Warning: Job Scams Surge by More than 1000%
Job-related scams surged by more than one thousand percent between May and July 2025, according to new research from McAfee.
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Job-related scams surged by more than one thousand percent between May and July 2025, according to new research from McAfee.
North Korea’s fraudulent IT worker schemes have expanded to target nearly every industry that hires remote employees, according to researchers at Okta.
Fighting voice-based phishing needs to be a big part of your human risk management (HRM) plan.
A North Korean threat actor dubbed “DeceptiveDevelopment” is using various social engineering techniques to target job seekers, according to researchers at ESET.
ReliaQuest has published a report on the cybercriminal recruitment ecosystem, finding that fluent English speakers with social engineering skills are highly sought-after.
Below is an example of a sophisticated survey scam phishing email that KnowBe4’s Threat Lab team has been monitoring as discussed in “The Hidden Cost of "Free" Gifts: How Survey Scams Are ...
Professional phishing groups are targeting customers of brokerage firms in order to manipulate stock prices, KrebsOnSecurity reports. The attackers use a technique called “ramp and dump” ...
In this series, we first explored the psychology that makes HR phishing so effective, then showcased the real-world lures attackers use to trick your employees. Now, we’re going under the ...
Phishing attacks impersonating HR are on the rise. Between January 1 – March 31, 2025, our Threat Lab team observed a 120%surge in these attacks reported via our PhishER product versus ...
We all trust HR - or at least we do when we think they’re emailing us! Data from KnowBe4’s HRM+ platform reveals that phishing simulations with internal subject lines dominate the list of ...
The North Korean threat actor ScarCruft has incorporated ransomware into its arsenal, according to researchers at South Korean security firm S2W.
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) has warned that scammers are targeting high-profile employees and influencers with fake invitations to appear as a guest on popular celebrity podcasts.
