FBI Warns of Phishing Attacks Targeting Election Officials
The FBI has issued a Private Industry Notification warning of phishing emails designed to steal login credentials from election officials. The Bureau believes these attacks...
Category : Social Engineering
Mobile Device Usage Have Led to Security Incidents in Nearly Half of Organizations
The shift in devices used by today’s workforce has resulted in increases in cybersecurity concerns and incidents, despite a majority of orgs with defined BYOD...
Email Conversation Hacking to Distribute Malware
Researchers at Intezer warn that attackers are hijacking email conversations to distribute the IcedID banking Trojan. This technique makes the phishing emails appear more legitimate...
Making Better Push-Based MFA
I used to be a huge fan of Push-Based Multifactor Authentication (MFA), but real-world use has shown that most of today’s most popular implementations are...
Buy Now, Pay Later Scams
Fraudsters are taking advantage of the buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) payment model, according to Jim Ducharme, COO of Outseer. On the CyberWire’s Hacking Humans podcast, Ducharme...
Initial Access Broker Group Relies on Social Engineering
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) describes a cybercriminal group it calls “EXOTIC LILY” that acts as an initial access broker for numerous financially motivated threat...
Number of Phishing Attacks Hits an All-Time High in 2021, Tripling That of Early 2020
New data from the Anti-Phishing Working Group shows cybercriminals are stepping on the gas, focusing phishing attacks on credential theft and response-based scams. originally published...
Published Zelenskyy Deepfake Video Demonstrates the Modern War is Online
The video uploaded to a hacked Ukrainian news website shows how far the technology has come, how it can be used in social engineering, as...
SMBs Are 350% More Likely to Experience Social Engineering Attacks Via Phishing
New data shows phishing, social engineering, and impersonation dominate as cybercriminals are becoming more frequent and successful with their attacks. originally published onhttps://blog.knowbe4.com/smb-experience-social-engineering-phishing...
KnowBe4 Named a Leader in The Forrester Wave for Security Awareness and Training Solutions
We’re thrilled to announce that KnowBe4 has been named a Leader in The Forrester WaveTM : Security Awareness and Training Solutions, Q1 2022 report based...