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FBI: Scammers Take Business Email Compromise Attacks to Virtual Meeting Platforms

In a new twist on an old scam, BEC attacks switch from email to a virtual meeting where social engineering tactics are used to further establish credibility and increase the likelihood of ...

CISA: 2021 Cyberattack Trends Indicate Increases in Global Ransomware Attacks

New advisory sees critical infrastructure once again in the crosshairs and makes critical recommendations to both protect against ransomware and to reduce its’ impact.

Your KnowBe4 Fresh Content Updates from February 2022

Check out the 28 new pieces of training content added in February, alongside the always fresh content update highlights and new features.

What It's Like to Be the Face of Romance (Scams)

A real US Army colonel named Daniel Blackmon is being impersonated in hundreds or even thousands of romance scams, according to Haley Britzky at Task & Purpose. The scammers took ...

Gain Insight into Where Your Organization Stands with the Security Culture Maturity Model

We’re thrilled to introduce the Security Culture Maturity Model, the industry’s first maturity model specifically geared to measure security culture!

Data Breach Volumes in the U.S. Grow by 10% in 2021

New data shows despite decreases in global data breach levels (-5%) in 2021, the U.S. experienced proportionally more data breaches than in the previous year.

Timely “Help Ukraine” Online Crypto Scams Take in Millions

A new series of "help Ukraine" donation posts have sprouted up across the Internet, but are really a cryptocurrency scam enticing users send crypto donations to counterfeit addresses.

FBI: SIM Swapping Attacks See More Than 500% Increases in The Number of Attacks and Monetary Losses

With mobile devices used as secondary authentication, threat actors have been stepping up activity, looking for ways to transfer phone numbers to cybercriminal-controlled devices.

UK ICO Sees a Massive Increase in Targeted Email Attacks

New data obtained from the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office by think tank Parliament Street shows an unprecedented rise in attacks against the UK’s information rights organization.

Phishing Emails Warn of a Suspicious Login From Russia

Researchers at Malwarebytes warn that a phishing campaign is informing users that someone logged into their account from an IP address in Moscow. The email contains a button to report the ...