Security Awareness Training Is a Team Effort

A security awareness program is a critical part of any security strategy. It is not enough to simply hold everyone in the organization accountable. Chief information security officers ...

November 4, 2017 Stu Sjouwerman

Shame and confusion lead to employees paying ransoms out of pocket

Doug Olenick at SC Media reported on something quite surprising. This is the first time we've heard about this! Whether out of shame for being victimized or confusion over what to do more ...

November 4, 2017 Stu Sjouwerman

2018 Is Likely To Be A Worse Year For Ransomware Than 2017

Sophos released their 2018 malware forecast this week. Their predictions would make any IT Pro concerned, a PDF of their report is here. Read on for your executive summary. Ransomware ...

November 3, 2017 Stu Sjouwerman

On Average, How Many Passwords do Employees Manage?

According to the Last Pass Password Exposé report, an employee manages of about 200 passwords. Other industry reports often estimate the number of credentials used and put the figure ...

November 2, 2017 Stu Sjouwerman

EU to Declare Cyber-Attacks “Act of War”. USA likely to follow

"European Union member states have drafted a diplomatic document which states serious cyber-attacks by a foreign nation could be construed as an act of war. The document, said to have ...

November 1, 2017 Stu Sjouwerman

Is combosquatting a new trick hackers use to lure users into visiting malicious websites?

Georgia Tech researchers reported that hackers are using a technique identified with a newly coined term "combosquatting" to trick users into visiting malicious websites. Sorry to break ...

October 31, 2017 Stu Sjouwerman

KnowBe4 Halloween 2017 Was A Blast

Well over 350 employees dressed up and everyone was amazed at the amount of creativity that went into the costumes and the offices. Here is a group shot at the Station Square Park in ...

October 30, 2017 Stu Sjouwerman

Putin Uses Psychiatrists For Social Engineering Attacks Against Individual Targets

Newsweek cross-posted an article that first appeared on The Daily Signal, and this is extremely relevant to what we are battling here today. Kiev, Ukraine—Since 2014, Russia has used ...

October 27, 2017 Stu Sjouwerman

KnowBe4 Recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant

KnowBe4 has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Security Awareness Computer-Based Training for the second year in a row. Gartner's ...

October 25, 2017 Stu Sjouwerman

Worldwide Bad Rabbit Ransomware Outbreak Starts With Social Engineering

Organizations in Russia, Ukraine and a few hours later also the U.S. are under siege from Bad Rabbit , a new strain of ransomware which is basically a new, improved NotPetya version 2, ...

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