Quarantine Text Scam Tricks U.K. Residents into Paying “Fine”

Apr 20, 2020 8:32:30 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Because of the ambiguity of current lockdown restrictions, a new text scam pretending to be from the government feels a bit too real to U.K. residents, turning them into victims.

Zeus Sphinx Banking Trojan is Revived Under the Guise of COVID-19 Assistance

Apr 20, 2020 8:29:26 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The 5-year old malware variant has reared its ugly head once again after a three-year hiatus – this time attempting to take advantage of the need for COVID-19 financial assistance.

Netflix Scams Target People Sheltering in Place

Apr 20, 2020 8:23:54 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

With people sheltering in place during the pandemic emergency, they’re both teleworking and finding their entertainment online. Google searches for Netflix jumped 142% since the advice to ...

Spanish Hospital Faces Netwalker Ransomware Attack in the Midst of Pandemic

Apr 15, 2020 10:36:29 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

At a time when hospitals are already stretched thin for budget, one of many attackers still thinks it’s a good idea to hold hospitals for ransom, showing organizations always need to be ...

Coronavirus-Related Spear Phishing Attacks See a Massive 667% Increases in March

Apr 15, 2020 10:32:53 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Attackers are taking advantage of the pandemic, looking for every way possible to achieve their malicious goals via targeted phishing campaigns of every kind.

Q1 2020 Coronavirus-Related Phishing Email Attacks Are Up 600%

Apr 9, 2020 11:12:57 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

KnowBe4 reports on the top-clicked phishing emails by subject lines each quarter in three different categories: subjects related to social media, general subjects, and 'In the Wild' - we ...

3 Lessons COVID-19 Can Teach Us About Cybersecurity

Apr 9, 2020 7:00:00 AM By James McQuiggan

It’s day 4,823 that I’ve been home for the stay at home order in the county where I live. Okay, so it feels like years, but it’s actually only been a few weeks. Like many of you, I can’t ...

March Content Update: Including Work From Home and Coronavirus Training Resources

Apr 8, 2020 7:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Here are a few important updates to share with you from the month of March.

Phishing Trends Recap of COVID-19 Related Phishing Schemes

Apr 7, 2020 9:39:02 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Our Chief Evangelist Strategy Officer Perry Carpenter took a bit of time and summarized the crazy month of March 2020 looking at the exponential growth of COVID-19 themed phishing attacks.

Social Distancing Elevates Both Personal and Organizational Risk

Apr 3, 2020 9:48:01 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

With many countries participating in social distancing and “shelter in place” directives, remote workers are subjecting themselves and their employer to a number of risks. Find out why.

Sextortion Email Scams Now Include Threats to Infect Victims with COVID-19

Mar 31, 2020 4:14:35 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

In what may be either a moment of brilliance or desperation, scammers are attempting to use coronavirus infection threats as a means of further convincing victims to pay up.

The Dilemma: Should you phish test during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Mar 31, 2020 8:45:13 AM By Perry Carpenter

By Perry Carpenter, KnowBe4 Chief Evangelist and Strategy Officer. There’s no question, these are challenging times. Employees and organizations around the world are doing their best to ...

Who Doesn’t Like Free Money? Scammers Are Expected to Increase Use of the COVID Stimulus Bill to Line their Pockets

Mar 30, 2020 7:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

With cybercriminals loving to be able to target victims where money is directly involved, security experts are anticipating a massive uptick in Stimulus-related scams.

Bad Guys Push New COVID-19 Message: You Are Infected

Mar 27, 2020 9:24:25 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Malicious actors continue to craft ruthlessly aggressive, evil email attacks tailored to leverage mounting fears and anxieties surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States among ...

New Video Module "Covid-19 Best Practices" from KnowBe4 and Transperfect

Mar 27, 2020 2:19:31 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Here is a quick announcement!

The Paradox of Perfection

Mar 27, 2020 8:31:50 AM By Javvad Malik

One of the challenges with living in a hyper-connected world is that it’s easy for anyone to stand on a soapbox and point out when something is wrong.

Scammers Hijacking Twitter Accounts To Sell Face Masks

Mar 26, 2020 4:00:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Scammers cashing in on the Coronavirus crisis are now hijacking Twitter accounts to heavily promote a web site purporting to sell face masks, respirators, digital thermometers, and toilet ...

The Creation & Development of a COVID-19 Phish

Mar 26, 2020 2:19:22 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

As we documented in a recent blog piece, malicious actors are aggressively exploiting the COVID-19 crisis by re-purposing and overhauling phishing emails they were running before the ...

[HEADS UP] Cybercriminals Attempt to Exploit Stimulus Package for COVID-19

Mar 26, 2020 8:20:17 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

In several recent blog posts we've showed you the myriad ways in which malicious actors have aggressively -- even ruthlessly -- deployed social engineering tactics to leverage the ...

FBI Warns of Stimulus Check Scams

Mar 25, 2020 8:31:51 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) issued an alert warning of coronavirus-related phishing attacks, particularly surrounding economic stimulus checks. The news that the US ...

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