Starting the Year with Cyber Intention: Human-Centric Insights from the Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026

One of my first intentional “to-dos” this year has been spending time with the World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026, a report I was privileged to actively contribute ...

KnowBe4 Urges Action: Take Control of Your Data this Data Privacy Week

With organizations collecting and storing massive amounts of personal data these days, much of which people share freely, we need to become better at protecting data on both the storing ...

Warning: “Fancy” QR Codes Are Making Quishing More Dangerous

Scammers are increasingly using visually stylized QR codes to deliver phishing links, Help Net Security reports. QR code phishing (quishing) is already more difficult to detect, since ...

Report: 4 in 10 Employees Have Never Received Cybersecurity Training

Forty percent of employees have never received cybersecurity training, according to a new report from Yubico. That number rises to nearly sixty percent for employees working for small ...

New Phishing Campaign Spreads Via LinkedIn Comments

A widespread phishing campaign is targeting LinkedIn users by posting comments on users’ posts, BleepingComputer reports. Threat actors are using bots to post the comments, which ...

AI Literacy Training: From Best Practice to Legal Requirement Under the New EU AI Act

For those of you who are like me, when I first heard about the new EU AI Act, I had flashbacks to the implementation of the General Data Protection Act (GDPR) back in 2018. There are ...

AI-Assisted Social Engineering is a Growing Concern

A survey by the World Economic Forum (WEF) found that 47% of organizations cite the advancement of adversarial capabilities as their top concern surrounding generative AI.

Threat Actors Exploit Misconfigurations to Spoof Internal Emails

Attackers are increasingly abusing network misconfigurations to send spoofed phishing emails, according to researchers at Microsoft. This technique isn’t new, but Microsoft has observed a ...

Report: Microsoft Was the Most Impersonated Brand in Q4 2025

Microsoft was the most commonly impersonated brand in phishing attacks during the fourth quarter of 2025, according to researchers at Guardio. Microsoft was followed by Facebook, Roblox, ...

Phishing Campaign Abuses Google’s Infrastructure to Bypass Defenses

Researchers at RavenMail warn that a major phishing campaign targeted more than 3,000 organizations last month, primarily in the manufacturing industry.

AI Deepfakes Are Impersonating Religious Figures to Solicit Donations

WIRED reports that deepfake attacks are impersonating pastors and other religious figures in order to scam congregations.

ConsentFix Attacks Fake Cloudflare Prompts

ClickFix attacks have been around for decades; only the name is new. ClickFix attacks use social engineering to trick users into clicking on buttons and links that the user is told are ...

Phishing Campaign Targets WhatsApp Accounts

Researchers at Gen warn that a phishing campaign is attempting to trick users into linking malicious devices to their WhatsApp accounts.

North Korean Threat Actor Spreads Malware via QR Codes

The North Korean threat actor “Kimsuky” is using QR codes to trick users into installing malicious mobile apps, according to security researchers at ENKI. The phishing sites, which ...

Amazon Warns of Fraudulent North Korean Job Applicants

Amazon has blocked more than 1,800 suspected North Korean applicants from joining the company since April 2024, TechRadar reports. Amazon’s Chief Security Officer, Stephen Schmidt, said ...

Most Parked Domains Lead Users to Scams or Malware

Over 90% of parked domains now direct users to malicious content, compared to less than 5% a decade ago, according to researchers at Infoblox.

New BlackForce Phishing Kit Bypasses Multifactor Authentication

Zscaler has published a report on a new phishing kit dubbed “BlackForce” that uses Man-in-the-Browser (MitB) attacks to steal credentials and bypass multi-factor authentication. Notably, ...

81% of Small Businesses Sustained a Cyber Incident Over the Past Year

Eighty-one percent of small businesses suffered a security or data breach over the past year, and 38% of these businesses were forced to raise their prices as a result, a report from the ...

Be Careful of That Warrant for Your Arrest

A popular phone call/voicemail scam (i.e., vishing) involves someone calling you, claiming to be law enforcement with a warrant for your arrest, and then offers you an opportunity to ...

Unmasking the Deepfake Threat: A Game-Changer for Reducing Human Risk

Today, anyone can find a picture of absolutely anybody and it is also not difficult to find a sample of their voice. By combining these it is shockingly easy to create a realistic AI ...


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