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Globally, One-Third of Organizations Experience Ransomware Attacks Weekly

The latest data from Australian telecommunications provider Telstra shows ransomware is running rampant, with security breaches not far behind in frequency.

Cyber Crime Refines Their Social Engineering Tactics

Attackers are improving their strategies by accounting for new developments in technology, Help Net Security reports. Researchers at FireEye analyzed 1.3 billion phishing emails and ...

Enter Facebook's Libra, with Scammers in its Train

Within twenty-four hours of Facebook’s announcement of its new Libra cryptocurrency and Calibra digital wallet, more than three-hundred sites were registered with domain names associated ...

Dridex Credential Stealer Returns With New Antivirus Evasion - Including Application Whitelisting

SCMag reported that a new strain of the notorious Dridex malware has been spotted using polymorphism antivirus evasion techniques in phishing emails. The Dridex credential-stealer that ...

Brand-New Tool: Social Media Phishing Test Checks for Users Vulnerable to Social Media Related Attacks

Phishing is still the #1 threat action used in social engineering attacks, and spear phishing, in particular, takes advantage of your users’ socially networked lives.

Instagram Vanity Makes for Vulnerability

Scammers are targeting Instagram users with phony offers to verify their accounts in order to receive Instagram’s blue checkmark, Threatpost reports. Researchers at Sucuri came across a ...

New Malware Pretends to Be You by Matching Your Keystroke Characteristics

Cybersecurity researchers have developed a new keystroke impersonation attack that avoids being detected by keystroke-based biometric security solutions.

Microsoft Kills Password Expiration Policy Recommendation with Latest Security Baseline for Windows 10

This change from Microsoft highlights the need for organizations to readdress the user-based insecurity of passwords caused by password expirations.

KnowBe4 Fresh Content and Feature Updates - June 2019

Check out the content and feature updates in the KnowBe4 platform for the month of June!

Chinese Hackers Infiltrate Global Telecom Networks With Spear Phishing

The WSJ revealed a brazen hack by Chinese state-sponsored bad actors who totally owned more than 10 global telecom networks, and had full admin access to their networks. They were able to ...