[HEADS UP] If You're a Fan of 'The Last of Us' You May be Targeted for These Campaigns

Feb 8, 2023 9:00:40 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The success of the TV adaption of this PlayStation game 'The Last of Us' has been a huge hit for fans. Unfortunately, this new series has attracted bad actors to exploit for their own ...

Do Not Fall Victim to Cyber Attacks – Find Out What the Latest Hiscox Report Reveals!

Feb 7, 2023 1:52:22 PM By Javvad Malik

Insurance provider Hiscox has published its fifth annual cyber readiness report, which has some eye-opening statistics.

Thinking Critically About Your Online Behavior

Feb 7, 2023 8:45:03 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Employees need to adjust their mindsets in order to defend themselves against social engineering attacks, according to Jonathon Watson at Clio. In an article for Dark Reading, Watson ...

[New Feature] Immediately Add User-Reported Email Threats to Your Microsoft 365 Blocklist from Your PhishER Console

Feb 7, 2023 8:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Now there’s a super easy way to keep malicious emails away from your users through the power of the KnowBe4 PhishER platform!

Your KnowBe4 Fresh Content Updates from January 2023

Feb 3, 2023 8:52:14 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Check out the 39 new pieces of training content added in January, alongside the always fresh content update highlights, events and new features.

BEC Group Launches Hundreds of Campaigns

Feb 2, 2023 9:14:15 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A business email compromise (BEC) gang has launched more than 350 attacks against organizations in the US, according to researchers at Abnormal Security. The threat actor, which Abnormal ...

KnowBe4 Wins Winter 2023 "Best of" Awards From TrustRadius in Multiple Categories

Feb 1, 2023 1:55:26 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

KnowBe4 is proud to be recognized by TrustRadius in the “Best Of” Awards for overall, best feature set, best relationship, and best value for price in the Security Awareness Training ...

[On-Demand] Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT and Cybersecurity: A Match Made in Heaven or a Hack Waiting to Happen?

Feb 1, 2023 9:24:06 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer science fiction.

Scammers Impersonate Financial Advisors Through Social Media Platforms

Feb 1, 2023 9:13:55 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A large scam campaign is targeting users on LinkedIn and other social media platforms posing as financial advisors, according to researchers at DomainTools. The researchers explain that ...

How South Africa's Largest Law Firm Was Fined R5.5m for Not Educating Customers

Jan 19, 2023 2:48:36 PM By Javvad Malik

Africa’s largest law firmordered to pay R5.5 million to a woman who fell victim to a hacking syndicate. When Judith Hawarden was buying a house, hackers changed the bank account number in ...

[New Feature] Continuously Monitor for Any Detected Password Vulnerabilities Within Your User Base with PasswordIQ

Jan 16, 2023 9:21:53 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

We’re thrilled to announce that the power of KnowBe4’s most popular free password security tool has been brought to your KnowBe4 console as a new feature!

Finance and Insurance Is the Sector Most Impacted by Data Breaches In 2022

Dec 30, 2022 2:40:01 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Analysis of the year’s breaches shows Finance and Insurance businesses are the most targeted and have lost a material count of records as a result.

One Out of 10 Threats Still Make It All the Way to the Endpoint

Dec 30, 2022 2:34:39 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Despite good intentions, layered security measures, and efficacy claims by security solution vendors, new data shows that email-based threats are still getting all the way to the Inbox.

Your KnowBe4 Fresh Content Updates from December 2022

Dec 30, 2022 9:21:35 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Check out the 36 new pieces of training content added in December, alongside the always fresh content update highlights and new features.

KnowBe4 Named a Leader in the Winter 2023 G2 Grid Report for Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR)

Dec 21, 2022 11:09:42 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

We are excited to announce that KnowBe4 has been named a leader in the Winter 2023 G2 Grid Report for Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) for the PhishER platform for ...

KnowBe4 Named a Leader in the Winter 2023 G2 Grid Report for Security Awareness Training

Dec 21, 2022 11:09:40 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

We are thrilled to announce that KnowBe4 has been named a leader in the latest G2 Grid Report that compares Security Awareness Training (SAT) vendors based on user reviews, customer ...

Ten Charged with BEC Healthcare Scheme That Took More than $11 Million

Dec 14, 2022 2:03:59 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Tricking five state Medicaid programs, two Medicare Administrative Contractors, and two private health insurers, the scammers posed as hospitals to alter payment details.

CISA Phishing Infographic Contains a Lot of Good Information

Dec 13, 2022 8:54:06 AM By Roger Grimes

On December 8th, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a great phishing infographic about data collected, lessons learned and recommendations learned from ...

[CASE STUDY] New-school Approach to Training and Simulated Phishing Shines Over Traditional LMS

Dec 12, 2022 1:49:34 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A U.S.-based enterprise manufacturing organization cut their Phish-prone Percentage™ (PPP) by more than 80% after five months using the KnowBe4 security awareness training and simulated ...

Incident Response Actions are Systematically Reversed by Hackers to Maintain Persistence

Dec 8, 2022 4:33:52 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Analysis of attacks on two cellular carriers have resulted in the identification of threat actions designed to undo mitigations taken by security teams mid-attack.

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