KnowBe4 Fresh Content Updates from May: Including New Mobile-First Training Modules

Jun 4, 2021 8:47:27 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Here are important fresh content updates and new features to share with you that happened in the month of May.

Fake Positive Reviews Mask Spoofed Browser Extensions

Jun 3, 2021 11:08:55 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Malicious browser extensions often have fake positive reviews to garner trust from users, according to Brian Krebs. Krebs describes a phony Microsoft Authenticator extension in the Google ...

Cyber Hygiene not a Focus for Cybersecurity Leaders, Despite Being Targets of Attacks Themselves

Jun 2, 2021 4:46:48 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

New findings from a survey of over 100 global cybersecurity leaders across all major industries sheds light on the apathy around needed proper cyber hygiene in their own lives.

Get Prepared Now: New Executive Order Signals Cyber Regulations in the Future

May 28, 2021 9:54:51 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The White House’s latest Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity provides insight into what organizations should expect in the future and what they need to do today.

Credential Stuffing the Financial Services Sector

May 21, 2021 8:54:50 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Credential stuffing in the financial services industry has risen significantly over the past year, according to Akamai’s latest State of the Internet / Security report. Credential ...

When Cryptocurrency Investments Really Are Too Good To Be True

May 19, 2021 2:49:41 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reports that victims have lost more than $80 million in cryptocurrency scams since October of last year, with about $2 million of that total going to ...

[NEW PhishER Feature] Flip the Script on Phishing Emails with PhishFlip

May 18, 2021 8:15:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

We are excited to announce the availability of PhishFlip™ as part of the PhishER product to all PhishER customers.

Email-Based Threats Increase 64% as Attacks Grow in Sophistication and Volume

May 12, 2021 8:18:54 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

New data from Mimecast shows how email-based threats are not only the greatest perceived concern, but are proving to be the reason for increased experienced attacks.

Your Organization Needs to Take Security Awareness Training More Seriously

May 11, 2021 4:08:50 PM By Roger Grimes

Your organization needs to take security awareness training (SAT) more seriously. I mean truly serious, really serious, and not relegated to some quasi-, semi-serious status that the vast ...

Fake Court Order Used to Take Over Domains

May 11, 2021 9:00:39 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Motherboard reports that a scammer used a phony court order to trick a domain registrar into giving them control over a domain that posted links to dark web drug markets. The scammer then ...

KnowBe4 Fresh Content Updates from April: Including New AI-Driven Phishing Feature

May 7, 2021 8:40:27 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Here are important fresh content updates and new features to share with you that happened in the month of April.

[NEW FEATURE] AI-Driven Phishing Helps Admins Deliver a Personalized Simulated Phishing Experience to Each User

May 6, 2021 4:50:21 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

We are excited to announce the availability of KnowBe4’s new AI-Driven Phishing feature. The KnowBe4 phishing platform now leverages machine learning to recommend and deliver informed and ...

UK IT Decision Makers Fear Their Remote Workers Put Company Data at Risk for Data Breach

May 4, 2021 11:23:23 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

According to an annual survey from Apricorn, UK IT decision makers are fearing the worst as their staff continues to work in a remote environment.

Do Ransomware Gangs Restore Data, Even After They're Paid?

May 4, 2021 9:23:28 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Only 8% of ransomware victims get all of their data back after paying the ransom, according to researchers at Sophos. The researchers found that, on average, victims who pay the ransom ...

May the 4th Be With You and Your Users!

May 4, 2021 9:20:09 AM By James McQuiggan

May the force be with you, May the fourth be with you, may the phish not attack you. Okay, so it does not quite rhyme, but you get the idea. We reach the fourth day of the fifth month of ...

Why Should We Care About Personal Smishing Attacks?

Apr 29, 2021 10:33:34 AM By Roger Grimes

I am not sure what is going on these days, but for several weeks, I have received far more SMS-based phishing (i.e., smishing) attacks than usual.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell Cites Cyberthreats as Current “Biggest Concern” to Financial Institutions

Apr 29, 2021 10:25:54 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Fears of a resurgence of COVID-19 and increased cyberattacks are mentioned as top risks that can materially impact the finance sector and the economy, by Jerome Powell in a recent ...

Researchers Warn of EtterSilent Facilitating Risky Malware Delivery

Apr 29, 2021 10:25:23 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cybercriminals are using a new malicious document builder dubbed “EtterSilent,” according to researchers at Intel 471. The builder is used to craft Microsoft Office documents with macros ...

Lazarus Group Uses New Technique to Avoid Detection

Apr 29, 2021 10:25:03 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

North Korea’s Lazarus group is using an interesting method to evade security measures, according to researchers at Malwarebytes. The threat actor is sending phishing emails with malicious ...

Evil Corp Tries to Work Around U.S. Treasury Sanctions Using Hades Ransomware

Apr 29, 2021 10:24:44 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The cybercriminal group linked to over $100 Million in financial damages has pivoted their execution strategy to bypass sanctions that prevent U.S. companies from paying them ransom.

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