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 ...

January 22, 2026 John Just

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 ...

January 21, 2026 KnowBe4 Team

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.

January 15, 2026 KnowBe4 Team

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 ...

January 14, 2026 KnowBe4 Team

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, ...

January 14, 2026 KnowBe4 Team

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.

January 13, 2026 KnowBe4 Team

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.

January 9, 2026 Roger Grimes

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 ...

January 8, 2026 KnowBe4 Team

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.

January 7, 2026 KnowBe4 Team

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 ...

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