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Phishing

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

[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 ...

KnowBe4 Report Reveals 33% of Untrained End Users Fail Phishing Tests

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

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.

[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.

Microsoft Describes a Sophisticated Phishing Campaign that Targeted Several Financial Organizations

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

[SCAM OF THE WEEK] Summer Scams Your Users Should Watch Out For

While your users are getting ready for their next beach vacation, cybercriminals are preparing for their opportunity to strike. Check Point Research warns about this and common phishing ...

Why Companies Have Great Success Training Employees With Simulated Phishing Tests

We occasionally learn of articles and papers that claim that security awareness training and/or simulated phishing campaigns are not effective. We don’t want to disparage what these ...

Verizon: Pretexting Now Tops Phishing in Social Engineering Attacks

The New Verizon DBIR is a treasure trove of data. As we covered here, and here, people are one of the most common factors contributing to successful data breaches. Let’s drill down a bit ...

Smishing Campaign Expands to the Middle East

A Chinese-speaking phishing gang has expanded its targeting from the Asia-Pacific region to the Middle East, researchers at Group-IB have found. The gang, which the researchers call ...

Why Do You Still Need Security Awareness Training If You Use Phishing-Resistant MFA?

For years, KnowBe4 has been a long-time proponent of everyone using PHISHING-RESISTANT multi-factor authentication (MFA) whenever possible.