Human Risk Management Blog

Hello mass spear phishing, meet ransomware!

Ransomware is now one of the greatest threats on the internet. In the past, IT Security firms used to monitor spear-phishing attacks by espionage outfits, but these techniques are now ...

KnowBe4's Email Exposure Check Discovers Data Breach

You are probably aware of the free one-time Email Exposure Check Pro (EEC Pro) we can run for you. We find all the email addresses of your domain that are out there available on the ...

SHOCKER: Point-Of-Failure Phishing Training Does Not Work

The Govinfosecurity site just reported on some very interesting scientific research that finds so-called "embedded training" is ineffective. Let's quickly define "embedded", they chose ...

A Serious Legal Liability: Bad or No Security Awareness Training

Please read this article and then forward it to the head of your legal department or the person in your organization who is responsible for compliance. Recently, the Department of Health ...

Citadel 'Shutdown' Just A Microsoft PR Move

91% of cyberattacks begin with spear phishing email

Antony Savvas at Computerworld UK had a good write-up about this quite interesting news: "Some 91% of cyberattacks begin with a "spear phishing" email, according to research from security ...