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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 Research] KnowBe4's Report is a Call to Action for Global Organizations to Improve Their Security Culture

We’re thrilled to announce the release of the 2024 Security Culture Report, which dives deep into how security measures affect organizations and the way employees act and feel at work.

The Average Malicious Website Exists for Less Than 10 Minutes

A new Chrome update brings to light Google findings about malicious websites that have serious implications on detecting malicious links, spoofed brands and the use of legitimate web ...

Cloud-Conscious Cyber Attacks Spike 110% as Threat Groups Sharpen their Attack Skills

New data shows increased expertise in leveraging and exploiting cloud environments.

FBI: Losses Due to Cybercrime Jump to $12.5 Billion as Phishing Continues to Dominate

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) newly-released Internet Crimes Report provides an unbiased big picture of the cyber crimes that were the most used and most successful.

CISA Recommends Continuous Cybersecurity Training

In an age when 70% - 90% of successful data breaches involve social engineering (which gets past all other defenses), sufficient training is needed to best reduce human-side cybersecurity ...

State-Sponsored Russian Phishing Campaigns Target a Variety of Industries

Researchers at IBM X-Force are monitoring several ongoing phishing campaigns by the Russian state-sponsored threat actor ITG05 (also known as “APT28” or “Fancy Bear”). APT28 has been tied ...

Phishing-as-a-Service Platforms LabHost and Frappo Help Threat Actors Target Canadian Banks

Analysis of attacks on banking institutions in Canada can be almost perfectly tied to the use and availability of phishing-as-a-service platforms, indicating increased use by threat ...

New Research: BEC Attacks Rose 246% in 2023

Business email compromise (BEC) attacks surged by 246% last year, according to researchers at ReliaQuest.The researchers believe the increase is due to widely available phishing kits that ...

The European Union's Unified Approach to Cybersecurity: The Cyber Solidarity Act

The construction of a more cyber resilient European Union (EU) took a remarkable step forward this past week as negotiators from the European Parliament and the European Council reached a ...

FBI's 2023 Internet Crime Report Highlights Alarming Trends on Ransomware

The specter of cybercrime continues to grow, with losses soaring to $12.5 billion in 2023, according to the recently released Internet Crime Report by the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint ...