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October 7, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Amazon, Paypal, and Gmail Users are the Latest Target in a Sophisticated Multistage Phishing Attack

The latest attack, dubbed “Heatstroke” uses new target-specific phishing kits that may be sold as a “phishing-as-a-service” using new techniques to avoid leaving a trail.

October 7, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

More Than 2.2 Billion Stolen Account Credentials Have Been Made Available on the Dark Web

2019 is looking to be the year of the “data dump”, with more exposed records than any other year, empowering further credential stuffing attacks, according to McAfee.

October 7, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Crime Sometimes Pays: $1.1M Recovered from U.K. Phishing Scammer 2 Years After Being Caught

We don’t often hear enough stories of cybercriminals being caught and paying back what they’ve stolen, but in the case of scammer Grant West, that’s exactly what has happened.

October 7, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

New Instagram Phishing Scam Uses Familiar (But Fake) 2FA Codes to Trick Victims

Scammers use familiar verification methods to establish credibility and lull the victim into a false sense of security to compromise Instagram accounts.

October 4, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

FBI Issues ‘High-Impact’ Ransomware Attack Warning—What You Need To Know

The FBI has issued a new warning that healthcare organizations, industrial companies, and the transportation sector are being targeted with ransomware. The attack methodologies continue ...

October 4, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Cybersecurity Awareness Is Not Just For October!

By Joanna Huisman, KnowBe4's new SVP Strategic Insights & Research. I have a big birthday coming up, and as you can probably guess, I’m less than thrilled about it. I tell myself it’s ...

October 3, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

[VIDEO] CEO Stu Sjouwerman Interviewed by Dark Reading

This year at Black Hat 2019, our CEO Stu was interviewed by Dark Reading on regularly training users. Take a look at what we have in store in this video:

October 3, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

KnowBe4 Has A Blow-Out Third Quarter

In the third quarter of 2019, KnowBe4 reached 55% growth over Q3 2018, increasing customer accounts to well over 28,000.

October 3, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

[HUMOR] Her Majesty Is Not Inviting You to Save the Realm

Daniel Phillips at BeInCrypto reports that a snail mail phishing campaign is impersonating the Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II and asking people to loan between £450,000 and ...

October 2, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

KnowBe4 Fresh Content and Feature Updates - September 2019

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and to help celebrate, KnowBe4 has news to share with you, new content and feature updates along with a really cool security awareness ...

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