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Confident About Detecting Spoofed, Scam Emails?

A survey by ESET found that most people think they’d be able to identify scam emails while shopping online. 87% of respondents said they felt secure while shopping online, while 73% ...

CISA's New Anti-Ransomware Campaign

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is launching a campaign to raise awareness of the ways organizations can defend themselves against ransomware attacks.

KnowBe4 Unveils Official Trailer for ‘The Inside Man’ Season 3

We’re excited to announce the official trailer for Season 3 of the award-winning KnowBe4 Original Series - ‘The Inside Man’ is now available! KnowBe4’s network-quality video training ...

Thousands of Stolen Credentials Accessible via Google Search as Cybercriminals Accidentally Make Them Public

A publishing goof by cybercriminals on a WordPress site made files containing stolen passwords indexable by Google and were subsequently publicly available via search.

Microsoft Continues to Dominate as the Leading Brand Impersonated in Phishing Attacks

New data from Check Point Research highlights the latest details on which brands are impersonated, giving insight into where the bad guys are most successful.

Motivations of Phishing Criminals

Phishers, people who are phishing other people (i.e., victims), have reasons for doing so. They are all criminals…cons…each pretending to be something they are not in order to trick ...

The Many Ways You Can Be Phished

Social engineering and deception are as old as humanity itself. Phishing is social engineering and deception via digital means and has been with us since the beginning of computers. After ...

World Economic Forum: COVID Makes Cybersecurity Problem No. 1

The WEF just published their recent survey over worldwide corporate leaders. When asked about technology objectives that have become a greater priority due to COVID, they elevated ...

Interpol Warns of Romance Scams

Interpol has issued a notice describing a scam tactic popular on dating applications. The scheme is a mixture of a romance scam and an investment fraud, taking advantage of victims’ ...