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KnowBe4 Wins 2023 Top Workplaces for Technology Award

KnowBe4 ranks number one overall on the 2023 Technology Top Workplaces list for the third consecutive year and earns national recognition as an employer of choice!
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Ransomware Crypto Payments Are on the Rise While the Rest of Crypto Crime is on the Decline

New insight from blockchain analysis company, Chainalysis, shows that activity involving known ransomware crypto addresses has grown over the last 18 months, despite a downfall of other ...
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Nearly One-Quarter of All Emails Are Considered to be Malicious

The quantity of emails involved in scams and cyber attacks continues to grow as credential theft and response-based phishing persist as top attack variants.
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Banking Detail Malvertising Attack Disguises Itself as a Foolproof USPS Google Ad

A new scam aimed at stealing your credit card and banking information has reared its’ ugly head as a completely legitimate ad that is likely to be clicked based on the corresponding ...
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[Discovered] An evil new AI disinformation attack called 'PoisonGPT'

PoisonGPT works completely normally, until you ask it who the first person to walk on the moon was.
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Tailgating Through Physical Security Using Social Engineering Tactics

Researchers at Check Point outline various forms of tailgating attacks. These attacks can allow threat actors to bypass physical security measures via social engineering.
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Two-Thirds of Ransomware Attacks Against Manufacturing Resulted in Encrypted Data

As the rate of ransomware attacks steadily increased over time, there are clear indicators as to how these attacks are starting and, therefore, what can be done to stop them.
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Phishing Attacks Employing QR Codes Are Capturing User Credentials

Using a new twist to bypass detection from security solutions, cyber attacks are now employing QR codes that your users will not recognize as anything suspicious.
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Launch Of New Meta Thread App Spawns Hundreds Of Spoof Domains

Researchers at Veriti have observed hundreds of spoofed domains following Meta’s launch of its Threads social media platform.
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Three Key Takeaways From the Newly Adopted EU-US Data Privacy Framework You Need To Know

On July 10th, the EU Commission adopted anadequacy decision for the proposed EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. This is exciting news for organizations, as many have been stuck in privacy ...
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Phishing Campaigns Are Now Targeting the Hospitality and Tourism Ponds

A phishing campaign is targeting the tourism and hospitality industries, according to researchers at Votiro.
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Australia’s National Anti-Scam Centre: Prevention Is Better Than the Cure

Australia officially launched their National Anti-Scam Centre this week. With more than AUD $3.1 billion lost each year, Australians need support.
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Job Recruitment Scams Rising Due to Social Engineering

Job scams are a rising form of socially engineered cybercrime. And while it’s easy to imagine the trouble they cause individuals who innocently fall for them (lost opportunities, identity ...
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New Phishing Benchmarks Unlocked: Is Your Organization Ahead of the Curve in 2023

Cybercriminals continue to rely on proven attack methods while developing new ways to infiltrate digital environments and break through your human defense layer.
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[Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing

Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. Your email filters have an average 7-10% failure rate; you need a strong human firewall as your last line of defense.
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Amazon Prime Day Alert: Beware of Fake Logins, Gift Card Scams

A new threat alert from ConsumerAffairs and TrendMicro proves more than just shoppers will take advantage of Amazon’s upcoming Prime Day.
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The Number of Phishing Attack Cases in Singapore Jump by 185%

The latest data provided by the Singapore Cyber Emergency Response Team (SingCERT) shows the number of attacks trending in the wrong direction, with some indicators that the good guys ...
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U.K. Twitter Impersonation Hacker Sentenced to Prison in the U.S.

The British national responsible for hacking into and impersonating high-profile individuals as part of a crypto theft scheme has been sentenced to five years in prison.
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Free Unsolicited Smartwatch in the Mail and I’m in the Military? What Could Possibly Go Wrong???

From the “shaking our heads” files comes the story of how threat actors compromised military personnel mobile devices, credentials, accounts and more.
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