Most Phishing Emails Rely Purely on Social Engineering

99% of phishing emails that reached inboxes last year did not contain malware, according to a new report from Fortra.

March 27, 2025 Stu Sjouwerman

Report: Phishing Remains the Most Prevalent Cyber Threat

INKY has published its annual report on email security, finding that phishing accounted for 30% of all reported cybercrimes last year.

March 26, 2025 Stu Sjouwerman

Amount of Money Requested In BEC Attacks Nearly Doubled in Q4 2024

The average amount of money requested in business email compromise (BEC) attacks spiked to $128,980 in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group’s (APWG’s) ...

March 24, 2025 Martin Kraemer

The Human Element: Addressing Cybersecurity Risk in Danish and Swedish Organizations

We recently conducted research in Denmark and Sweden to understand security culture in local organizations better.

March 24, 2025 Stu Sjouwerman

Act Now: Phishing-as-a-Service Attacks are on the Rise

Phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platforms drove a surge in phishing attacks in the first two months of 2025, according to researchers at Barracuda.

March 21, 2025 Stu Sjouwerman

Hundreds of Malicious Android Apps Received 60 Million Downloads

Bitdefender warns that a major ad fraud campaign in the Google Play Store resulted in more than 60 million downloads of malicious apps.

March 20, 2025 James Dyer

Key Takeaways from the KnowBe4 2025 Phishing Threat Trends Report

Our latest Phishing Threat Trends Report explores the evolving phishing landscape in 2025, from renewed tactics to emerging attack techniques.

March 20, 2025 Stu Sjouwerman

Phishing Attacks Abuse Microsoft 365 to Bypass Security Filters

Threat actors are abusing Microsoft’s infrastructure to launch phishing attacks that can bypass security measures, according to researchers at Guardz.

March 18, 2025 Anna Collard

The Cybersecurity Confidence Gap: Are Your Employees as Secure as They Think?

Our recent research reveals a concerning discrepancy between employees' confidence in their ability to identify social engineering attempts and their actual vulnerability to these attacks.

March 18, 2025 Stu Sjouwerman

Booking.com Phishing Scam Targets Employees in the Hospitality Sector

A phishing campaign is impersonating travel agency Booking.com to target employees in the hospitality industry, according to researchers at Microsoft.

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