Amazon Warns of Fraudulent North Korean Job Applicants

Amazon has blocked more than 1,800 suspected North Korean applicants from joining the company since April 2024, TechRadar reports. Amazon’s Chief Security Officer, Stephen Schmidt, said ...

December 30, 2025 KnowBe4 Team

New ConsentFix Technique Tricks Users Into Handing Over OAuth Tokens

Researchers at Push Security have observed a new variant of the ClickFix attack that combines “OAuth consent phishing with a ClickFix-style user prompt that leads to account compromise.”

December 29, 2025 KnowBe4 Team

Most Parked Domains Lead Users to Scams or Malware

Over 90% of parked domains now direct users to malicious content, compared to less than 5% a decade ago, according to researchers at Infoblox.

December 19, 2025 KnowBe4 Team

81% of Small Businesses Sustained a Cyber Incident Over the Past Year

Eighty-one percent of small businesses suffered a security or data breach over the past year, and 38% of these businesses were forced to raise their prices as a result, a report from the ...

December 18, 2025 KnowBe4 Threat Lab

WeChat Phishing Attacks a Growing Threat Outside China

Lead analysts: Cameron Sweeney, Lucy Gee, Louis Tiley, James Dyer “Super-app” WeChat offers a wealth of functionality—from instant messaging, text and voice messaging, and video calls to ...

December 12, 2025 Roger Grimes

North Korean Job Invitation

A friend of mine, John D., received this outreach on Threads (see below). At first, he thought it was the standard fake employer scam, but it is more than that. It is very likely part of ...

December 10, 2025 KnowBe4 Team

[Beware] Microsoft Teams 'Chat with Anyone' invites aren't always safe

Researchers at CyberProof warn that threat actors are launching phishing attacks via Microsoft Teams' “Chat with Anyone” feature, which lets external users send direct messages via email ...

December 10, 2025 KnowBe4 Team

Report: Phishing Has Surged 400% Year-Over-Year

Researchers at SpyCloud have observed a 400% year-over-year increase in successful phishing attacks, with a disproportionate number of attacks targeting corporate accounts.

December 8, 2025 KnowBe4 Team

Notorious Cybercrime Group is Now Targeting Zendesk Users

ReliaQuest warns that the cybercriminal collective “Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters” appears to be using social engineering attacks to target organizations’ Zendesk instances.

December 3, 2025 KnowBe4 Team

New Criminal Toolkit Abuses Browser Push Notifications

A new criminal platform called “Matrix Push C2” is using browser notifications to launch social engineering attacks, according to researchers at BlackFog.

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