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Your KnowBe4 Compliance Plus Fresh Content Updates from February 2025

Check out the February updates in Compliance Plus so you can stay on top of featured compliance training content.

Autonomous Agentic AI-Enabled Deepfake Social Engineering Malware is Coming Your Way!

I’ve been in the cybersecurity industry for over 36 years. Surprisingly, hackers and malware haven't changed all that much.

Your KnowBe4 Fresh Content Updates from February 2025

Check out the 58 new pieces of training content added in February, alongside the always fresh content update highlights, new features and events.

Warning: Ransomware Threats Increased Fourfold in 2024

Researchers at Barracuda observed a fourfold increase in ransomware threats last year, driven by increasingly sophisticated ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operations.

Software Will Become Agentic and the Security Lessons We Need To Learn

Ever since OpenAI publicly released ChatGPT in late 2022, people have been predicting the end of programmers.

36.5% Spike in Phishing Attacks Leveraging QuickBooks’ Domain

A KnowBe4 Threat Lab Publication Authors: Martin Kraemer, James Dyer, and Lucy Gee Much like sending a phishing email from a compromised account, cybercriminals can boost the ...

AI Literacy: A New Mandate Under the EU AI Act - What Your Organization Needs to Know

The European Union's AI Act is ushering in a new era of workplace requirements, with AI literacy taking center stage. Under Article 4, organizations must now ensure their workforce is ...

Data at Risk: 96% of Ransomware Attacks Involve Data Theft

A new report from Arctic Wolf has found that 96% of ransomware attacks now involve data theft as criminals seek to force victims to pay up.

[Heads Up] Sophisticated Phishing Attack Uses New JavaScript Obfuscation Trick

Researchers at Juniper Threat Labs warn that phishing attacks are utilizing a new obfuscation technique to hide malicious JavaScript.