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[HEADS UP] Local Boston Town Falls Victim to a Phishing Attack

According to a local news source from Boston, the Town of Franklin recently became the next victim to a phishing attack, costing over $500K.

Ransomware Attacks Will Keep Getting Worse

It may be time for organizations to stop paying the ransom when they sustain a ransomware attack, according to Caleb Barlow, CEO of CynergisTek. On the CyberWire’s Hacking Humans podcast, ...

New Mount Ransomware Joins the Millionaires Club Demanding Seven Figure Ransoms

With ransoms as high as $2 Million, the cybercriminal group behind this new family of ransomware is setting the bar pretty high, all while being the “new kid on the block”.

61% of Successful Phishing Attacks Against Government Organizations Result in Full Compromise of Credentials

Phishing remains the top primary attack vector that keeps on giving to cybercriminals, as new data highlights the victories cybercriminals are enjoying at your organization’s expense.

Cybersecurity Awareness Month Weekly Tip: Current Phishing Threats

Each week during Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we’re going to be sharing in-depth weekly cybersecurity tips from our evangelists to help your users make smarter security decisions and ...

An Autopsy of a $15 Million Heist

A company in the US lost $15 million in a two-month-long business email compromise scam, BleepingComputer reports. Researchers at Mitiga who investigated the attack told BleepingComputer ...

New Office 365 Phishing Attack Checks Your Stolen Credentials in Real-Time

Nothing says the bad guys are intent on stealing credentials like testing them while you participate in their phishing attack so they can verify the validity before letting you off the ...

USPS and FedEx Phishing Attack Texts Flood Mobile Phones

Taking a page from traditional phishing scams that seek to use broadly-accepted messages and send them to everyone, last month officially brought SMiShing to the cybersecurity forefront.

Gartner Recognizes KnowBe4 as a Representative Vendor for Security Awareness Training Program Platforms

We believe, as the world's largest security awareness training platform, this recognition validates the success of our ability to carry out our mission. We enable organizations and their ...

[HEADS UP] Cybercriminals Launch Phishing Campaign to Capitalize on President's Health

As we predicted just a few days ago, malicious actors are now exploiting the media firestorm surrounding President Donald Trump's diagnosis late last week with COVID-19.