Latest social engineering news, analysis, tactics the bad guys are using and what you can do to defend your organization.
A new sector alert published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services outlines new attacks in which social engineering is used to obtain credentials for online fraud.
The very fabric that stitches our society together — our councils and local governing bodies — is under a silent siege from cyber attacks. The recent ransomware assault on Leicester ...
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A new campaign of StrelaStealer attacks identified by security analysts at Unit42 has been spotted targeting E.U. and U.S. organizations. This somewhat new infostealer has evolved to be ...
Social media has become an indispensable tool for communication, outreach, and engagement. From world leaders to high-profile individuals, these platforms offer an unparalleled ...
New data shows that the attacks IT feels most inadequate to stop are the ones they’re experiencing the most.
The Kyiv Post just published: "A knockout study by the Institute for the Study of War (“ISW”), just out March 27, is a must read for all the leadership of the West, and particularly, the ...
The threat of novel malware is growing exponentially, making it more difficult for security solutions to identify attachments and links to files as being malware.
The one thing I love about our annual conference in Orlando, KB4-CON, is its thought-provoking nature. Year after year, the events team manages to keep a fine balance between product ...
The following paragraphs were cited directly from my recent article highlighting social engineering. "Social engineering and phishing are involved in 70% to 90% of all successful ...
James Rundle at The Wall Street Journal today reported that in response to escalating supply-chain cyberattacks, companies are intensifying their scrutiny over suppliers to protect ...
Researchers at IBM X-Force are monitoring several ongoing phishing campaigns by the Russian state-sponsored threat actor ITG05 (also known as “APT28” or “Fancy Bear”). APT28 has been tied ...
A joint cybersecurity advisory published last week discusses ransomware attack impacts on healthcare, along with ALPHV’s attack techniques, indicators of compromise (IoCs) and proper ...
Social engineering and phishing are involved in 70% to 90% of all successful cybersecurity attacks. No other initial root hacking cause comes close.
A majority of organizations have a false sense of security regarding their resistance to phishing attacks, according to a new report from researchers at IRONSCALES and Osterman Research.
With QR-code phishing attacks on the rise, new data sheds light on just how unprepared organizations actually are in stopping and detecting these device-shifting attacks.
Business email compromise (BEC) attacks surged by 246% last year, according to researchers at ReliaQuest.The researchers believe the increase is due to widely available phishing kits that ...
Data trends show a clear upward momentum of posts from initial access brokers on the dark web, putting the spotlight on what may become cybersecurity’s greatest challenge.
Scammers are impersonating job-seeking platform Dice with phony employment opportunities designed to steal victims’ information.
Do not forget, AI-enabled technologies, like KnowBe4’s Artificial Intelligence Defense Agents (AIDA), will make defenses increasingly better.
