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Phishing

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

Securing Employee Identities: Expert Tips for Identity Management Day 2025

With this week being Identity Management Day on April 8th, it's the perfect reminder for organizations to focus on protecting their employees' digital identities.

Russian Threat Actor Launches Spear-Phishing Campaign Against Ukrainians

The Russian threat actor Gamaredon is targeting Ukrainians with spear-phishing documents related to troop movements, according to researchers at Cisco Talos.

The Real Deal: How Cybercriminals Exploit Legitimate Domains

When it comes to secure email gateways (SEGs), the narrative is quite simple. For years, organizations have relied on SEGs as the foundation of their email security.

Upgraded Phishing-as-a-Service Platform Drives a Wave of Smishing Attacks

A phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform dubbed ‘Lucid’ is driving a surge in SMS phishing (smishing) attacks, according to researchers at Prodaft.

Online Gaming Platform Steam Tops List of Most Imitated Brands For the First Time

Steam was the most impersonated brand in phishing attacks during the first quarter of 2025, according to a new report from Guardio. The researchers note that the gaming platform’s surge ...

Phishing Attacks Lead to Theft in the Shipping Industry

Phishing attacks are driving a surge in “double brokering” scams in the shipping industry, according to Christian Reilly, Cloudflare’s Field CTO for EMEA.

[Heads Up] QR Code Phishing is Getting More Stealthy Fast

Attackers are using new tactics in QR code phishing (quishing) attacks, according to researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42.

Most Phishing Emails Rely Purely on Social Engineering

99% of phishing emails that reached inboxes last year did not contain malware, according to a new report from Fortra.

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.

Amount of Money Requested In BEC Attacks Nearly Doubled in Q4 2024

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) ...

The Human Element: Addressing Cybersecurity Risk in Danish and Swedish Organizations

We recently conducted research in Denmark and Sweden to understand security culture in local organizations better.

Act Now: Phishing-as-a-Service Attacks are on the Rise

Phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platforms drove a surge in phishing attacks in the first two months of 2025, according to researchers at Barracuda.

Hundreds of Malicious Android Apps Received 60 Million Downloads

Bitdefender warns that a major ad fraud campaign in the Google Play Store resulted in more than 60 million downloads of malicious apps.

Key Takeaways from the KnowBe4 2025 Phishing Threat Trends Report

Our latest Phishing Threat Trends Report explores the evolving phishing landscape in 2025, from renewed tactics to emerging attack techniques.

Phishing Attacks Abuse Microsoft 365 to Bypass Security Filters

Threat actors are abusing Microsoft’s infrastructure to launch phishing attacks that can bypass security measures, according to researchers at Guardz.

The Cybersecurity Confidence Gap: Are Your Employees as Secure as They Think?

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.

Booking.com Phishing Scam Targets Employees in the Hospitality Sector

A phishing campaign is impersonating travel agency Booking.com to target employees in the hospitality industry, according to researchers at Microsoft.

98% Spike in Phishing Campaigns Leveraging Russian (.ru) Domains

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 ...

Make Your Real Emails Less Phishy

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 ...

245% Increase in SVG Files Used to Obfuscate Phishing Payloads

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) ...


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