Phishing-Based Data Breaches Take 295 Days to Contain and Breach Costs Soar to $4.91 Million

Jul 28, 2022 12:33:36 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Fresh data on data breach costs from IBM show phishing, business email compromise, and stolen credentials take the longest to identify and contain.

Microsoft 365 Users are Once Again the Target of Phishing Scams using Fake Voice Mail Messages

Jul 28, 2022 9:04:04 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Using a simple email containing a voice mail attachment, an ingenious phishing attack captures credentials while keeping track of the domains being attacked.

Hackers Use Free Email Accounts from QuickBooks to Launch Spoofed Phishing Attacks

Jul 28, 2022 9:04:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new attack uses one brand email domain to increase the chances of reaching an Inbox, while spoofing another brand to trick users into transitioning to a vishing attack.

Spear Phishing Campaign Targets Facebook Business Accounts

Jul 28, 2022 9:03:57 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers at WithSecure have discovered a spear phishing campaign targeting employees who have access to Facebook Business accounts. The attackers are targeting specific employees, and ...

IBM: Phishing is the Most Common Way to Gain Access to Victim Networks

Jul 28, 2022 8:55:52 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

New research from IBM shows four reasons why phishing attacks are still effective and remains the primary attack vector in 41% of cyberattacks.

KnowBe4 Top-Clicked Phishing Email Subjects for Q2 2022 [INFOGRAPHIC]

Jul 27, 2022 12:16:19 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

KnowBe4's latest quarterly report on top-clicked phishing email subjects is here. We analyze 'in the wild' attacks reported via our Phish Alert Button, top subjects globally clicked on in ...

Nearly Half of Organizations Have Experienced Vishing

Jul 27, 2022 8:50:32 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Forty-seven percent of organizations have experienced voice phishing (vishing) attacks over the past year, according to researchers at Mutare. Additionally, the researchers found that ...

[BEWARE] Microsoft and Facebook are the Most Abused Brands for Phishing Attempts

Jul 26, 2022 11:39:59 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

We all know that big brands can be exploited by bad actors in order to execute successful phishing attacks. Now a new study is showing phishing attacks leveraging big brands Microsoft and ...

Copyright Claim Email is a LockBit Ransomware Phishing Attack in Disguise

Jul 19, 2022 8:16:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The latest iteration in Copyright Claim scams is an evolution of this repeated attack method that has proven to get the attention – and response – of victims over the last few years.

Phishing Kit Imitates PayPal

Jul 18, 2022 10:32:56 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers at Akamai have discovered a PayPal phishing kit that attempts to steal victims’ identities as well as their financial information. The phishing page looks identical to ...

New Phishing Attacks Shame, Scare Victims into Surrendering Twitter, Discord Credentials

Jul 15, 2022 3:25:55 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new wave of social media phishing attacks are now using scare tactics to lure victims into sending their logins.

Phishing Attacks are the Most Prevalent Source of Identity-Related Breaches

Jul 14, 2022 4:27:06 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cybercriminals almost always need to leverage credentials as part of just about any kind of cyberattack. To no surprise, phishing and social engineering play a dominant role.

Facebook-Themed Scam Aims to Steal Your Credentials

Jul 14, 2022 4:27:03 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A creative mix of phishing emails, solid social engineering, use of Facebook Messenger, brand and site impersonation, and a sense of urgency all add up to a believable attack.

QuickBooks Phishing Scam is Back

Jul 14, 2022 8:39:27 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Scammers are continuing to abuse the QuickBooks tax accounting software to send phishing scams, according to Roger Kay at INKY.

[On-Demand Webinar] Hacks That Bypass Multi-Factor Authentication and How to Make Your MFA Solution Phishing Resistant

Jul 13, 2022 1:17:58 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The average person believes using Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) makes them significantly less likely to be hacked. That is simply not true! Hackers can bypass 90-95% of MFA solutions ...

Phishing Attack Steals $8 Million Worth of Cryptocurrency

Jul 13, 2022 9:09:08 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Scammers stole $8 million worth of Ethereum from users of the Uniswap cryptocurrency exchange, according to Sujith Somraaj at Decrypt. Notably, the attackers relied purely on social ...

KnowBe4’s 2022 Phishing By Industry Benchmarking Report Reveals that 32.4% of Untrained End Users Will Fail a Phishing Test

Jul 13, 2022 7:00:00 AM By Joanna Huisman

Once again, the human layer continues to be the most desirable attack vector for cybercriminals. 2022 marks the 5th year KnowBe4 has analyzed hundreds of millions of elements of data in ...

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