Homographic Domain Name Phishing Tactics

Jun 6, 2022 1:00:22 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Bitdefender warns that Microsoft Office applications are vulnerable to phishing tactics that exploit international domain names (IDNs). Affected applications include Outlook, Word, Excel, ...

[On-Demand Webinar] Understanding the Threat of NFT and Cryptocurrency Cyber Attacks and How to Defend Against Them

Jun 6, 2022 11:39:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A growing number of organizations worldwide are utilizing cryptocurrency for a host of investment, operational, and transactional purposes. Seemingly overnight, technologies like ...

Why We Recommend Your Passwords Be Over 20-Characters Long

Jun 3, 2022 8:13:08 AM By Roger Grimes

KnowBe4 just released its official guidance and recommendations regarding password policy. It has been a project in the works for many months now, but we wanted to make sure we got it ...

Introducing KnowBe4’s Password Policy E-Book

Jun 3, 2022 8:11:54 AM By Roger Grimes

KnowBe4 just released its first e-book covering password attacks, defenses and what your password policy should be. Here is a summary of its recommendations:

Your KnowBe4 Fresh Content Updates from May 2022

Jun 3, 2022 8:09:30 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Check out the 26 new pieces of training content added in April, alongside the always fresh content update highlights and new features.

Smishing and Home Delivery

Jun 2, 2022 9:10:57 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A smishing campaign is impersonating the UK-based delivery company Evri with text messages informing recipients that their package couldn’t be delivered, according to Paul Ducklin at ...

SideWinder Targets Pakistani Entities With Phishing Attacks

Jun 2, 2022 9:09:56 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The India-aligned APT SideWinder is using a variety of social engineering techniques to target Pakistani government and military entities, according to researchers at Group-IB. The threat ...

U.K.’s National Health Service Becomes the Latest Victim of a Credential Harvesting Phishing Operation

Jun 1, 2022 6:09:40 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Part of a six-month attack, email accounts on the NHS’ Microsoft 365 instance were compromised, resulting in over 1,100 targeted email attacks used to obtain more credentials.

Phishing Attacks Rise 54% as the Initial Attack Vector Across All Threat Incidents

Jun 1, 2022 6:09:19 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

As cybercriminal groups hone their craft, one analysis shows them shying away from zero-day exploits, use of valid accounts, and third-party vulnerabilities to gain initial access during ...

The Business (and Success) of Ransomware Explained as a Simple Funnel

Jun 1, 2022 6:08:53 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The rise of Ransomware-as-a-Service has given rise to a number of more successful groups who have their “business” down to a simple exercise of playing the numbers.

CyberheistNews Vol 12 #22 [Heads Up] The New Verizon 2022 Data Breach Investigation Report Shows Sharp Rise in Ransomware

Jun 1, 2022 8:59:33 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Phishing Campaign Targets QuickBooks Users

Jun 1, 2022 8:23:44 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Accounting software provider Intuit has warned of a phishing scam targeting its customers, BleepingComputer reports. The phishing campaign affected users of Intuit’s QuickBooks product, ...

We Do Not Talk Enough About Social Engineering and It’s Hurting Us

May 27, 2022 8:04:40 AM By Roger Grimes

One of the most important things I have tried to communicate to audiences since at least the 1990s is how prevalent a role social engineering plays in cybersecurity attacks. I have ...

The $44 Million Smishing Problem and How to Not Be a Victim

May 27, 2022 8:04:11 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Consumer Affairs reported on how big of a problem SMS phishing scams have become, and how it's about to get a lot worse. According to a recent FBI report, more than 320,000 Americans were ...

Collaring the (Alleged) Leader of a BEC Gang

May 26, 2022 8:44:12 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A joint operation by INTERPOL and the cybercrime unit of the Nigeria Police Force have concluded a yearlong investigation into the SilverTerrier business email compromise gang by ...

Verizon: Ransomware Involved in 25% of Data Breaches as Credentials and Phishing are Seen as “Key Paths” for Attack Success

May 25, 2022 12:30:10 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

With the much-anticipated annual Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report finally released, we get a view of ransomware from the data breach perspective that points to a common weakness ...

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Homographic Domain Name Phishing Tactics

[On-Demand Webinar] Understanding the Threat of NFT and Cryptocurrency Cyber Attacks and How to Defend Against Them

Why We Recommend Your Passwords Be Over 20-Characters Long

Introducing KnowBe4’s Password Policy E-Book

Your KnowBe4 Fresh Content Updates from May 2022

Smishing and Home Delivery

SideWinder Targets Pakistani Entities With Phishing Attacks

U.K.’s National Health Service Becomes the Latest Victim of a Credential Harvesting Phishing Operation

Phishing Attacks Rise 54% as the Initial Attack Vector Across All Threat Incidents

The Business (and Success) of Ransomware Explained as a Simple Funnel

CyberheistNews Vol 12 #22 [Heads Up] The New Verizon 2022 Data Breach Investigation Report Shows Sharp Rise in Ransomware

Phishing Campaign Targets QuickBooks Users

We Do Not Talk Enough About Social Engineering and It’s Hurting Us

The $44 Million Smishing Problem and How to Not Be a Victim

Collaring the (Alleged) Leader of a BEC Gang

Verizon: Ransomware Involved in 25% of Data Breaches as Credentials and Phishing are Seen as “Key Paths” for Attack Success

That’s Not Actually Elon Musk

New Scam Uses Fraud Support Social Engineering to Take Victims for Thousands of Dollars

Phishing Scammers Benefit from Shady SEO Practices to Rank Better Than Legitimate Domains

New IRS Phishing Scam Uses Fake Notices to Steal Microsoft 365 Credentials

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