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Social Engineering

Latest social engineering news, analysis, tactics the bad guys are using and what you can do to defend your organization.

KnowBe4’s 2023 Phishing By Industry Benchmarking Report Reveals that 33.2% of Untrained End Users Will Fail a Phishing Test

Cybercriminals still know that the easiest way to successfully infiltrate an organization is through its people.

New Social Engineering Tactic Uses PDFs in Business Email Compromise Attacks

Legitimate services can be exploited in social engineering, including business email compromise (BEC) attacks.  Researchers at Check Point describe one current BEC campaign that’s using ...

New Survey Shows 40% of People Searching for a Job Encountered a Scam

A survey by PasswordManager.com has found that one in three job seekers has fallen for, and responded to, fake job scams over the past two years.

[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.

France Accuses Russia of Spoofing Foreign Ministry Website in ‘Typosquatting’ Campaign

The French government is taking a stand against the increasing threat of digital warfare. Publicly accusing Russia of conducting an extensive online manipulation campaign, France is ...

Half of U.K. Companies Have Been a Cyber Attack Victim in the Last Three Years

New data puts the spotlight on the human factor in U.K. cyber attacks, where users continue to be susceptible to social engineering, creating the so-called “Human Risk.”

How NK's Cyber Criminals Stole 3 Billion in Crypto To Fund Their Nukes

The Wall Street Journal today revealed that North Korea's hacker army managed to steal a huge amount of cryptocurrency amounting to $3 billion to finance their nuclear program. US ...

Verizon: Stolen Credentials Tops the List of Threat Actions in Breaches

Verizon's DBIR always has a lot of information to unpack, so I’ll continue my review by covering how stolen credentials play a role in attacks.

Verizon: Pretexting Now Tops Phishing in Social Engineering Attacks

The New Verizon DBIR is a treasure trove of data. As we covered here, and here, people are one of the most common factors contributing to successful data breaches. Let’s drill down a bit ...

Why Do You Still Need Security Awareness Training If You Use Phishing-Resistant MFA?

For years, KnowBe4 has been a long-time proponent of everyone using PHISHING-RESISTANT multi-factor authentication (MFA) whenever possible.