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Your KnowBe4 Fresh Content Updates from April 2026

John N Just, Ed.D. - Chief Learning Officer What's New: Celebrating World Password Day and Beyond Happy May! This month, we are putting a major spotlight on World Password Day (May 7). ...

Alert: Payroll-Hijacking Attacks Are Targeting Canadian Employees

Microsoft warns that a new criminal threat actor dubbed “Storm-2755” is launching payroll-pirate attacks against Canadian users. These attacks use social engineering to compromise ...

How to Design Security for Agentic AI

The AI said: Apologies. I panicked.

Why Your Email Security Needs a Global Human Network to Close the Detection Gap

The biggest challenge in email security today isn’t just detecting a threat; it’s the speed of response across a global landscape. As we head into the second half of 2026, the stakes with ...

FBI: Americans Lost More Than $20 billion to Fraud Last Year

Cyber-enabled crimes cost Americans nearly $21 billion in 2025, a 26% increase from the previous year, according to the FBI’s latest Internet Crime Report. Phishing, extortion, and ...

Phishing Campaigns Abuse AI Workflow Automation Platforms

Threat actors are abusing agentic AI automation platforms to deliver malware and send phishing emails, according to researchers at Cisco Talos. The researchers observed attackers using ...

Nobody runs a marathon by accident

Nobody wakes up on a Sunday, stretches, checks the weather, and accidentally clocks 26.2 miles before brunch. A marathon is built on lonely mornings, careful plans, lost toenails, and no ...

This Sophisticated Scam Should Be a Warning To All Companies

Scams are becoming more sophisticated over time, but this latest scam should be a wake-up call to all organizations and employees as to how far some scammers will go to damage your ...