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Learning a 120K Lesson the Hard Way

The bank isn’t always responsible for making you whole after a business email compromise. Indiana’s Lake Ridge Schools lost more than $120,000 from a seven-million-dollar construction ...

Attackers Impersonate CEOs to Scam Employees into Sending Gift Cards for the Holidays

A crafty mix of social engineering, great timing, and context act as the perfect ingredients to trick unwitting users into buying gift cards and placing them into the hands of the ...

[Heads-up] Bad Guys Love Marriott: 500 Million Data Breach Is Phishing Heaven

So I guess we have just reached the tipping point, it's "privacy game over" for business travelers.

KnowBe4 Fresh Content Update & New Features November 2018

We've got a few content updates in the KnowBe4 Modstore to share with you for the month of November!

Employers Are Liable If They Don't Protect Employees' Sensitive Personal Information from Attack

A recent ruling from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on an employee lawsuit against the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center stemming from a data breach should put all employers on ...

DNSpionage Malware Targets Domains in Lebanon and United Arab Emirates

A new threat actor is targeting Lebanon and United Arab Emirates (UAE) government domains, as well as a Lebanese airline company, according to Warren Mercer and Paul Rascagneres at Cisco ...

KnowBe4 Reached A Major 2018 Sales Milestone...

During the lunch hour, we had a plane buzzing our offices downtown Clearwater, check it out... You can click on the picture to see the video,,,

Reduce the Risk of Data Breach by Focusing on Compromised Credentials

The bad guys can’t do anything on your network without access. That’s why they focus their efforts on gathering as many sets of credentials as possible. You should focus there too.

Shadow IT is Alive and Well: One-Third of Employees Deploy Their Own Software

Employees see IT as an “inconvenience” and look for ways to get around security measures, putting the organization at risk, according to SailPoint’s 2018 Market Pulse Survey.

Reminder: That Padlock Doesn’t Mean It’s Secure

We’ve mentioned this before, but the misconception has surfaced again, and it’s worth mentioning again. Looking for the padlock as a sign of a secure legitimate website isn’t an accurate ...