[New Phishing Template] See The Big Game SnoozeFest Highlights In 5 Minutes

Feb 4, 2019 10:14:58 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Here is a template that you can use to test your users and see if they will click on a Big Game related phishing attack. There are bad guys out there trying several scams to entice ...

[Brilliant New Social Engineering Phish] "Please Docusign: Funding For Your Business"

Jan 31, 2019 7:13:19 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A friend was sent this email and he forwarded it to me. It's a brilliant new social engineering phishing scam. It will sail through all your spam / malware filters and email protection ...

Scam Of The Week: CEO Fraud bad guys are now bribing your users

Jan 29, 2019 7:27:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Today saw the arrival of yet another interesting variant of the gift card phishing campaigns that have grown into a deluge over the past few months (see below). Today's email demonstrates ...

DNS Hijacking Almost Always Starts With A Successful Spear Phishing Attack

Jan 28, 2019 4:23:59 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

On Jan. 22, 2019, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which is a part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), issued Emergency Directive 19-01. The ...

Experts Warn to Expect More Targeted and Effective Ransomware and Phishing Attacks in 2019

Jan 25, 2019 2:23:42 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

While attack types do not appear to be changing in the coming year, experts see cybercriminals getting better at their craft, making it easier to separate you from your money and ...

Grand Jury Duty Vishing Fraud: A New Twist on an Old Scam

Jan 25, 2019 6:30:27 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Vishing - phone-based “voice phishing” – attacks are alive and well, taking victims of their time, emotions, and money. This new scam can scare you into becoming a victim.

Social Oversharing, Online Quizzes, and Prizes are the Makings of a New Form of Phishing

Jan 22, 2019 3:52:08 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Phishing is moving beyond the Inbox to your online experience in an effort to collect personal details and share out the attack on social networks, according to a new report from Akamai ...

[INFOGRAPHIC] Q4 2018 Top-Clicked Phishing Email Subjects from KnowBe4

Jan 22, 2019 9:35:52 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

KnowBe4 reports every quarter on the top-clicked phishing emails. Here we have the results for Q4 2018. We track three different categories: general email subjects, those related to ...

EY UK: "We've seen a huge proliferation of very successful phishing attacks"

Jan 21, 2019 5:13:04 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Bethan Moorcraft at InsuranceBusiness Mag UK wrote an excellent article about the current state of cyber insurance in Europe. Here is an extract with the link to the full article at the ...

Your Boss NEEDS To Read This WSJ Article About Our Power Grid And How The Russians Hacked It With Phishing

Jan 13, 2019 9:20:19 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

In a Jan 10, 2019 article, the Wall Street Journal reconstructed the worst known hack into the USA's power grid revealing attacks on hundreds of small contractors.

Email Security Gap Analysis: Survey Finds Phishing Is The No. 1 Attack That Worries IT Pros Most

Jan 12, 2019 6:34:32 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

There are a few companies that frequently report on so-called "email security gap analysis" numbers: Mimecast, Proofpoint and Cyren. They are all IT security companies that have email ...

The Government may be shut down, but the bad guys are not

Jan 10, 2019 2:18:49 PM By Eric Howes

By Eric Howes, KnowBe4 Principal Lab Researcher. Once again we are starting tax season, and malicious actors are spinning up phishing campaigns to exploit the myriad opportunities ...

It Only Takes 1 Phish: “Unremarkable” Phishing Attack Results in a Breach in the European Union’s Diplomatic Communications Network

Jan 9, 2019 7:02:51 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A three-year-long cyber-attack led to the successful breach of the all communications between all EU member states, putting countries and their futures at risk.

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[New Phishing Template] See The Big Game SnoozeFest Highlights In 5 Minutes

[Brilliant New Social Engineering Phish] "Please Docusign: Funding For Your Business"

Scam Of The Week: CEO Fraud bad guys are now bribing your users

DNS Hijacking Almost Always Starts With A Successful Spear Phishing Attack

Experts Warn to Expect More Targeted and Effective Ransomware and Phishing Attacks in 2019

Grand Jury Duty Vishing Fraud: A New Twist on an Old Scam

Social Oversharing, Online Quizzes, and Prizes are the Makings of a New Form of Phishing

[INFOGRAPHIC] Q4 2018 Top-Clicked Phishing Email Subjects from KnowBe4

EY UK: "We've seen a huge proliferation of very successful phishing attacks"

Your Boss NEEDS To Read This WSJ Article About Our Power Grid And How The Russians Hacked It With Phishing

Email Security Gap Analysis: Survey Finds Phishing Is The No. 1 Attack That Worries IT Pros Most

The Government may be shut down, but the bad guys are not

It Only Takes 1 Phish: “Unremarkable” Phishing Attack Results in a Breach in the European Union’s Diplomatic Communications Network

Phishing Kit Uses Custom Font Files to Decode Text

Air Force Targets Their Own Staff with a “Threat Emulation” to Understand Their Cyber Awareness and Readiness

New Clickbait Warning: "Captain America Star Hayley Atwell Nude Photos Hacked"

The IRS Warns of a 60% Increase in Phishing Attacks Targeting Tax Professionals

Gartner's Neil Wynne: "Email Phishing is a Growing Threat"

93% of Phishing Sites Leverage Encryption to Establish Credibility and Improve Attack Success

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