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Which Users in Your Organization Put You at Risk?

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, so it's a perfect time to fortify your human firewall. Start by identifying which users may be putting your organization at risk before ...

KnowBe4 Receives a 2020 Tech Cares Award

Sticking to our values continues to pay off, as we have recently received a Tech Cares award from TrustRadius. This is a brand-new award crafted to celebrate organizations that have ...

Five Alarming Approaches to Extortion

People should familiarize themselves with common forms of extortion in order to avoid falling victim to these attacks, according to Amer Owaida at ESET. Ransomware might be the most ...

Credential Stuffing to Stuff the Ballot Box

Advanced nation-state actors and petty criminals are both leveraging credential-stuffing attacks to hack into victims’ accounts, according to Byron Acohido, writing for Avast. Rather than ...

CyberheistNews Vol 10 #39 CrowdStrike: "More Cyberattacks in the First Half of 2020 Than in All of 2019"

Credential Stuffing Used Against Financial Services

A security alert from the FBI warns that hackers are launching credential-stuffing attacks against organizations in the financial sector, ZDNet reports.

[On-Demand] Your Organization Through the Eyes of an Attacker

The bad guys are out there, watching and waiting for an opportunity to strike. They are gathering information about your organization and users, devising the perfect plan to infiltrate ...

[Announcement] KnowBe4 ModStore: New Series "Security Snapshots" from Twist & Shout

They've made you laugh. They've made you cry. You know and love them! Twist & Shout are here once again with a series of 12 stand-alone security micro-dramas! These Security Snapshots ...

Bitcoin Millionaire Loses $16 Million to a Compromised Wallet and Simple Social Engineering

This brief tale of misfortune shows how unpatched software and letting your guard down – especially when $16 million is on the line – can be all that’s needed for a successful scam.

Joint Cybersecurity Advisory Outlines Approaches to Discovering and Remediating Attacks

This newly-released report is the result of a collaborative effort by cybersecurity authorities in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.