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Latest Phishing Scam Uses Cross-Site Scripting Attack to Harvest Personal Details

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) is alive and well, and used in attacks to obfuscate malicious links in phishing emails to redirect users to threat-actor controlled websites.

Employment Scams Continue to Target Job Seekers Via Phony Employment Offers

Threat actors continue to target job seekers with phony employment offers on job search platforms like Indeed, researchers at Bitdefender warn.

Real Social Engineering Attack on KnowBe4 Employee Foiled

DavidB, the KnowBe4 VP of Asia Pacific and Japan, recently experienced a sophisticated social engineering attack via WhatsApp.

Reflecting on KnowBe4's 5th Consecutive TrustRadius Tech Cares Award

For the fifth year in a row, we've been honored with the TrustRadius Tech Cares Award! This recognition is a testament to our unwavering commitment to corporate social responsibility ...

Summer Lovin' or Summer Scammin'?

Summer. The season of sun, sand, and romance scams. As the weather heats up, so does the activity of romance scammers, who prey on the vulnerabilities of those seeking love and ...

Chameleon Malware Poses as CRM App

Researchers at ThreatFabric warn that a phishing campaign is distributing the Chameleon Android malware by impersonating a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) app. The campaign is ...

Attackers Abuse Google Drawings to Host Phishing Pages

Researchers at Menlo Security warn that a phishing campaign is exploiting Google Drawings to evade security filters.

[FREE RESOURCE KIT] 2024 Cybersecurity Awareness Month Kit Now Available

Cyber risks abound, inside and out. Threats to your organization can come in many forms; from a suspicious email with a dodgy attachment to improperly stored sensitive information.

Hacker Stories: A Facebook Physical Threat

Most people take a lot of measures to secure their online bank accounts, credit card accounts, retirement accounts and other financial accounts. This often means enabling some form of ...

A Whopping 33% of Young Americans Are Exposed to Political Lies on TikTok

Excellent reporting by the Wall Street Journal! They wrote about a disturbing trend. "Amid a deluge of election news and memes on TikTok, WSJ found thousands of videos with political lies ...