New Phishing Campaign Uses Hyperlinked Images for Fake Gift Cards and Promotions

Jun 5, 2023 1:35:02 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A phishing campaign is using hyperlinked images in order to trick users into visiting malicious sites, according to Jeremy Fuchs at Avanan. The emails contain images that offer gift cards ...

Be a Certified Security Awareness and Culture Professional (SACP)™

Jun 5, 2023 10:00:28 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

All, I thought it was necessary to have an independent, vendor-neutral Cert so we would have a real Certified Security Awareness and Culture Professional (SACP)™. I funded the effort ...

Warning: Sharing Data with ChatGPT Can Be Misused Outside Your Organization

Jun 2, 2023 3:14:45 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new study found that ChatGPT can accurately recall any sensitive information fed to it as part of a query at a later date without controls in place to protect who can retrieve it.

Verification and Deepfake Fraud Trends in North America

Jun 2, 2023 3:14:33 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Forced verification fraud and deepfake fraud are on the rise in the US and Canada, according to researchers at Sumsub. Pavel Goldman-Kalaydin, Sumsub’s Head of AI & ML, explains that ...

Protecting Patient Data: The Importance of Cybersecurity in Healthcare

Jun 1, 2023 1:37:09 PM By Javvad Malik

As digital transformation continues to shape the healthcare industry, it is crucial for healthcare organizations to prioritize cybersecurity. These organizations are entrusted with ...

[Wake-Up Call] It's Time to Focus More on Preventing Spear Phishing

May 31, 2023 2:22:02 PM By Roger Grimes

Fighting spear phishing attacks is the single best thing you can do to prevent breaches.

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #22 [Eye on Fraud] A Closer Look at the Massive 72% Spike in Financial Phishing Attacks

May 31, 2023 9:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #22 | May 31st, 2023 [Eye on Fraud] A Closer Look at the Massive 72% Spike in Financial Phishing Attacks With attackers knowing financial fraud-based phishing ...

Spear Phishing Trends in 2023

May 31, 2023 8:57:49 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

50% of organizations surveyed were victims of spear phishing attacks in the last twelve months, according to a new report from Barracuda. The report also found that, on average, ...

Russian Ransomware Cybercriminal Behind $200 Million in Damages is Sanctioned by the U.S. Government

May 31, 2023 8:11:37 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has identified and designated Mikhail Matveev for his role in ransomware attacks back 2021.

AI Voice-Based Scams Rise as One-Third of Victims Can’t Tell if the Voice is Real or Not

May 31, 2023 8:11:24 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

As audio deepfake technology continues to go mainstream as part of the evolution in AI-based tools, new data shows there are plenty of victims and they aren’t prepared for such an attack.

The Bookmark Trap: How Discord Admins Fell Prey to Social Engineering

May 31, 2023 6:52:20 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Brian Krebs wrote: "A number of Discord communities focused on cryptocurrency have been hacked this past month after their administrators were tricked into running malicious Javascript ...

[EPIC AI FAIL] Lawyer cites fake cases invented by ChatGPT

May 30, 2023 2:01:50 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Found this highly amusing article: Legal Twitter is having tremendous fun right now reviewing the latest documents from the case Mata v. Avianca, Inc. (1:22-cv-01461). Here’s a neat ...

Tips from Customer Panel on Combining Security Awareness and Compliance Culture Training

May 30, 2023 11:43:50 AM By John Just

At KB4-CON 2023, we had a customer panel that I hosted discussing the connection between security and compliance training content when trying to change organizational security culture.

“Magic Link” Phishing Attacks Scamming Users With Fake McAfee Renewals

May 30, 2023 9:08:34 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Threat actors are using encoded phishing links to evade security filters, according to Jeremy Fuchs at Avanan. The phishing emails purport to be notifications from McAfee informing the ...

[Mastering Minds] China's Cognitive Warfare Ambitions Are Social Engineering At Scale

May 26, 2023 1:40:02 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

As the world continues to evolve, so does the nature of warfare. China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is increasingly focused on "Cognitive Warfare," a term referring to artificial ...

Your KnowBe4 Fresh Content Updates from May 2023

May 26, 2023 8:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Check out the 20 new pieces of training content added in May, alongside the always fresh content update highlights, events and new features.

Verizon Sends New Smishing Warning

May 25, 2023 2:38:23 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Verizon has renewed its warnings to customers about the threat of smishing, a social engineering approach that relies upon texts as opposed to other communication channels like the email ...

[SEG Headache] More Than Half of Cybersecurity Leaders Say That Too Many Phishing Attacks Get Through

May 25, 2023 6:52:59 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Egress, a cybersecurity company that provides intelligent email security, recently released their Email Security Risk Report 2023.

Financial Fraud Phishing Attacks Increase 72% In One Year; Financial Industry Takes the Brunt

May 24, 2023 8:52:51 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

With attackers knowing financial fraud-based phishing attacks are best suited for the one industry where the money is, this massive spike in attacks should both surprise you and not ...

BatLoader Malware is Now Distributed in Drive-By Attacks

May 24, 2023 8:52:37 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Malign persuasion can take many forms. We tend to hear the most about phishing (malicious emails) or smishing (malicious texts). Other threats are also worth some attention, like the risk ...

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