Social Engineering Attacks Abuse Workplace Collaboration Tools

Threat actors are increasingly abusing workplace collaboration tools like Microsoft Teams to launch social engineering attacks, according to researchers at Palo Alto Networks’s Unit 42. ...

June 23, 2026 KnowBe4 Team

New Extortion Scam Uses IT Impersonation to Breach Organizations

A newly surfaced extortion brand called “Pink” is using voice phishing and fake IT support calls to breach organizations, the Register reports. The threat actor may be a rebrand of prior ...

June 22, 2026 KnowBe4 Team

APWG Report: Social Media Phishing is Surging

Phishing scams surged across social media platforms during the first quarter of 2026, according to a new report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG).

June 19, 2026 KnowBe4 Team

Americans Lost $900 Million to AI-Powered Scams Last Year

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns that Americans lost just under $900 million to AI-powered scams in 2025, Malwarebytes reports. Total reported losses to scams last year ...

June 18, 2026 KnowBe4 Threat Lab

What AI Can’t Hide When It Writes a Phishing Email

Lead Analysts: Jeewan Singh Jalal, Prabhakaran Ravichandhiran, and Shikhar Dalela

May 27, 2026 KnowBe4 Threat Lab

Free Gift Fallacy: How Attackers Harvest Credit Cards via Fake Surveys

Lead Analysts: Jeewan Singh Jalal, Dilsha Dines, Karthikeyan Dharmaraj

November 9, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

Social Media Phishing Now Ranks in Top Three Targeted Sectors

New data on the use of impersonation in phishing attacks focused on social media accounts shows some very realistic and worrisome websites and emails that could definitely fool you.

August 5, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Zoom Phishing Attacks Surge, Targeting Office 365 & Outlook

Researchers at INKY have observed an “explosion” of Zoom-themed phishing attacks over the Spring and Summer of 2020. Most of the attacks are aimed at stealing credentials to services like ...

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