Phishing Campaign Attempts to Bypass iOS Protections

An SMS phishing (smishing) campaign is attempting to trick Apple device users into disabling measures designed to protect them against malicious links, BleepingComputer reports.

January 17, 2025 Roger Grimes

Effective Security Awareness Training Really Does Reduce Data Breaches

Social engineering and phishing are involved in 70% - 90% of data breaches. No other root cause of malicious hacking (e.g., unpatched software and firmware, eavesdropping, cryptography ...

January 17, 2025 Stu Sjouwerman

Your KnowBe4 Compliance Plus Fresh Content Updates from December 2024

Check out the December updates in Compliance Plus so you can stay on top of featured compliance training content.

January 17, 2025 Stu Sjouwerman

Ransomware Gangs Claimed More Than 5,000 Attacks in 2024

Ransomware groups claimed responsibility for 5,461 attacks in 2024, with 1,204 of these attacks being publicly confirmed by victim organizations, according to Comparitech’s latest ...

January 16, 2025 Stu Sjouwerman

Your KnowBe4 Fresh Content Updates from December 2024

Check out the 52 new pieces of training content added in December, alongside the always fresh content update highlights, new features and events.

January 15, 2025 Stu Sjouwerman

Japan Attributes More Than 200 Cyberattacks to China Threat Actor "MirrorFace"

Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) has attributed more than 200 cyber incidents over the past five years to the China-aligned threat actor “MirrorFace,” Infosecurity Magazine reports.

December 31, 2024 Stu Sjouwerman

FTC Warns Immigrants About Rising Social Media Immigration Scams

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued an urgent warning about a surge in immigration scams targeting immigrants and their families on social media platforms like Facebook.

December 23, 2024 Roger Grimes

"Get Beyond Security Awareness Training" Does Not Mean Forgetting About It

KnowBe4 is a big believer in focusing on decreasing human risk as the best way to decrease cybersecurity risk in most environments.

December 20, 2024 Roger Grimes

James Bond-Style Scamming Profits Explode

There is a type of scam where victims are contacted by someone fraudulently posing as a popular trusted entity (e.g., Amazon, U.S. Post Office, etc.), law enforcement, or an intelligence ...

December 18, 2024 Stu Sjouwerman

Phishing Campaign Targets YouTube Creators

An email phishing campaign is targeting popular YouTube creators with phony collaboration offers, according to researchers at CloudSEK. The emails contain OneDrive links designed to trick ...

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