Is the Secret to Stopping Cyberattacks Making Users "Phishing Aware"?

Nov 30, 2020 10:02:08 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The sheer volume of successful phishing attacks indicates that security solutions – at very least – aren’t stopping all attacks. So how does security awareness training help top attacks ...

[Heads-Up] A Hacker Is Selling Access To The Email Accounts Of Hundreds Of C-Level Executives

Nov 27, 2020 11:52:05 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

ZDNet's Zero Day column just reported one of the best reasons why you should step your users through new-school security awareness training yet:

How Many Phishing Sites? Over 2 Million in 2020 (so far)

Nov 24, 2020 9:47:27 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Google has flagged 2.02 million phishing sites since the beginning of the year, averaging forty-six thousand sites per week, according to researchers at Atlas VPN. The researchers note ...

Famous U.K. Soccer Club Becomes the Next Victim of a Cyber Attack

Nov 23, 2020 8:59:28 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The famous UK soccer club Manchester United recently became the next victim of a cyber attack. The club stated that the personal data from fans have not been stolen.

[Scam of the Week] Black Friday & Cyber Monday Top 10 Cybersecurity Tips

Nov 23, 2020 7:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The bad guys are at it again with holiday phishing scams, and this time from the comfort of your user's home. Because we are in the middle of a pandemic, retailers have already started ...

OPSEC, OPSEC, OPSEC...

Nov 21, 2020 10:17:11 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The BBC reported: "A Dutch journalist managed to gatecrash a confidential video conference of EU defense ministers. Daniel Verlaan of RTL Nieuws joined the meeting after the Dutch defence ...

[HEADS UP] Allowing Site Notifications Can be Very Costly

Nov 18, 2020 9:25:10 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Krebs on Security reported that there have been an increasing number of websites asking visitors to approve 'notifications'. In most cases these notifications are not malicious, but ...

KnowBe4 Wins Tampa Bay Tech's 2020 Company of the Year Award

Nov 16, 2020 1:22:21 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

We have officially won the Tampa Bay Tech's 2020 Tech Company of the Year Award!

Scammers Target Singles Day Shoppers

Nov 12, 2020 8:16:14 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Shoppers need to be on the lookout for scammers as Singles Day begins in China and other countries around the world, the BBC reports. Singles Day is the world’s largest online shopping ...

Emotet Makes Another Comeback with New Tactics, Techniques and Procedures

Nov 11, 2020 4:02:29 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

New analysis of Q3 shows Emotet attacks on the rise, complete with new methods and features that have impacted governments and enterprise businesses alike.

University Research Shows Security Awareness Training is a Necessary Layer of Defense

Nov 11, 2020 8:58:46 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A research paper in the Journal of Computer Information Systems says that security awareness training is a necessary complement to technical defenses and security policies, SC Magazine ...

Threat Actors Use Fake Sites for Espionage

Nov 10, 2020 8:21:20 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers at Volexity report that the Vietnamese threat actor OceanLotus has been using phony news and bogus activist websites to track users, or to trick them into downloading malware. ...

Cyber Security Awareness Month is Over... Now What?

Nov 9, 2020 2:52:31 PM By Javvad Malik

October was Cyber Security Awareness Month, the month during which many organisations and individuals contributed their ideas, shared content and helped educate each other on the ...

Unfortunate Learning Lessons from Clicking on a Suspicious Phishing Email

Nov 5, 2020 11:19:02 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Israeli news source YNet released a story about a woman who clicked on a suspicious phishing link, was fired from her job, and was accused of fraud with a criminal indictment.

Phishing Links Sent Via Legitimate Google Drive Notifications

Nov 5, 2020 8:24:27 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Scammers are abusing a Google Drive feature to send phishing links in automated email notifications from Google, WIRED reports. By mentioning a Google user in a Drive document, the ...

Famous VC Firm: "The New Attack Surface is Your Life"

Nov 2, 2020 8:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

As a CEO with VC investors, I follow what happens in the venture capital space and what things VCs are interested in regarding their investment strategies. I was happily surprised to see ...

KnowBe4 Fresh Content Updates from October: Including New SCIM Integration Support for Azure Active Directory

Oct 30, 2020 8:30:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Here are important fresh content updates and new features to share with you for the month of October.

Don't Neglect the Threat of Vishing

Oct 29, 2020 8:18:11 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

People need to help raise awareness about voice phishing scams, or vishing, according to Paul Ducklin at Naked Security. While phone scams have been around for years, they remain ...

Cybersecurity Awareness Month Weekly Tip: Security Awareness Training

Oct 29, 2020 8:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Each week during Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we’re going to be sharing in-depth weekly cybersecurity tips from our informative evangelists to help your users make smarter security ...

Here Are Some Truly Scary Social Media Stats!

Oct 28, 2020 8:39:34 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Scamming incidents have increased by 519% in 2020 compared to last year, according to researchers at Baltimore-based ZeroFOX. The researchers compared their own data to a recent report ...

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