100,000+ New Vulnerabilities This Year and Most Will Be Zero-Days Exploited Faster

The number of publicly reported unique vulnerabilities has risen year after year. There was a brief decrease and stabilization in 2015 - 2016, but those are the only years in the over two ...

August 4, 2025 KnowBe4 Team

How Hackers Exploit Microsoft Teams in Social Engineering Attacks

Attackers are using Microsoft Teams calls to trick users into installing the Matanbuchus malware loader, which frequently precedes ransomware deployment, according to researchers at ...

January 20, 2024 Stu Sjouwerman

Russian Hackers Win Big: Microsoft's Senior Exec Team Emails Breached

In a Friday regulatory filing, Microsoft has reported that its corporate email accounts were compromised by a Russian state-sponsored hacking group known as Midnight Blizzard, also ...

December 11, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

WSJ: "A Hidden Risk in the Municipal Bond Market: Hackers"

December 7, 2023 - The Wall Street Journal has an interesting perspective on K-12 Public schools suffering ransomware attacks. The number doubles between 2021 and 2022 to almost 2,000 a ...

October 31, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

WSJ: "SEC Sues SolarWinds Over 2020 Hack Attributed to Russians"

October 30, 2023 the Wall street Journal broke news that the United States Security and Exchange Commission sued Solarwinds. Here are the first few paragraphs and there is a link to the ...

September 8, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

Hacking Your Digital Identity: How Cybercriminals Can and Will Get Around Your Authentication Methods

Inadequate authentication measures leave your digital identity vulnerable to cybercriminals. Tools like multi-factor authentication, biometrics, passwords, PINs and tokens are more ...

January 27, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

Hacker's Movie Guide: The Complete List of Hacker and Cybersecurity Movies

Is alert fatigue getting to you? I found a guide that allows you some well-deserved personal downtime, and still has something to do with work so that you can justify getting away with ...

November 3, 2022 Stu Sjouwerman

[On-Demand Webinar] Hacking Biometrics: If You Thought Your Fingerprints Were Safe, Think Again!

When you think of using biometric technology as part of your multi-factor authentication process, you assume these attributes are safe. Cybercriminals can’t hack your fingerprints, can ...

December 1, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

[On-Demand Webinar] When Cybercriminals Hide in Plain Sight: Hacking Platforms You Know and Trust

Today’s hackers are concealing their attacks in places you wouldn’t expect… utilizing tools your users know and trust to deliver their malicious payloads. From hijacked single sign-on ...

March 6, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

[Heads Up] The Bad Guys Have Likely Hacked Your Exchange Email Server

What if Chinese state-sponsored hackers have owned your OWA using several brand-new zero-day vulns? Or Eastern Europe ransomware gangs? On March 2, Microsoft released emergency security ...

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