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KnowBe4 Named a 2025 Gartner Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice for Email Security Platforms

KnowBe4 is excited to announce that we have been recognized as an overall Customers’ Choice in the July 2025 Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer for Email Security Platforms ...

[New Whitepaper] Best Security Practices for AI Prompting and Building Agent Systems

Bob Fabien wrote on X: "While some are still paying over a grand for AI courses, the biggest players are giving away high-value resources at no cost. From prompt engineering to agent ...

Warning: Ransomware Attacks Surged by 63% Last Quarter

Ransomware attacks increased by 63% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2025, with a total of 276 publicly disclosed incidents, according to a new report from BlackFog.

Africa’s Cybersecurity Gap: The Growing Role of Human Risk

Africa's cybersecurity landscape presents a paradox that helps explain Africa’s cybersecurity gap: a widespread belief in preparedness among organisations, although significant blind ...

Ransomware Trends in 2025

I’ve been following ransomware since the first one, the AIDS Cop Trojan, was released in December 1989.

New APIsec University Training Modules Now Available in KnowBe4’s Diamond Library

We’re excited to announce the addition of six new training modules from APIsec University, now available at the Diamond Level in KnowBe4’s Security Awareness Training (KSAT) library.

Job Seekers Beware: Many People Are Falling for Employment Scams

More than one in ten people who were targeted by job scams this year fell victim, according to a report from Resume.org.

Thousands of Spoofed News Sites Are Pushing Investment Fraud Scams

Scammers are using over 17,000 phony news sites to push investment fraud, according to a new report from CTM360.

FTC Advisory: How to Protect Yourself Against Job Scams

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued an advisory warning of job scams that impersonate well-known companies with tempting employment opportunities.