Beware! The FCC Releases Audio Samples of Coronavirus Phone Scams

Mar 25, 2020 7:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Scammers sink to a new low with these phone scams preying on the fears of U.S. citizens offering hopes of better protecting themselves from the Coronavirus.

[PLATFORM UPDATE] COVID-19 New Templates Categories

Mar 25, 2020 6:57:43 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

This Friday March 27, at 9 a.m. Eastern, we will add two new categories of email templates related to Coronavirus/COVID-19. At this time, we will move all of our existing ...

Sitting Ducks: When Employees Work from Home

Mar 24, 2020 11:54:29 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

As the COVID-19 health crisis rages on and millions of workers and students move to working from home (WFH) and online distance education, no one should make the error of thinking that ...

Urgency Around the Coronavirus Leads to Phishing Scams Targeting Healthcare

Mar 23, 2020 8:24:07 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

As if the virus itself wasn’t bad enough, lowlife scammers are using the pandemic to trick healthcare workers into giving up credentials. Elite hackers tried to break into the World ...

[Heads-Up] Feeding Frenzy: COVID-19 Phishing Attacks Surge as U.S. Reels from Pandemic

Mar 23, 2020 7:00:00 AM By Eric Howes

By Eric Howes, KnowBe4 Principal Lab Researcher. Having already published three blog pieces on the epidemic of Coronavirus-themed phishing emails and spam/scam offerings online (see HERE, ...

Reinforcing Security Norms During the Coronavirus Crisis

Mar 20, 2020 8:43:08 AM By Joanna Huisman

This blog was co-written by Joanna Huisman and Aimee Laycock. We have all seen an increase in the amount of advice and guidance from the healthcare sector and others since the start of ...

Organizations Need To Be Wary Of Home Worker Phishing Risks

Mar 19, 2020 5:31:33 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Security experts warn that phishing attacks against home workers will rise.

Critical Considerations to Improve Your Remote Employee Security During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Mar 19, 2020 8:34:19 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Quickly evolving travel and social requirements in response to COVID-19 mean that, like it or not, many organizations like yours are asking traditional office-based employees to work from ...

It is in times of crisis you will be tested

Mar 16, 2020 1:43:21 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Many organizations are dusting off their crisis management documents this week. Many a contingency plan will see its first-ever run. As the C-19 is spreading fast around the world, more ...

Coronavirus-Themed Simulated Phishing Templates

Mar 16, 2020 9:48:41 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The following templates were added to the console this morning:

The Most Important Thing When Working From Home

Mar 16, 2020 9:31:50 AM By Javvad Malik

With social distancing being the new norm, introverts are joking about how they’ve been preparing for this moment their entire lives. While working from home has many benefits, doing it ...

Extreme Measures: The Epidemic of COVID-19 Phishing Emails Rages On

Mar 16, 2020 7:02:25 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Since the publication of our first two blog pieces documenting the flood of Coronavirus-themed emails (see HERE and HERE), customers using the Phish Alert Button (PAB) have continued to ...

Hackers Use Interactive Malicious COVID-19 Map to Spread Malware

Mar 14, 2020 10:44:24 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cybercriminals constantly latch on to news items that captivate the public’s attention, but usually they do so by sensationalizing the topic or spreading misinformation about it. ...

U.S. Homeland Security: "Malicious Actors Expected To Focus Attacks On Teleworkers. Secure Your VPN"

Mar 14, 2020 9:55:44 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity agency this week shared tips on how to properly secure enterprise virtual private networks (VPNs) seeing that a lot of organizations ...

Keeping our employees and partners safe during #coronavirus

Mar 13, 2020 4:20:16 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Our top priority remains the health and safety of our Knowsters, and we also have a responsibility to support partners and the local community in all the countries we operate.

Secret Service Warning: Exploiting the Coronavirus for Fraud and Profit.

Mar 11, 2020 1:07:08 PM By Eric Howes

By Eric Howes, KnowBe4 Principal Lab Researcher. On Monday of this week we published a review of the coronavirus-themed emails that had been reported to us by customers using the Phish ...

Exploiting the Coronavirus: The Spammers, the Scammers, and the Bad Guys

Mar 9, 2020 1:35:06 PM By Eric Howes

By Eric Howes, KnowBe4 Principal Lab Researcher. If you've been paying attention to the news over the past week or so, you've undoubtedly noticed that the majority of the stories on your ...

[Heads-up] The World Health Organization Warns of New Coronavirus Phishing Attacks. Inoculate Your Employees!

Feb 18, 2020 7:09:15 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The World Health Organization (WHO) is putting out an alert about ongoing Coronavirus-themed phishing attacks that impersonate the WHO and try to steal confidential information and ...

FTC Alert: Coronavirus Scammers Love Scary Bad News

Feb 11, 2020 4:19:10 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Scary news stories in the headlines always bring out the bad guys looking to make a quick illegal buck.

[Heads-up] Scam Of The Week: Coronavirus Phishing Attacks In The Wild

Jan 31, 2020 1:28:07 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Yup, you can count on it, when there is a worldwide health scare, the bad guys are on it like flies on $#!+. We are seeing a new malicious phishing campaign that is based on the fear of ...

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