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Don’t Be Scammed Twice: Check Your Cyber Insurance!

You’re already worried about the possibility of becoming a victim of a cyber scam. Be sure you clearly understand what your cyber insurance coverage is, or you may feel like you got taken ...

Cyber Attacks Mean Double the Trouble in 2018

According to the 2018 Traveler’s Risk Index, the percentage of businesses that have been the victim of a cyberattack has doubled… and most businesses aren’t even remotely ready.

Vishing Scams are Increasingly Difficult to Detect

Phone scams are becoming more convincing as attackers devise new ways to sound legitimate. KrebsOnSecurity recently spoke with several readers who'd been targeted by voice phishing, or ...

KnowBe4 Introduces New Features: Virtual Risk Officer and Advanced Reporting

We are excited to announce the availability of two new features, Virtual Risk Officer and Advanced Reporting.

British Government: "The Russian GRU Is Responsible For BadRabbit Ransomware And Many Other Cyber Crimes"

October 4th, 2018. Announced by the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the UK and its allies exposed a ransomware campaign by the GRU, the Russian military intelligence service, of ...

KnowBe4's Phish Alert Button Now Works With Outlook Mobile!

Do your users know what to do when they receive a suspicious email? Should they call the help desk, or forward it? Should they forward to IT including all headers? Delete and not report ...

KnowBe4's Chief Hacking Officer Kevin Mitnick demonstrates the USB Ninja cable attack

Over the last few months, Kevin has been talking about this possibility: embedding malicious code in cables. This is a brand new demo where he shows this is now technically feasible! See ...

KnowBe4 Fresh Content and New Features Update September 2018

Check out the new features and training content in the KnowBe4 platform for September! So how much security awareness training content do you have access to with a Diamond subscription? ...

Retail is Unprepared for Social Engineering

The latest data from SecurityScorecard shows the retail industry’s security stance is at an all-time low, and is particularly susceptible to social engineering attacks. The retail ...

Bleeding Edge Phishing Attack Uses Decoy PDF with Microsoft-issued SSL Cert

TL,DR: A recent phishing attack posing as a PDF decoy from a Denver law firm was stealing clients' Office 365 credentials. The phishing bait was hosted in Azure blob storage and contained ...