The Face Off: AI Deepfakes and the Threat to the 2024 Election

May 15, 2023 6:22:35 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Associated Press warned this week that AI experts have raised concerns about the potential impact of deepfake technology on the upcoming 2024 election. Deepfakes are highly convincing ...

Blocking Social Engineering by Foreign Bad Actors: The Role of the New Foreign Malign Influence Center

May 8, 2023 7:02:01 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The U.S. government created a new office to block disinformation. The new Foreign Malign Influence Center (FMIC) oversees efforts that span U.S. military, law enforcement, intelligence, ...

[EYES OPEN] The Kremlin Propaganda Machine Now Works Overtime. INFOGRAPHIC

Feb 27, 2022 8:26:32 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

With an ongoing land war in Ukraine, everyone needs to be alert for the Kremlin's parallel disinformation campaigns. Many people simply are not aware of the massive amount of false data ...

WSJ: Russian Disinformation Campaign Aims to Undermine Confidence in Covid-19 Vaccines

Mar 8, 2021 7:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Wall Street Journal reports: " Russian intelligence agencies have mounted a campaign to undermine confidence in Pfizer Inc.’s and other Western vaccines, using online publications ...

Britain's Government Will Tackle Online Misinformation Claims on Anti-Vaccine

Nov 10, 2020 8:53:26 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

In a recent article by Reuters, the article covers a story from The Times on Britain's eavesdropping agency GCHQ is starting a plan to take on anti-vaccine propaganda that is being spread ...

Manipulation by Disinformation: How Elections are Swayed

Nov 3, 2020 10:25:40 AM By Javvad Malik

Security Serious Week 2020 focused on disinformation, and there were many talks, tweetchats, presentations, panel discussions, and blogs.

Here's Your Guide for Combating the Global Disinformation Pandemic

Oct 29, 2020 7:45:00 AM By Perry Carpenter

Let’s face it – we’re facing a global pandemic; and it goes beyond Covid 19. There’s a war on truth and it’s being waged by nation states, political groups, and cybercriminals who want to ...

August Fresh Content Updates from KnowBe4: Including New Disinformation Training Content for Your Users

Sep 2, 2020 8:16:50 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Here are a few important feature and fresh content updates to share with you for the month of August.

[Heads Up] Weaponized Disinformation Campaigns Skyrocket; KnowBe4 Releases New Spot & Stop DisInfo Training Module

Aug 25, 2020 10:40:29 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Disinformation is a potent weapon in the current cold cyberwar arsenal. DisInfo attacks are skyrocketing and the number of countries using organized social media manipulation is going up ...