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3 Eye Opening Reasons Why Security Awareness Training is Even More Critical Now That You Have a Remote Workforce

In the history of IT and cyberthreats, there has never been a more critical time for organizations to employ security awareness training than now. With employees working from home, the ...

Three More Ransomware Families Join the Extortion Game

As ransomware creators look for ways to ensure they get paid for their malicious efforts, many are taking a page from the Maze ransomware manual and are posting stolen data if not paid.

Novel, but Retrospectively Obvious: a QR Code Generator Scam

A scammer has stolen more than $45,000 worth of bitcoin over the past month by tricking people with fake QR code generators, ZDNet reports. Harry Denley, Director of Security at MyCrypto, ...

Removing Zoom Meeting ID's: Treating the Symptom, Not the Cause

Zoom has been under a lot of scrutiny lately, and it's commendable that the vendor has been working through as many security issues as it has. With great growth and visibility comes great ...

Q1 2020 Coronavirus-Related Phishing Email Attacks Are Up 600%

KnowBe4 reports on the top-clicked phishing emails by subject lines each quarter in three different categories: subjects related to social media, general subjects, and 'In the Wild' - we ...

New Articles and Updates From the KnowBe4 Technical Content Team in Q1 2020

Here are all of the major items and updates our KnowBe4 Product Content Team has added to our knowledge base and Security Awareness Training product in Q1 2020.

The Bad Guys Use A New Text Reversal Technique To Get Phishing Attacks Past Your Security Filters

Dark Reading reports that researchers at Inky have observed attackers using a text reversal technique to get their phishing emails past security filters. Many email security filters ...

[On-Demand Webinar] The Art of Invisibility: Important New Privacy Concerns for Your Quickly Evolving Remote Workforce

Corporate privacy concerns are more paramount right now than ever before. Organizations are being forced to maneuver a new world of security and privacy issues related to a remote ...

3 Lessons COVID-19 Can Teach Us About Cybersecurity

It’s day 4,823 that I’ve been home for the stay at home order in the county where I live. Okay, so it feels like years, but it’s actually only been a few weeks. Like many of you, I can’t ...