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July 3, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

ATM Card Number Scammer Sentenced to 32 Months in Prison

The story of one text-based scam shows how easy it is for literally anyone to become a cybercriminal. It also shows how the amateurs should leave it to the professionals.

July 3, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

CEOs Overwhelmingly Prioritize Cybersecurity Over Physical Security

The C-Suite is beginning to wake up to the reality that cybercrime poses the highest risk to the organization, requiring the greatest focus to truly protect the organization.

July 2, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Cyber Crime Refines Their Social Engineering Tactics

Attackers are improving their strategies by accounting for new developments in technology, Help Net Security reports. Researchers at FireEye analyzed 1.3 billion phishing emails and ...

July 2, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Enter Facebook's Libra, with Scammers in its Train

Within twenty-four hours of Facebook’s announcement of its new Libra cryptocurrency and Calibra digital wallet, more than three-hundred sites were registered with domain names associated ...

July 1, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Dridex Credential Stealer Returns With New Antivirus Evasion - Including Application Whitelisting

SCMag reported that a new strain of the notorious Dridex malware has been spotted using polymorphism antivirus evasion techniques in phishing emails. The Dridex credential-stealer that ...

July 1, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Brand-New Tool: Social Media Phishing Test Checks for Users Vulnerable to Social Media Related Attacks

Phishing is still the #1 threat action used in social engineering attacks, and spear phishing, in particular, takes advantage of your users’ socially networked lives.

July 1, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Instagram Vanity Makes for Vulnerability

Scammers are targeting Instagram users with phony offers to verify their accounts in order to receive Instagram’s blue checkmark, Threatpost reports. Researchers at Sucuri came across a ...

July 1, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

New Malware Pretends to Be You by Matching Your Keystroke Characteristics

Cybersecurity researchers have developed a new keystroke impersonation attack that avoids being detected by keystroke-based biometric security solutions.

July 1, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Microsoft Kills Password Expiration Policy Recommendation with Latest Security Baseline for Windows 10

This change from Microsoft highlights the need for organizations to readdress the user-based insecurity of passwords caused by password expirations.

June 28, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

KnowBe4 Fresh Content and Feature Updates - June 2019

Check out the content and feature updates in the KnowBe4 platform for the month of June!

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