Phishing Targets Industrial Control Systems

Phishing continues to be a primary initial access vector in cyberattacks against industrial control systems, according to researchers at Dragos. Out of the fifteen threat groups tracked ...

February 18, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

The DOJ Charged Two Alleged Members of North Korea’s Military Intelligence Services With a Scheme That Included Attempts to Steal $1.3 Billion Over the Past Half-Decade for Pyongyang

Two alleged members of North Korea's military intelligence services were accused of hacking banks and companies in the U.S. and several other countries. The grand total for this scheme is ...

February 12, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

[New E-Book] Comprehensive Anti-Phishing Guide

Spear phishing emails remain a top attack vector for the bad guys, yet most companies still don’t have an effective strategy to stop them.

February 11, 2021 Roger Grimes

It’s Not Only About the URL

You have to look at the totality of an email to determine whether it is a phishing attack or not.

January 21, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

[INFOGRAPHIC] Q4 2020 Work From Home Phishing Emails on the Rise

KnowBe4's latest quarterly report on top-clicked phishing email subjects is here. These are broken down into three different categories: social media related subjects, general subjects, ...

January 18, 2021 Stu Sjouwerman

Social Engineering is a Core Element of Nearly Every Cyber Attack

As organizations look to figure out where to strengthen their cybersecurity strategy, industry data provides guidance by pointing at one of the most common aspects of cyberattacks for ...

December 29, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

BEC Attacks Nearly Doubled in 2020

A new report from Barracuda Networks found that business email compromise (BEC) attacks have nearly doubled over the past year. These attacks made up 12% of all spear phishing attacks in ...

December 14, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

All 200 Million Office 365 Users at Risk by a New Global Spear Phishing Attack Spoofing Microsoft.com

A new spear phishing campaign appearing to come from a microsoft.com email address is targeting organizations in critical industries that use Office 365 for email to steal credentials.

December 8, 2020 Roger Grimes

Why Are You Being Phished?

People often wonder, why are they being phished? Why are they being phished by a hacker in the first place? What does their organization have that some hacker decided they were noteworthy ...

December 3, 2020 Stu Sjouwerman

Think Tanks Targeted by APT Actors

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI have issued a joint advisory warning that nation-state advanced persistent threat (APT) actors are targeting US ...

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