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RSA’s Best Social Engineering News

KnowBe4 was at RSA 2019 this year with two booths, in both the North and South Hall. The show was humongous as usual and a torrent of news was released. I was there and it was a challenge ...

Ins and Outs of Impersonation...and Kidnapping

Impersonation attacks and business email compromise (aka CEO fraud) can lead to far more dangerous consequences than monetary losses, according to Matt Devost from OODA LLC. Devost ...

Kevin Mitnick Demos Outlook Exchange Exploit

In a webinar last week Kevin Mitnick, KnowBe4's Chief Hacking Officer, shared a shocking demonstration of a recent Outlook Exchange exploit in which delegated access is allowed from any ...

[Last Chance] Get an Insider View Into the Methods and Exploits of the World's Most Famous Hacker, Kevin Mitnick

Business Email Compromise, Credential Theft, and Many Other Attack Vectors Surged as High as 5x in Q4 2018

The latest data from Proofpoint shows many types of cyberattacks making massive jumps in comparison to both previous quarters and years.

[On-demand Webinar] Get an Insider View Into the Methods and Exploits of the World's Most Famous Hacker, Kevin Mitnick

Many of the world's most reputable organizations rely on Kevin Mitnick, the world's most famous hacker and KnowBe4's Chief Hacking Officer, to uncover their most dangerous security flaws. ...

Social Engineering Comes to Wikipedia

Attackers are selectively editing Wikipedia articles to lend credibility to tech support scams, according to Rob VandenBrink at the SANS Internet Storm Center. The Wikipedia page for the ...

Sextortion Phishing Scam Exploits Recent Breach Fears

Sextortion scam emails are circulating which claim that a popular adult site has been hacked, allowing an attacker to record videos of users through their webcams, according to Lawrence ...

[Brilliant New Social Engineering Phish] "Please Docusign: Funding For Your Business"

A friend was sent this email and he forwarded it to me. It's a brilliant new social engineering phishing scam. It will sail through all your spam / malware filters and email protection ...

"Hacking Humans" Is The No. 1 Podcast Covering Social Engineering!

Each week the CyberWire’s Hacking Humans podcast looks behind the social engineering scams, phishing schemes, and criminal exploits that make headlines and take a heavy toll on ...