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 ...

August 4, 2025 Roger Grimes

If You Think Social Engineering Is Bad, It’s Going To Get Worse

There is no other way to say it clearer, social engineering is going to be a lot, lot worse soon and far more successful than it is today. And that’s saying a lot. It’s already pretty bad.

August 4, 2025 KnowBe4 Team

FBI Issues Guidance on Thwarting North Korea’s Fraudulent IT Schemes

The FBI has issued an advisory warning that North Korean IT workers continue to seek fraudulent employment at Western companies.

July 31, 2025 Roger Grimes

Malicious Connectors Potentially Impact Hundreds of Millions of Microsoft 365 Users

Most Microsoft 365 users aren’t aware of this recently growing serious email threat vector.

July 30, 2025 KnowBe4 Team

[CASE STUDY] Retail Organization Sees 50-Fold Increase in Phishing Reporting with KnowBe4's Phish Alert Button and Training

A global retail and wholesale company transformed their security posture after implementing KnowBe4's Phish Alert Button (PAB) and security awareness training, achieving an astonishing ...

July 29, 2025 KnowBe4 Team

Boost Your Browsing Security: Integrate SecurityCoach with Microsoft Edge for Business

Managing the security gap between your technical defenses and user behavior just got easier!

July 28, 2025 Cindy Zhou

KnowBe4 Named a 2025 Gartner Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice for Email Security Platforms

KnowBe4 is excited to announce that we have been recognized as an overall Customers’ Choice in the July 2025 Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer for Email Security Platforms ...

July 25, 2025 KnowBe4 Team

Warning: Ransomware Attacks Surged by 63% Last Quarter

Ransomware attacks increased by 63% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2025, with a total of 276 publicly disclosed incidents, according to a new report from BlackFog.

July 25, 2025 Anna Collard

Africa’s Cybersecurity Gap: The Growing Role of Human Risk

Africa's cybersecurity landscape presents a paradox that helps explain Africa’s cybersecurity gap: a widespread belief in preparedness among organisations, although significant blind ...

July 22, 2025 Roger Grimes

Ransomware Trends in 2025

I’ve been following ransomware since the first one, the AIDS Cop Trojan, was released in December 1989.

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