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Phishing

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

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August 16, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

Social Media Platforms Become Half of all Phishing Attack Targets

Social platforms are the current favorite target of cybercriminals, displacing financial institutions, providing cybercriminals with credentials to be used as launch points for further ...

August 14, 2023 Martin Kraemer

Beware of Clickbait PDF Phishing Attacks Lurking in Search Results

We previously reported independently on PDF-based phishing attacks skyrocketing and the rise of SEO attacks. A recent research study found that the combination of both is quite common. ...

August 11, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

Salesforce Becomes the Latest Platform to Unwittingly Aid Phishing Scammers

Cybercriminals used the legitimacy of Salesforce’s email gateway to bypass security scanners and target Meta customers in an effort to steal Facebook credentials.

August 11, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

Comcast: 9 out of 10 Attempts to Breach Customer Networks Start with a Phish

The latest data from Comcast Business’ analysis of over 23.5 billion cyber attacks on their business customers shows the importance and role of phishing in attacks.

August 9, 2023 KnowBe4 Team

Australians Reporting Alarming Number of Losses to Vishing and Smishing Scams

We know that scam calls (aka vishing) and scam SMSs (aka smishing) are out of control, and for most unaware Australians, they continue to cause pain and suffering. According to the ...

August 9, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

Record ¥3 bil stolen via phishing in Japan in 1st half of 2023

A record 2,322 scams in Japan to steal internet banking IDs and passwords have resulted in unauthorized money transfers totaling a record of around 3 billion yen ($21 million) in the ...

August 9, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

Wordfence Becomes the Latest Brand to be Impersonated Putting 800 Million Sites at Risk

With its wide use and trusted state among Wordpress developers and website admins, a new campaign impersonating the website security brand could put hundreds of millions of websites at ...

August 9, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

Scammers Exploit Twitter’s Transition to “X”

Scammers are taking advantage of Twitter’s rebranding to “X,” according to Stephanie Adlam at Gridinsoft. A phishing campaign is targeting Twitter Blue users by telling them they need to ...

August 8, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

KnowBe4’s Interactive Phishing Analysis Center: Keep Your Finger On The Pulse

As a security awareness practitioner, keeping your pulse on industry - and geographical - benchmarking data and best practices is always a good way to measure your organization’s security ...

August 8, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

Most Organizations Using Weak Multifactor Authentication

Most organizations are still using weak forms of multi-factor authentication (MFA), a survey by Nok Nok has found. These forms of MFA can be bypassed if an employee falls for a social ...

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