Unmasking the Threat: Why Phishing Scams are Surging in Japan

Jun 15, 2024 10:11:49 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Japan has a large number of Forbes Global 2000 corporations--more than the UK, Germany, and France combined. Despite this economic strength, Japan faces an alarming and growing threat ...

Phishing Campaign Targets Job Seekers With WARMCOOKIE Backdoor

Jun 14, 2024 3:47:55 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A phishing campaign is impersonating recruiting firms to target job seekers with a new strain of malware, according to researchers at Elastic Security.

The Global Reach of Cyber Threats: Why Security Awareness Training is More Important Than Ever

Jun 14, 2024 3:47:49 PM By Javvad Malik

Based on news cycles within cybersecurity, it's easy to fall into the trap of thinking that threats only come from certain parts of the world or that they only target specific industries. ...

Cybercriminals Use New V3B Phishing Kit to Mimic 54 Different Banks in the European Union

Jun 13, 2024 2:32:39 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new phishing-as-a-service toolkit that leverages credential interception and anti-detection capabilities has put EU banks at severe risk of fraud.

Phishing With Deepfakes for HK$200 Million

Jun 13, 2024 2:29:59 PM By Martin Kraemer

My hacker story occurred not too long ago at the Hong Kong office of an undisclosed multinational corporation. The hackers pulled off a first-of-its-kind scam that leveraged a phishing ...

New Research Shows An Alarming Trend of Phishing Attacks Doubling For US and European Organizations

Jun 12, 2024 3:25:33 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cybercriminals never sleep, and their aim keeps getting better. According to new research from Abnormal Security, phishing attacks targeting organizations in Europe shot up by a ...

Sinister "More_eggs" Malware Cracks Into Companies by Targeting Hiring Managers

Jun 11, 2024 11:54:29 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Job seekers, beware - cybercriminals have a nasty new way to slide their malicious code on corporate networks. Researchers have uncovered a devious phishing campaign that's distributing ...

DarkGate Malware Being Spread Via Excel Docs Attached To Phishing Emails

Jun 11, 2024 8:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A phishing campaign is spreading the DarkGate malware using new techniques to evade security filters, according to researchers at Cisco Talos.

New HR-Themed Credential Harvesting Phishing Attack Uses Legitimate Signature Platform Yousign

Jun 11, 2024 8:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new phishing campaign is exploiting the eSignature platform Yousign.

Bruce Schneier: "AI Will Increase the Quantity—and Quality—of Phishing Scams"

Jun 11, 2024 6:49:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Wow. It does not happen often that the godfather of infosec comes out this strong about phishing risks. He co-published new research in the Harvard Business Review May 30, 2024, which in ...

Nearly Three-Quarters of Organizations Were the Target of Attempted Business Email Compromise Attacks

Jun 7, 2024 2:20:40 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

New data highlights just how dangerous Business Email Compromise attacks are.

Fighting Phishing: Everything You Can Do to Fight Social Engineering and Phishing

Jun 7, 2024 8:16:24 AM By Roger Grimes

I have created a comprehensive webinar, based on my recent book, “Fighting Phishing: Everything You Can Do to Fight Social Engineering and Phishing”. It contains everything that KnowBe4 ...

Social Engineering Scams Can Come in the Mail, Too

Jun 6, 2024 8:27:18 AM By Roger Grimes

Social engineering scams can come through any communications channel (e.g., email, web, social media, SMS, phone call, etc.). They can even come in the mail as the Nextdoor warning below ...

“Operation Endgame” Ends with the Arrest of 4 Cybercriminal Suspects and 100 Servers

Jun 6, 2024 8:27:15 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Coordinated efforts between law enforcement agencies across nine countries has resulted in a major disruption of a threat group’s malware and ransomware operations.

Email Compromise Continues to Dominate as Top Threat Incident Type as Tactics Evolve

Jun 4, 2024 1:14:16 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

As email compromise attacks increase, analysis of tactics provides context on how organizations need to evolve their defenses.

[NEW RESEARCH]: KnowBe4’s 2024 Phishing by Industry Benchmarking Report Reveals that 34.3% of Untrained End Users Will Fail a Phishing Test

Jun 4, 2024 8:00:00 AM By Joanna Huisman

The prevalence of cyber crime continues to soar, victimizing individuals in both their work and private lives. Cybercriminals are indiscriminate, targeting around the clock and across the ...

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Unmasking the Threat: Why Phishing Scams are Surging in Japan

Phishing Campaign Targets Job Seekers With WARMCOOKIE Backdoor

The Global Reach of Cyber Threats: Why Security Awareness Training is More Important Than Ever

Cybercriminals Use New V3B Phishing Kit to Mimic 54 Different Banks in the European Union

Phishing With Deepfakes for HK$200 Million

New Research Shows An Alarming Trend of Phishing Attacks Doubling For US and European Organizations

Sinister "More_eggs" Malware Cracks Into Companies by Targeting Hiring Managers

DarkGate Malware Being Spread Via Excel Docs Attached To Phishing Emails

New HR-Themed Credential Harvesting Phishing Attack Uses Legitimate Signature Platform Yousign

Bruce Schneier: "AI Will Increase the Quantity—and Quality—of Phishing Scams"

Nearly Three-Quarters of Organizations Were the Target of Attempted Business Email Compromise Attacks

Fighting Phishing: Everything You Can Do to Fight Social Engineering and Phishing

Social Engineering Scams Can Come in the Mail, Too

“Operation Endgame” Ends with the Arrest of 4 Cybercriminal Suspects and 100 Servers

Email Compromise Continues to Dominate as Top Threat Incident Type as Tactics Evolve

[NEW RESEARCH]: KnowBe4’s 2024 Phishing by Industry Benchmarking Report Reveals that 34.3% of Untrained End Users Will Fail a Phishing Test

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New Transparent Phishing Attacks Leverage Cloudflare Worker Serverless Computing

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