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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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June 23, 2023 Roger Grimes

Want To Stop All Scams? Here Is How!

There are many ways to be socially engineered and phished, including email, websites, social media, SMS texts, chat services, phone calls and in-person. These days, it is hard to sell ...

June 23, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

“Picture in Picture” Phishing Attack Technique Is So Simple, It Works

Using credibility-building imagery and creating a need for the user to click what may or may not be perceived as an image is apparently all it takes to engage potential phishing victims.

June 23, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

Banking and Retail Top the List of Industries Targeted by Social Media Phishing Attacks

Using an external platform trusted by potential victims is proving to be a vital tool in the cybercriminal’s arsenal. New data shows the state of the threat and who’s at risk.

June 22, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

Extremely Persistent Threat Group Demonstrates a Strong Understanding of the Modern Incident Response Frameworks

A threat actor tracked as “Muddled Libra” is using the 0ktapus phishing kit to gain initial access to organizations in the software automation, business process outsourcing, ...

June 21, 2023 Martin Kraemer

Is AI-Generated Disinformation on Steroids About To Become a Real Threat for Organizations?

A researcher was alerted to a fake website containing fake quotes that appeared to be written by himself. The age of generative artificial intelligence (AI) toying with our public ...

June 21, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

[Eyes Open] The FTC Reveals The Latest Top Five Text Message Scams

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has published a data spotlight outlining the most common text message scams. Phony bank fraud prevention alerts were the most common type of text ...

June 20, 2023 KnowBe4 Team

KnowBe4’s 2023 Phishing By Industry Benchmarking Report Reveals that 33.2% of Untrained End Users Will Fail a Phishing Test

Cybercriminals still know that the easiest way to successfully infiltrate an organization is through its people.

June 15, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

New Survey Shows 40% of People Searching for a Job Encountered a Scam

A survey by PasswordManager.com has found that one in three job seekers has fallen for, and responded to, fake job scams over the past two years.

June 14, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

[INFOGRAPHIC] KnowBe4’s SecurityCoach: Top 10 Risky Behaviors

Real-time security coaching helps improve your organization’s security culture by enabling real-time coaching of your users in response to risky security behaviors.

June 13, 2023 Stu Sjouwerman

Microsoft Describes a Sophisticated Phishing Campaign that Targeted Several Financial Organizations

Microsoft describes a sophisticated phishing campaign that targeted several financial organizations.

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