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.
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Learn about current phishing techniques, notable campaigns and attacks, what to watch out for 'in the wild', and more.
INKY has published its annual report on email security, finding that phishing accounted for 30% of all reported cybercrimes last year.
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) ...
We recently conducted research in Denmark and Sweden to understand security culture in local organizations better.
Phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platforms drove a surge in phishing attacks in the first two months of 2025, according to researchers at Barracuda.
Bitdefender warns that a major ad fraud campaign in the Google Play Store resulted in more than 60 million downloads of malicious apps.
Our latest Phishing Threat Trends Report explores the evolving phishing landscape in 2025, from renewed tactics to emerging attack techniques.
Threat actors are abusing Microsoft’s infrastructure to launch phishing attacks that can bypass security measures, according to researchers at Guardz.
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.
A phishing campaign is impersonating travel agency Booking.com to target employees in the hospitality industry, according to researchers at Microsoft.
A KnowBe4 Threat Lab publication Authors: Martin Kraemer, Jeewan Singh Jalal, Anand Bodke, and James Dyer EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: We observed a 98% rise in phishing campaigns hosted on Russian ...
I infrequently get emails from customers who are frustrated because their employer sent out some legitimate mass email to all employees that unfortunately had all the hallmarks of a ...
A KnowBe4 Threat Labs Publication Authors: James Dyer and Cameron Sweeney The KnowBe4 Threat Research team has observed a sustained increase in the use of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) ...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer just a tool—it is a game changer in our lives, our work as well as in both cybersecurity and cybercrime.
Microsoft warns that a widespread malvertising campaign hit nearly one million devices around the world. The campaign, which began on illegal streaming sites, impacted both consumer and ...
I’ve been in the cybersecurity industry for over 36 years. Surprisingly, hackers and malware haven't changed all that much.
A KnowBe4 Threat Lab Publication Authors: Martin Kraemer, James Dyer, and Lucy Gee Much like sending a phishing email from a compromised account, cybercriminals can boost the ...
A new report from Arctic Wolf has found that 96% of ransomware attacks now involve data theft as criminals seek to force victims to pay up.
Researchers at Juniper Threat Labs warn that phishing attacks are utilizing a new obfuscation technique to hide malicious JavaScript.
Recently, Dr. Martin J. Kraemer, Security Awareness Advocate at KnowBe4, and Dr. William Seymour, Lecturer in Cybersecurity at King’s College London released a Whitepaper called: ...
If you haven’t been paying attention closely enough, a new type of access control token, like a super browser token on steroids, is becoming hackers' theft target of choice.
