Latest social engineering news, analysis, tactics the bad guys are using and what you can do to defend your organization.
Law firms are being targeted by a large number of social engineering attacks involving the Gootloader malware delivery tool, according to researchers at Trustwave.
Most social engineering scams search out their potential victims, often sending emails to known email addresses, sending chat messages to them or calling known phone numbers. The ...
As a security awareness practitioner, keeping your pulse on industry - and geographical - benchmarking data and best practices is always a good way to measure your organization’s security ...
Most organizations are still using weak forms of multi-factor authentication (MFA), a survey by Nok Nok has found. These forms of MFA can be bypassed if an employee falls for a social ...
A few weeks ago, GitHub posted on their blog a recent security alert that should have any organization in the tech industry worried.
There is no such thing as a vacation for cybercriminals. We recently released our top summer cybersecurity travel tips to help keep you safe. Earlier this year, we posted about ...
Researchers at BlueVoyant warn that attackers are increasingly adding an extra step to their phishing campaigns, impersonating third-parties to lend credibility to the scams.
This blog was co-written by KnowBe4's Data-Driven Defense Evangelist Roger A. Grimes and Chief Learning Officer John Just. Social engineering is involved in 70% to 90% of successful ...
Scammers are taking advantage of the popularity of the Barbie movie, according to researchers at McAfee.
A new social engineering campaign tracked as “FakeSG” is distributing the NetSupport remote access Trojan (RAT) via phony browser updates, according to researchers at Malwarebytes. The ...
