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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.

[Watch Your Back] New Fake Chrome Update Error Attack Targets Your Users

Compromised websites (legitimate sites that have been successfully compromised to support social engineering) are serving visitors fake Google Chrome update error messages.

Automate Reporting for Security Awareness Training Events and Suspicious Email Remediation Management with Cortex XSOAR and KnowBe4

Security teams face unique challenges in today’s rapidly-changing landscape of phishing, malware, and other social engineering and cybersecurity threats. Collaboration across disparate ...

Your KnowBe4 Fresh Content Updates from April 2023

Check out the 19 new pieces of training content added in April, alongside the always fresh content update highlights, events and new features.

Recruiting Money Mules

Money mules play a subordinate but important role in the criminal economy. They’re used to move stolen funds around, a low-level version of illicit remittance and money laundering. ...

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

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

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

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 ...

[Free Tool] See Which Users Are Susceptible to Risky Security Behavior with SecurityCoach Free Preview!

The human factor is involved in 82% of data breaches, according to the 2022 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. Cybercriminals use social engineering techniques like phishing, ...

Your KnowBe4 Fresh Content Updates from March 2023

Check out the 49 new pieces of training content added in March, alongside the always fresh content update highlights, events and new features.

"We are hurtling toward a glitchy, spammy, scammy, AI-powered internet."

This MIT Technology Review headline caught my eye, and I think you understand why. They described a new type of exploit called prompt injection.

Mid-Sized Businesses Lack the Staffing, Expertise, and Resources to Defend Against Cyberattacks

Mid-sized businesses – those with 250 to 2000 employees – don’t appear to have what they need to fend off attacks in a number of critical ways.

Majority of Government Employees are Partially Working Virtually Despite Increased User-Related Cyber Risks

New global data shows that those government employees that work solely in the office are the new minority, IT lacks visibility, and user actions put the government at risk.

Confessions of a Former 'The Inside Man' Skeptic

I remember sitting in Stu Sjouwerman’s office with Perry Carpenter and myself being pitched a drama series about cyber security by Jim Shields (Creative Director - Twist & Shout) and ...

KnowBe4 Debuts Season 5 of Netflix-Style Security Awareness Series - ‘The Inside Man’

We’re thrilled to announce the long-awaited fifth season of the award-winning KnowBe4 Original Series - “The Inside Man” is now available in the KnowBe4ModStore!

Oversharing Is a Risk to Information Security

Younger employees need to be wary of oversharing company information on social media, according to John Karabin, senior director of cybersecurity at NTT Ltd. In an article for ...

When a USB Flash Drive is Actually a Bomb

A journalist based in Ecuador recently used a USB flash drive that was actually a legitimate bomb.

Bill 96 in Québec Brings Up Important Point About Training in Native Language Everywhere

A new law in Québec, Canada, that goes into effect this June will require all policies and training materials assigned to employees within the province be provided in French.

Phishing Attacks Top List of Initial Access Vectors with Backdoor Deployment as Top Objective

New data looking back at the cyber attacks observed in 2022 shows that phishing continues to dominate as initial access brokers seem to be growing their business using backdoors.

[FREE RESOURCE KIT] New Phishing Security Resource Kit Now Available!

Phishing emails increase in volume every month and every year, so we created this free resource kit to help you defend against attacks. Request your kit now to learn phishing mitigation ...

Three-Quarters of Organizations Have Experienced an Increase in Email-Based Threats

New data on the state of email security shows that nearly every organization has been the target of a phishing attack as attacks increase in sophistication.

Season 5 of ‘The Inside Man’ From KnowBe4 Is Less Than a Month Away!

We’re thrilled to announce that Season 5 of the award-winning Knowbe4 Original Series - “The Inside Man” is less than a month away!


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