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Read the latest news about security awareness training, best practices, why you need it, and what happens when you don't have it in place.

[NEW BOOK!] Transformational Security Awareness: What Neuroscientists, Storytellers, and Marketers Can Teach Us About Driving Secure Behaviors

Knowbe4's very own Chief Evangelist Strategy Officer Perry Carpenter has written a brand new book! I recommend you pre-order at Amazon, here is the blurb from the new page promoting the ...

WOW, Phishing Attacks Are Now More Common Than Malware!

Microsoft’s security team is uniquely positioned to analyze trends in cyber security threats. Their frequent Security Intelligence Reports (SIR) are an excellent indicator of these ...

Beazley Data Reveals A 133% Increase In Business Email Compromise Incidents From 2017 To 2018

Business email compromises (BEC) accounted for 24% of the overall number of incidents reported to Beazley Breach Response (BBR) Services in 2018, compared to 13% in 2017, according to a ...

Bots Impersonate Organizations to Spread Disinformation

Four congressmen have written to the FBI to request an investigation into social media accounts that are impersonating veterans’ organizations in order to spread fake news, according to ...

[Heads-up] Cybercriminals Are Moving To Mobile Phishing for Gift Cards Scams

Scammers are shifting to SMS to carry out business email compromise (BEC) attacks, since text messaging offers less visibility to the victim and more flexibility to the attacker, says ...

Another Major Hack Of Singapore Government By Russian Cyber Criminals

SINGAPORE Straits Times reported that e-mail log-in information of employees in several government agencies and educational institutions, as well as details of more than 19,000 ...

[World Premiere] KnowBe4's New 12-Episode Security Awareness Video Series - The Inside Man

We’re excited to announce the world premiere of an innovative new security awareness video series for our customers called ‘The Inside Man’. In KnowBe4’s new 12-episode video series, a ...

Online Retail Experienced 28 Billion Credential Stuffing Attacks Occurred in the Second Half of 2018

Mass automated attacks using stolen credentials are on the rise, according to Akamai’s 2019 State of the Internet / Retail Attacks and API Traffic report, putting consumers and retailers ...

Software Supply Chains and Phishing Top Microsoft’s List of Greatest Cyberthreats

Microsoft’s latest Security Intelligence Report highlights the trends seen in 2018 with phishing as the preferred attack method and supply chains as a primary attack target.

Credentials and Personal Data Continue to be the Primary Targets of Social Engineering Scams

Targeted attacks are increasing, with cybercriminals focused on stealing information that can be used to impersonate a user and perpetuate their scams.