always fresh content update highlights and new features.

Cozy Bear Goes Typosquatting

Researchers at Recorded Future’s Insikt Group warn that the Russian threat actor NOBELIUM (also known as APT29 or Cozy Bear) is using typosquatting domains to target the news and media ...

Microsoft is Leading the Way to a Password-Less Future

As we observe World Password Day to create awareness around the need for password security, Microsoft is looking for frictionless ways to eliminate passwords entirely.

SMTP Relay Email Spoofing Technique

Researchers at Avanan have observed a surge in phishing emails that abuse a flaw in SMTP relay services to bypass email security filters.

89% of Organizations Experienced One or More Successful Email Breach Types During the Last 12 Months

With the number of email breaches per year almost doubling in the last three years, organizations still don’t see email security solutions as being an effective means of stopping attacks.

FIN12 Threat Group Speeds Up Ransomware Attacks to Just Two Days After Initial Access

As detection times are reducing across the board, threat groups are improving their craft and are prioritizing speed as the key ingredient in ransomware attacks.

Organizations Have a 76% Likelihood of a Successful Cyberattack in the Next Year

New data from TrendMicro and Ponemon shows how almost organizations globally are not fully prepared for the looming threat of almost-certain cyberattacks.