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New Report Outlines “Bashe” Ransomware Global Infection Scenario Outcomes, including up to $193 Billion in Damages

With the potential for a single coordinated cyberattack aimed at holding the world hostage and putting losses on a global scale, a new report models what it would look like.

Organizations Routinely Phish Their Own Employees to Test Their Systems for Human Vulnerability

As compliance mandates and consumer privacy laws get tougher, businesses are taking matters into their own hands, launching internal phishing attacks to identify at-risk users.

Here is the Phish-prone percentage that a customer sent us today

"We’ve had great success with the KnowBe4 solution. I think the key differentiator for KnowBe4 is the integration of the simulated phishing and analytics in conjunction with the ...

Today I was attacked through an existing vendor using a real email thread

We have been dealing with a vendor of ours for on-hold messages for many years. I send them a Word file with the hold messages, their studio records them, and they send us a wave file ...

CyberheistNews Vol 9 #5 [Brilliant New Social Engineering Phish] "Please DocuSign: Funding for Your Business"

Sextortion Phishing Scam Exploits Recent Breach Fears

Sextortion scam emails are circulating which claim that a popular adult site has been hacked, allowing an attacker to record videos of users through their webcams, according to Lawrence ...

Voicemail Phishing Email Scams are Targeting User Passwords

A devilishly ingenious scam plays on your user’s familiarity with business voicemail, seeking to compromise online credentials without raising concerns.

Ransomware Attacks Cost Organizations an Average of $55K in Q4 2018

The latest report from ransomware response vendor Coveware shows a shift towards larger organizations, bigger ransoms, and a focus on disabling recovery.

This password-stealing phishing attack comes disguised as a fake meeting request from the boss

Danny Palmer at ZDNet reported: "A widespread phishing campaign is targeting executives across a number of industries with messages asking to reschedule a board meeting in an effort to ...

KnowBe4 Fresh Content & Feature Updates - January 2019

Here's a few important updates to share with you for the month of January!