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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.

Report: Most Fraud Attacks Target Existing Customer Relationships

A new report from TransUnion has found that 81% of digital fraud attacks target existing customer relationships, with more than half of U.S. businesses reporting increased scam and fraud ...

Warning: Romance Scammers Are Targeting US Citizens For Money Laundering

Threat actors are using romance scams to trick U.S. citizens into acting as money mules, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Journal cites the example of Garrick Stafford, a 50-year-old ...

The Dishwasher Doesn’t Need a Soul, The Film Does.

People say they can spot AI writing a mile off. The em dashes. The word “delve.” The LinkedIn posts that begin with “I’ve been thinking a lot about leadership” and end without a single ...

[Cybersecurity Awareness Month] Why Your Best Incident Reporting Tool Is Behavioral, Not Software

During an incident, the most valuable intel is from people on the ground. Security teams rely on their colleagues across the organization to report issues quickly and without trying to ...

Report: 9 out of 10 Americans Have Been Targeted by Scams

91% of Americans have been targeted by a scam, and 17% have fallen victim to one, according to a new survey by Consumer Reports. Notably, 20% of respondents said the latest scam they ...

Extortion Groups are Impersonating Help Desks to Gain Initial Access

Researchers at ReliaQuest have observed a surge in voice phishing (vishing) and Microsoft Teams phishing over the past several months, particularly from extortion groups like ShinyHunters.

Report: Ransomware Attacks Involving Data Theft Are Surging

Ransomware attacks involving data theft have surged by 275% in 2026, according to a new report from Zscaler. Attackers exfiltrated more than 896.2 terabytes of data from victim ...

Two Systems, One Truth: Unifying Training Records Across SAT and LMS

Somewhere in your security and compliance stack, there are records that prove your employees completed their security awareness training. But when these records need to serve as evidence, ...

Warning: Attackers Are Tricking Employees Into Sharing Malicious Calendar Invites

Researchers at Fortra are tracking a new variant of calendar phishing in which threat actors trick employees into sharing meeting links internally. The attackers pose as prospective ...

Remove the Language Barrier from Your Training Program’s Global Rollout

At any given moment, there’s an employee somewhere in the world tuning out of a phishing training module that was translated from another language. Every word is rendered correctly, yet ...