Third Party Phishing: The New Spear-Phishing Attacks That Traditional Defenses Just Don't Stop

Joe in accounting is pretty cyber-savvy. He doesn’t fall for basic phishing emails with masked URLs or phony password reset requests. But what happens when Joe gets an email from a ...

November 12, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

TrickBot Malware Uses Highly Personalized Fake Sexual Harassment Complaints as Phishing Bait

Fake sexual harassment complaints appearing to come from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) are the latest baits used by attackers to disseminate TrickBot banking ...

November 11, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Phishing Resistance for Charities

81% of charities say they’ve been targeted by a phishing attack this year, according to Ed Macnair, writing for UK Fundraising. Meanwhile, only 37% of charities think their IT and ...

November 11, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Mac users warned that disabling all Office macros doesn’t actually disable all Office macros

Graham Cluley warned: "It’s been almost 25 years since macro malware first reared its head, and it would be nice to think that the defences Microsoft has built into its Office suite in ...

November 10, 2019 Joanna Huisman

What if the Santa’s Elves knew better?

By Joanna Huisman, KnowBe4's new SVP Strategic Insights & Research. It’s that time of the year again when children all over the world take pause to try and figure out which side of ...

November 8, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Specially Crafted ZIP Files Used to Bypass Secure Email Gateways

Attackers are always looking for new tricks to distribute malware without them being detected by antivirus scanners and secure email gateways. This was illustrated in a new phishing ...

November 8, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

The Direct Deposit Phish: Revisiting the Scene of the Crime

By Eric Howes, KnowBe4 Principal Lab Researcher. Well over a year ago we reported on the rise of a new form of CEO fraud in which malicious actors persuaded unwitting employees working in ...

November 7, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Exactly Why Is Replying to Phishing Attacks A Really Bad Idea?

PhishLabs warns that replying to a phishing email, even if you know it’s a scam, can lead to further attacks. Most phishing campaigns are automated and replying to them puts you on a ...

November 5, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

APWG Q3 Report: Phishing Attacks at Highest Level in Three Years

According to the APWG’s new Phishing Activity Trends Report, the number of phishing attacks continued to rise into the autumn of 2019. The total number of phishing sites detected by APWG ...

November 4, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Healthcare Industry Names KnowBe4 As The 2019 Top Rated Platform For Cybersecurity Training & Education

Black Book Market Research LLC surveyed over 2,876 security professionals from 733 provider organizations to identify gaps, vulnerabilities and deficiencies that persist in keeping ...

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