KnowBe4 Blog

Why Cybercrime Ditches Bitcoin Ransomware Payments And Where They Are Going Next

The popularity of bitcoin is creating problems for ransomware criminals wanting to get paid in the skyrocketing cryptocurrency. "We'll see a progressive shift in 2018 towards criminal use ...

Three-Quarters of Businesses Saw Phishing Attacks in 2017

Tara Seals at InfoSecurity Magazine had a good summary of Wombat Security Technologies' annual State of the Phish research report. "The war against phishing is still on, with 76% of ...

KnowBe4 is proud to announce the introduction of a new feature, Reporting APIs

KnowBe4 is proud to announce the introduction of a new feature, Reporting APIs. Reporting APIs enable you to customize and obtain reports by integrating with other business systems that ...

KnowBe4 Makes Third Place In Nationwide SMB Top Five Best Place To Work in Technology

Great Place to Work is a San Francisco-based global leader on high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures. Through their certification programs, Great Place to Work recognizes ...

Healthcare Ransomware Attacks – Don’t Be Part of the Statistics

Rebecca Wynn at securitycurrent.com wrote a great article on how not to become a ransomware statistic in health care: "In 2017, six of the top ten HIPAA breaches reported to the U.S. ...

Google’s Confusing Gmail Security Alert Looks Exactly Like a Phishing Attempt

Note: I got this too and had a similar reaction last week. Security researchers say the legitimate email is training people to have bad email hygiene. Richard De Vere, a security ...

Hospital Pays $55K Ransomware Demand DESPITE Having Backups

An Indiana hospital paid a ransom of $55,000 to get rid of ransomware that had infected its systems and was hindering operations last week. The infection took root last week, on Thursday, ...

KillDisk Fake Ransomware Hits Financial Firms in Latin America

A new version of the KillDisk disk-wiping malware has hit companies in the financial sector in Latin America, Trend Micro reported yesterday. Just like previous versions, KillDisk ...

CyberheistNews Vol 8 #3 [Heads-up] Unusual Ransomware Strain Encrypts Cloud Email Real-Time VIDEO

Be like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett: If you’re not spending 5 hours per week learning, you’re being irresponsible

I just found a fabulous post on Quartz. “In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn’t read all the time — none. Zero.” — Charlie Munger, ...