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[ALERT] Aaron Hernandez Death Phishing Scams

Low-life scum is exploiting the deaths of famous people, such as the suicide yesterday of former N.E. Patriots player Aaron Hernandez.

UK Cybersecurity Report: "Ransomware Is Urgent Issue"

Today, the UK Government issued a comprehensive report called: "Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2017" and covered the skyrocketing ransomware infections. The report highlighted: "The ...

The three ‘B’s’ of cybersecurity for small businesses

I just found a great article by Scott Shackelford, Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics; Director, Ostrom Workshop Program on Cybersecurity and Internet Governance; ...

Scam Of The Week: It's Not A WhatsApp Voice Mail! 

You probably know that the Eastern European cyber mafia does their beta testing in the U.K., before they "export" their criminal campaigns to America. Here is a heads-up of a social ...

Why Cerber Is The New King Of Ransomware

During 2016, ransomware exploded. It clearly became the biggest menace on the net, using phishing as it's No.1 infection vector. Hundreds of ransomware strains competed for market ...

Inside the Tech Support Scam Ecosystem

Dennis Fisher at OnThe Wire reported on some fascinating research by three PhD candidates at Stony Brook University. He wrote: "Fake tech support schemes have been a scourge on the ...

First Quarter 2017 Top-Clicked Phishing Email Subjects [INFOGRAPHIC]

KnowBe4 customers run millions of phishing tests per year, and we report frequently on the top-clicked phishing topics so that our customers know what the highest-risk phishing templates ...

KnowBe4 March And April Feature Updates

Here is a quick update to show existing customers and people who have not subscribed yet which new features have been added to the KnowBe4 console these last few months, with more ...

Cybersecurity IQ: Americans Have Trouble Recognizing Phishing Attacks

A new Pew Research Center survey titled "What the Public Knows about Cybersecurity." tallied responses from 1,055 adults last year about their understanding of concepts important to ...

Hacking Compromised Brazilian Bank Top To Bottom

Now here is an IT hacking horror story for you! Kaspersky's blog tells the tale of a bank in Brasil who lost their full online presense and had all of its 36 domains, corporate email and ...