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PLEASE WHITELIST OUR NEW EMAIL SERVERS

First week of July we will cut over to a new mailserver, which allows us to use different "hover-domains" (meaning a user sees something else than the domain we used as the default up to ...
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CryptoLocker Goes SpearPhishing

You may be familiar with a site called Spiceworks. They have free system admin and network management software, and their business model is advertising to the hundreds of thousands that ...
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Elite Hackers Develop Cybercrime Attack Kits As Market Matures

Today, in the Wall Street Journal, an article told the story of a software product called blackshades that experts call a "rat" (Remote Access Trojan) which was commercially sold to cyber ...
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Wall Street Journal Quoted Me Regarding Ransomware Phishing Attacks

This week, Wall Street Journal MarketWatch reporter Priya Anand quoted me in an article she wrote about the new wave of ransomware phishing attacks.
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80% Fail To Maintain PCI Compliance Between Assessments

OUCH. Verizon said in a report this month that nearly 80% of organizations that achieve annual compliance with the PCI Data Security Standard -fail- to maintain that status after passing ...
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Knowbe4 CyberheistNews Vol 4, 07 SNEAK PEEK At New Site: HACKBUSTERS

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 07
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SNEAK PEEK at hot new site HACKBUSTERS

KnowBe4 Announces HackBusters, A Curated IT Security News Site
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CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 06 Cryptolocker Scrambles Files Of US Law Firm

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 06
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Which HackBusters Logo Do You Like Best?

You miss important IT security news because you aren’t subscribed to the right sources, or the relevant security news is snowed under simply because of the incredible volume. So KnowBe4 ...
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CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 05

CyberheistNews Vol 4, # 05
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McAfee on Intel's decision to drop the name McAfee priceless

Oh, this one is priceless.
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KnowBe4 Grows 427% Year Over Year

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Edward Snowden Used Social Engineering To Hack NSA

Ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden used user names and passwords that colleagues at a spy base in Hawaii gave him to access some of the classified material he exfiltrated. Around 20-25 ...
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CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 40

CyberheistNews Vol 3, # 40
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NEW Kevin Mitnick VIDEO: The Word Document Exploit

Check out a brand new 3:25 min Kevin Mitnick video where he shows live how an infected Word document allows a hacker to steal the employee's user name and password. This is just one of ...
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KnowBe4 Finalist in Tampa Industry Achievement Awards

We just received word from the Tampa Bay Technology Forum that KnowBe4 has been selected as a finalist in TBTF’s 10th Annual Industry Achievement Awards in the Emerging Technology Company ...
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Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training 2014

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Kevin Mitnick Details Modern IT Threats; spear phishing and more

One of the most infamous hackers of all time talks about Website security and what users should do to protect themselves. In the world of computer security hackers, few are as well-known ...
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Kevin And I Were on FOX TV Wednesday

Kevin Mitnick and I were both interviewed on FOX TV about how to fight hackers, and what hackers are after these days. You will see Kevin, me, the KnowBe4 office and some of the KnowBe4 ...
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CyberheistNews Vol 3 #20

Latest Attack Trend: 'Persistent Spear Phishing'
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