KnowBe4 Blog

Phishing

Learn about current phishing techniques, notable campaigns and attacks, what to watch out for 'in the wild', and more.

Massive phishing wave of account hijacks hits YouTube creators

Over the past few days, a massive wave of account hijacks has hit YouTube users, and especially creators in the auto-tuning and car review community, a ZDNet investigation discovered ...

PDF Phishing Attacks Using Microsoft OneDrive Surge Nearly 200%

Scammers use a mixture of familiar brand, unsuspecting users, legitimate document types and locations, and credential harvesting in this attack aimed at getting into your Office 365.

CEO Fraud Attacks Now Use Deepfake Audio and AI to Mimic Executives Over the Phone

While deepfake video gets most of the attention on social media, it’s deepfake audio that is quickly becoming the cybercriminal’s tools of choice for committing fraud.

Amazon Phishing Scam in Progress

HackRead has come across a phishing scam that’s trying to trick Amazon customers into handing over their account credentials, personal information, and financial details. The phishing ...

Microsoft Remains the Most Impersonated Brand in Phishing Attacks, with Facebook Phishing Surging

For the fifth quarter in a row, Microsoft is the favorite domain of choice for scammers using phishing attacks to lure their victims into clicking on malicious content.

Phishing Attacks Up, Especially Against SaaS And Webmail Services

Phishing attacks continued to rise into the summer of 2019 with cybercrime gangs’ focus on branded webmail and SaaS providers remaining very keen, according to the APWG report. The report ...

[Phishing Alert] UK Home Office primes Brexit spam cannon for a million texts reminding folk to check passports

The Register reported: "The UK Home Office will send a million text messages reminding people that the rules for travelling to the European Union will change in the event of a no-deal ...

Video Becomes the Next Big Bait for Social Engineering

Scammers are always looking for new ways to get potential victims to engage. It appears that the latest trend is to leverage our familiarity with watching video to spawn an attack.

Global Phishing Campaign Targets Universities

Researchers at Secureworks’ Counter Threat Unit (CTU) have been tracking a major phishing campaign that’s using library-themed emails to target more than sixty universities around the ...

Phishing Nightmare? New "Deadline" Email From Equifax Settlement Administrator Notifies of Changes in Filing.

You’d better check your email queue for a new email from The Equifax Breach Settlement Administrator that was sent out several days ago to those who previously filed a claim. It will ...