The Good, the Bad, and the Necessary State of Cyber Insurance
New data from security vendor Sophos shows that while the presence of cyber insurance coverage has increased, it’s the experiencing of attacks that’s driving the...
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Phishing Attacks Reach an All-Time High, More Than Tripling Attacks in Early 2022
Reaching more than 1 million attacks in a single quarter for the first time, new data on phishing attacks in Q1 of 2022 show an...
CyberheistNews Vol 12 #23 [Heads Up] Our Global Ransomware Damage Will Be More Than 265 Billion by 2031
originally published onhttps://blog.knowbe4.com/cyberheistnews-vol-12-23-heads-up-our-global-ransomware-damage-will-be-more-than-265-billion-by-2031...
FTC Warns that Scammers are Turning to Cryptocurrencies
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned that people have reported losing over $1 billion in crypto to scams since the beginning of 2021....
What is a security tech stack
What is a security tech stack? This is a bare-bones quick overview. originally published onhttps://blog.knowbe4.com/what-is-a-security-tech-stack...
How to Prevent Multi-factor Authentication Bypass
Organizations understand that relying on a single-factor authentication mechanism (username and password) on external portals poses a security risk. Without a strong password policy, users...
[Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing
Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. Your email filters have an average 7-10% failure rate; you need a strong human firewall as your...
Homographic Domain Name Phishing Tactics
Bitdefender warns that Microsoft Office applications are vulnerable to phishing tactics that exploit international domain names (IDNs). Affected applications include Outlook, Word, Excel, OneNote, and...
Understanding the Threat of NFT and Cryptocurrency Cyber Attacks and How to Defend Against Them
A growing number of organizations worldwide are utilizing cryptocurrency for a host of investment, operational, and transactional purposes. Seemingly overnight, technologies like non-fungible tokens (NFTs)...
Business Email Compromise – When Traditional Controls Fail
Organizations have invested huge sums of money to detect and prevent email-based threats. From implementing advanced email security platforms to conducting extensive employee training, addressing...