It’s Official – Generative AI Has Made Phishing Emails Foolproof

The most basic use of tools like ChatGPT to script out professional-looking emails has all but eliminated improperly written content as an indicator of a potential phishing scam.
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Pharma Industry Seeing Reduction in Data Breach Costs, But Still Have Much to Do

Insights from IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report on the Pharmaceutical Industry shows that while the overall cost has improved, there are clear areas of risk that need to be addressed.
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Facebook Messenger Becomes the Delivery Mechanism for Infostealer Malware Attack

Millions of business accounts on Facebook are the target of a new malware attack, which is seeing a success rate of 1 out of 70, causing concern for the security of corporate credentials.
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Cyber Insurance Claims Increased by 12% in First Half of 2023, Attacks More Frequent and Severe Than Ever

The latest cyber claims report from Coalition, a digital risk insurance provider, finds a 12% increase in cyber insurance claims in the first half of 2023 over the second half of 2022, ...
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[LIVE DEMO] Are Your Users Making Risky Security Mistakes? Deliver Real-Time Coaching in Response to Risky User Behavior with SecurityCoach

Do you need an easy, automated way to provide real-time feedback the moment your users make risky mistakes to help reinforce the training campaigns you manage today?
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Why BJ Fogg and Daniel Kahneman Are Big Security Pro Must-Knows

You're no stranger to the complexities of safeguarding your organization's digital assets. But have you considered the human element in your security equation? Behavioral economics, ...
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New Wave of Hospitality Phishing Attacks: Compromise User Credentials, Then Go Phish

The hospitality sector is seeing a new wave of phishing attacks. These new attacks are more plausible because they begin with compromised credentials and move to fraudulent emails sent ...
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Data Breach Costs Rise, But Cybersecurity Pros Still Take Risks

The latest data from IBM shows that the average cost of a data breach has gone up by 2% to a whopping $4.45 million. You would think that in the cybersecurity industry, people would be ...
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Organizations Tie Executive Pay to Cybersecurity Performance Hoping To Enhance Protection Against Hackers

Organizations have started to recognize the importance of tying executive pay to cybersecurity metrics. This practice is gaining traction among the largest U.S. companies, with nine ...
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[INFOGRAPHIC] Q2 2023 Top-Clicked Phishing Test Results Favor HR-Related Subjects

KnowBe4's latest reports on top-clicked phishing email subjects have been released for Q2 2023. We analyze 'in the wild' attacks reported via our Phish Alert Button, top subjects globally ...
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The Urgent Need For Cyber Resilience in Healthcare

A US hospital closed two years after a ransomware incident, highlighting that the health sector continues to be under threat.
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[INFOGRAPHIC] KnowBe4’s Content Library by the Numbers

KnowBe4 offers the world’s largest library of always-fresh security awareness and compliance training content that includes assessments, interactive training modules, videos, games, ...
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[LIVE DEMO] Are Your Users Making Risky Security Mistakes? Deliver Real-Time Coaching in Response to Risky User Behavior with SecurityCoach

Do you need an easy, automated way to provide real-time feedback the moment your users make risky mistakes to help reinforce the training campaigns you manage today?
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Unleashing the Power of Incident Reporting: Strengthening Security and Compliance

Whether it is reporting a phishing email or something that might be illegal that a coworker is doing, your employees should be a strong last line of defense for security and compliance.
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[INFOGRAPHIC] KnowBe4’s SecurityCoach: Top 10 Risky Behaviors

Real-time security coaching helps improve your organization’s security culture by enabling real-time coaching of your users in response to risky security behaviors.
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Warning: Sharing Data with ChatGPT Can Be Misused Outside Your Organization

A new study found that ChatGPT can accurately recall any sensitive information fed to it as part of a query at a later date without controls in place to protect who can retrieve it.
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Tips from Customer Panel on Combining Security Awareness and Compliance Culture Training

At KB4-CON 2023, we had a customer panel that I hosted discussing the connection between security and compliance training content when trying to change organizational security culture.
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Cyber Insurance: Is Paying a Ransom Counter-Productive?

Food for thought as discussed on May 18, 2023, an article posted in The Australian Insurance Council: Banning paying a ransom to cyber hackers is counter-productive where Andrew Hall, the ...
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Q1 2023 Top-Clicked Phishing Report [INFOGRAPHIC]

KnowBe4's latest reports on top-clicked phishing email subjects have been released for Q1 2023. We analyze 'in the wild' attacks reported via our Phish Alert Button, top subjects globally ...
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[New Feature] Show Your C-Suite the ROI of Security Awareness Training with KnowBe4 Executive Reports

Do you spend too much time creating custom security awareness reports for your C-suite or board of directors? If so, we’re happy to share our new KMSAT feature, Executive Reports.
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