Vishing Scams are Increasingly Difficult to Detect

Phone scams are becoming more convincing as attackers devise new ways to sound legitimate. KrebsOnSecurity recently spoke with several readers who'd been targeted by voice phishing, or ...

October 5, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

KnowBe4's Phish Alert Button Now Works With Outlook Mobile!

Do your users know what to do when they receive a suspicious email? Should they call the help desk, or forward it? Should they forward to IT including all headers? Delete and not report ...

October 3, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

Bleeding Edge Phishing Attack Uses Decoy PDF with Microsoft-issued SSL Cert

TL,DR: A recent phishing attack posing as a PDF decoy from a Denver law firm was stealing clients' Office 365 credentials. The phishing bait was hosted in Azure blob storage and contained ...

October 2, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

Worry About Phishing, Not Malware!

With so many security strategies revolving around the detection of malware, organizations forget the primary source of all their worries – phishing.

September 29, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

Kevin Mitnick weighs in on Facebook's big security breach

It was all over the news, and CNBC interviewed KnowBe4's very own Chief Hacking Officer Kevin Mitnick (note the StreetCred box on the right).

September 28, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

[InfoGraphic] 20 Ways to Block Mobile Attacks

To start your National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) here is a goodie for your users to kick things off.

September 28, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

Targeted Attacks Replace Spam Campaigns

Spam campaigns are all but dead. But lucrative targeted low-risk, high-yield cyber-attacks have risen to take their place, according to the European Union law enforcement agency Europol.

September 26, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

Ewww. Password managers can be tricked into believing that malicious Android apps are legitimate

Ewww. Something else to watch out for. Will it ever stop?. Ummm, no.

September 25, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

As Predicted, Hurricane Florence Phishing Scams are Circulating

We’ve noted in other posts that events like natural disasters are inevitably used as phishbait by scammers. The Atlantic hurricane season, which breeds storms like the recent and very ...

September 25, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

I Got Vished (and So Can Your Users)

Written by Guest Blogger Nick Cavalancia, Microsoft MVP Hear one cybersecurity expert’s experience of missing the signs and getting duped over the phone. If it can happen to him, it can ...

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