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March 1, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

New York State Education Department Warns of Phishing Campaign

The New York State Education Department (NYSED) released an advisory warning that scammers are impersonating its employees in an attempt to steal social security numbers and money. The ...

March 1, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

Phishing Attacks Double in 2020 While Carrying the Highest Month of Attacks on Record

The latest data from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (AWPG) shows massive gains in phishing attacks in Q4 of last year, quantifying the growth and setting the expectation of what’s to ...

March 1, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

UK Police Arrest SIM-Swapping Gang Responsible for the Theft of Over $100 Million in Cryptocurrency

This month the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) arrested eight suspects who targeted famous sports stars and musicians in the US and stole from victim’s bank accounts and crypto wallets.

March 1, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

Microsoft Dominates as the Most Impersonated Brand in Phishing Attacks

New data from phishing detection vendor Inky highlights which brands are most often used by cybercriminals in phishing attacks that will give them the edge needed for a successful phish.

March 1, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

[Heads Up] New Ryuk Ransomware Strain Now Worms Itself To All Your Windows LAN Devices

A new Ryuk strain has a worm-like feature that allows it to spread to all other devices on victims' local networks. It was discovered by the French CERT, their national cyber-security ...

February 27, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

New scary good deepfake videos of Tom Cruise show the threat to society is very real

InputMag wrote: "We are entering scary times. New deepfake videos of actor Tom Cruise have made their way onto TikTok under the handle @deeptomcruise, and boy do they look real.

February 26, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

[Heads Up] Ransomware and Phishing Attacks Are Not Going Away in 2021

According to three reports published last week, the bad guys have improved their popular tactics with phishing and ransomware attacks. The attacks involving fake COVID-19 scams and remote ...

February 26, 2021 Dylan White

Phishing Catch of the Day: Your Inbox Will be Deactivated

In this series, our security experts will give a behind the scenes look at phishing emails that were reported to PhishER, KnowBe4's Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) ...

February 26, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

The Dilemma: Best-of-Breed Stand-Alone or a Bundled Suite of tools?

Over the last few decades, survey after survey has shown that if IT Administrators had their way, the vast majority of them prefer a hand-picked set of best-of-breed point solutions over ...

February 25, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

Phishing Targets Industrial Control Systems

Phishing continues to be a primary initial access vector in cyberattacks against industrial control systems, according to researchers at Dragos. Out of the fifteen threat groups tracked ...

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