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 ...

December 29, 2025 KnowBe4 Team

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.

December 22, 2025 KnowBe4 Team

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, ...

December 19, 2025 KnowBe4 Team

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 ...

December 19, 2025 Roger Grimes

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 ...

December 18, 2025 Roger Grimes

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 ...

December 16, 2025 KnowBe4 Team

Phishing Campaign Targets Executives With Phony Awards

A phishing campaign is targeting executives with phony offers for awards, according to researchers at Trustwave SpiderLabs. The attackers first dupe the victims into handing over their ...

December 15, 2025 KnowBe4 Team

[Heads Up] Crafty New Phishing Attacks Abuse Free Cloudflare Pages

Malwarebytes warns that threat actors are abusing the free Cloudflare Pages service to host phishing portals, helping the phishing sites avoid detection by security scanners.

December 15, 2025 KnowBe4 Team

Deepfake Training: A Strategic Advantage Against Emerging Threats

Deepfake attacks have become more compelling and realistic than ever before.

December 12, 2025 Roger Grimes

North Korean Job Invitation

A friend of mine, John D., received this outreach on Threads (see below). At first, he thought it was the standard fake employer scam, but it is more than that. It is very likely part of ...

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