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Attackers Continue to Pose as Help Desks in Social Engineering Attacks

Researchers at Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) are tracking a new threat actor that’s impersonating help desks to trick users into installing malware. The threat actor, which ...

Introducing the New AI-Native KnowBe4 SAT

Cybercriminals are getting smarter and faster. Social engineering attacks are evolving rapidly, and AI is making them more convincing than ever. According to the 2025 Verizon Data Breach ...

Report: Deepfake Fraud Causes Billions in Losses

Deepfake-driven fraud has caused $2.19 billion in losses globally, with $1.65 billion reported in 2025 alone, according to an analysis by Surfshark. More than half of these losses were ...

Much Faster Phishing Attacks Target Your Senior Execs via Microsoft Teams

A phishing campaign is targeting senior executives with social engineering attacks conducted over Microsoft Teams, according to researchers at ReliaQuest. The researchers believe former ...

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 ...