Looking at Cyber Attacks From the Inside Out, It’s All About Social Engineering

Sep 21, 2018 2:14:56 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Frances Zelazny, Vice President of BioCatch, gave a recent Tech Republic interview to share some insight into how hackers can access your passwords. It's familiar but worth reviewing, ...

Social Engineering, Just a Call Away

Sep 19, 2018 5:38:50 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

An email arrives, and you think it’s from your boss. Because it has your boss’s name on it, there's a huge psychological response, and you tend do what is requested. After a cordial ...

When Does Effective Persuasion Become Manipulation and Social Engineering?

Sep 18, 2018 1:43:05 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

There’s a fine but clear line between ethical and unethical persuasion, says Joe Gray, a security consultant from the “Advanced Persistent Security” blog and podcast. Gray recently ...

Universities Are Still Targeted With Phishing Attacks By Iranian Hackers

Aug 25, 2018 9:06:51 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Secureworks® Counter Threat Unit™ (CTU) researchers reported that despite indictments in March 2018, the Iranian threat group is likely responsible for a large-scale campaign that ...

Black Hat Puts Long-Term Social Engineering on Display

Aug 20, 2018 1:59:30 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Hackbusters - Where Can You Discuss All Things Social Engineering?

Aug 19, 2018 2:48:33 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The KnowBe4 Hackbuster’s Forum is an online community dedicated to stopping the bad guys that use social engineering to hack your organization.

[On-Demand Webinar] Exposing the Dirty Little Secrets of Social Engineering, Featuring Kevin Mitnick

Aug 14, 2018 4:11:53 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

In this rare event, Kevin Mitnick, the world's most famous hacker and KnowBe4's Chief Hacking Officer, along with Perry Carpenter, KnowBe4’s Chief Evangelist and Strategy Officer, will ...

Is IT Even Trying to Thwart Social Engineering Attacks?

Aug 13, 2018 11:18:42 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

With so much else on their plate, are today’s IT organizations doing enough to protect the organization against social engineering and phishing attacks?

Yes, Google's Security Key Is Hackable

Jul 26, 2018 2:22:03 PM By Roger Grimes

Here is an article by Roger Grimes, Data-Driven Defense Evangelist at KnowBe4 Ever since Google told the world that none of its 85,000 employees had been successfully hacked ...

Effective Social Engineering Matters More than Zero-Days

Jul 20, 2018 12:07:51 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

There's an interesting criminal campaign in progress against government targets in Ukraine. Note that we usually first see them there, and then they spread out to Western Europe and the ...

What Would You Like To Ask Kevin Mitnick About Social Engineering?

Jul 14, 2018 5:02:39 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Here's your chance. Late August we'll do a live webinar with Kevin, and he asked me to find out what questions you have for him regarding social engineering, so we can cover them in this ...

Exclusive Interview with Kevin Mitnick Ask Me Anything [VIDEO]

Jun 24, 2018 10:58:32 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

KnowBe4's Chief Hacking Officer Kevin Mitnick sat down with our team for an exclusive interview where we could ask him anything… We thought you’d like to hear his answers, too. Ever ...

It Saves Your Battery, But Its Social Engineering Steals Your Data

Jun 21, 2018 1:39:51 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Google Play is a walled garden, but the serpents do find their way in. RiskIQ has found one snake with a tempting offer on its forked tongue: an app that "saves the battery" in your ...

Why Preventing Social Engineering Isn’t Enough

Jun 20, 2018 11:40:05 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The heightened state of cyber attacks in recent years has put a lot of focus on preventing those attacks from being successful. But, organizations can’t simply rely on defensive ...

Even Law Firms Suffer from Social Engineering

Jun 19, 2018 1:23:17 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

They may not fall for an advance fee scam from an emailer claiming to be the widow of a Nigerian prince, but law firms have their issues with social engineering, too.

The Con of Social Engineering: Law Firms are Easy Prey

Jun 1, 2018 4:15:46 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Excellent article at www.law.com about social engineering! A discussion of the threat that social engineering (aka the "human side of hacking") poses to law firms, and some tips and ...

Hacking Humans—a new CyberWire podcast covering social engineering launched this week

Jun 1, 2018 3:53:11 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

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 ...

[Heads-up] New Exploit Hacks LinkedIn 2-factor Auth. See This Kevin Mitnick VIDEO

May 8, 2018 6:07:35 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

OK, here is something really scary. KnowBe4's Chief Hacking Officer Kevin Mitnick now and then calls me with some chilling news. This time, Kuba Gretzky, a white hat hacker friend of ...

[On-Demand Webinar] The Science and Methodology Behind Social Engineering

Apr 17, 2018 10:51:55 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

No matter how much security technology we purchase, we still face a fundamental security problem: people. Our CEO Stu Sjouwerman was interviewed by Information Security Media Group ...

Positive Technologies Social Engineering Report: 17 Percent Fall Foul To “Attacks”

Apr 14, 2018 11:54:50 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Employees download malicious files, click phishing links, correspond with hackers, and even share contact information for their colleagues. Positive Technologies has released a new report ...

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Looking at Cyber Attacks From the Inside Out, It’s All About Social Engineering

Social Engineering, Just a Call Away

When Does Effective Persuasion Become Manipulation and Social Engineering?

Universities Are Still Targeted With Phishing Attacks By Iranian Hackers

Black Hat Puts Long-Term Social Engineering on Display

Hackbusters - Where Can You Discuss All Things Social Engineering?

[On-Demand Webinar] Exposing the Dirty Little Secrets of Social Engineering, Featuring Kevin Mitnick

Is IT Even Trying to Thwart Social Engineering Attacks?

Yes, Google's Security Key Is Hackable

Effective Social Engineering Matters More than Zero-Days

What Would You Like To Ask Kevin Mitnick About Social Engineering?

Exclusive Interview with Kevin Mitnick Ask Me Anything [VIDEO]

It Saves Your Battery, But Its Social Engineering Steals Your Data

Why Preventing Social Engineering Isn’t Enough

Even Law Firms Suffer from Social Engineering

The Con of Social Engineering: Law Firms are Easy Prey

Hacking Humans—a new CyberWire podcast covering social engineering launched this week

[Heads-up] New Exploit Hacks LinkedIn 2-factor Auth. See This Kevin Mitnick VIDEO

[On-Demand Webinar] The Science and Methodology Behind Social Engineering

Positive Technologies Social Engineering Report: 17 Percent Fall Foul To “Attacks”

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