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By KnowBe4 Team
Researchers at Fortra are tracking a new variant of calendar phishing in which threat actors trick employees into sharing meeting links internally. The attackers pose as prospective customers and contact non-sales employees, asking to be directed to a sales representative in order to discuss a business opportunity. The attacker then sends the employee a meeting link to forward to a sales contact. The attack takes place as follows.
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By Nick Gasse
At any given moment, there’s an employee somewhere in the world tuning out of a phishing training module that was translated from another language. Every word is rendered correctly, yet the learner still stops paying attention. In these situations, the translation often gets the blame for not engaging the learner, but the real culprit is design.
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By KnowBe4 Threat Lab
As millions of shoppers prepare their wishlists and await discounts for Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days starting October 6, cybercriminals are gearing up for their own payday. In the weeks leading up to major shopping events, Amazon impersonation campaigns reach an annual peak.
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By KnowBe4 Team
Researchers at Netskope are tracking a phishing kit that hijacks users’ browser windows to display fake security alerts. The malicious websites are distributed via Google Ads, and pose as normal online stores. Once a user clicks a link on the page, however, the site will present them with an urgent-looking security warning.
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By Erich Kron
Spies have always relied on technology, disguises, secret communications and clever gadgets, at least if the movies are to be believed. But some of the most effective tools in the espionage business have always been people. Convince the right person to open a door, reveal a secret or trust someone they should not, and suddenly bypassing the sophisticated security system becomes unnecessary.
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By KnowBe4 Team
Attackers are continually finding new ways to refine business email compromise (BEC) attacks, according to Douglas McKee, Director of Vulnerability Intelligence at Rapid7. When attackers compromise trusted tools and accounts, they can manipulate victims’ view of reality. One way attackers can achieve this is through what McKee calls “calendar warfare,” in which attackers use calendar meetings to trick users into falling for attacks.
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By Zach Marner
Agent Risk Manager, KnowBe4’s AI agent security product in the KnowBe4 Platform, integrates with the Claude Compliance API to help organizations monitor Claude activity and detect risks in real time. Today, that integration is featured in Claude’s Compliance API milestone announcement.
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By KnowBe4 Team
41% of CISOs said an audio deepfake targeted their organization within the last 12 months, according to a new survey by Gartner. Additionally, 36% of respondents said employees were targeted by deepfake video calls over the past year. Craig Porter, Director Analyst at Gartner, noted that social engineering and human deception remain at the core of these AI-assisted attacks.
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By KnowBe4 Team
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an alert warning that widespread fraud campaigns are impersonating law enforcement or government officials to trick users into handing over money or sensitive information.
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By KnowBe4 Team
Threat actors are using a new phishing kit called “GhostCode” to target sales teams with phony business inquiries, according to researchers at eSentire. The threat actors begin the attack using the targeted company’s web contact form, so the messages won’t be blocked by security filters.
Hackers scan the internet for smart home devices running factory-default passwords like "admin." Once inside, they jump to your personal devices on the same Wi-Fi network!
AI-generated scams eliminate obvious red flags like bad grammar and broken English, making digital fraud nearly impossible to spot at a glance. Learn how to pause, evaluate artificial urgency and verify suspicious requests before clicking or transferring money!
Deepfakes are taking over social feeds, and nearly 70% are almost impossible to detect with the naked eye. Learn the quick behavioral habits that will stop you from falling for AI-generated scam media and misinformation online!
The Sack Company implemented KnowBe4 to eliminate "click happy" employee behavior and streamline phishing campaign management across its family of companies. By leveraging KnowBe4’s AI Defense Agents (AIDA) and gamified phishing security awareness training, The Sack Company reduced organizational risk scores while saving 50 to 60 hours per week in IT monitoring time. KEY HIGHLIGHTS & RESULTS: TIMESTAMPS / CHAPTERS.
Overrated and underrated AI hot takes.
Still forcing yourself to remember random passwords? Dr. Martin Kraemer shares a memory-based formula to craft secure, super-memorable passphrases.
When high-stakes attackers target you, they aren't playing the cards — they’re playing the player. For National Social Engineering Day, Erich Kron reveals modern social engineering's biggest tell.
AI tools state false information with just as much credibility as the truth. Here’s what you need to know about AI hallucinations.
More summer screen time means more opportunities for gaming scammers. Watch out for fake "Free Robux" scams targeting kids online, and learn the easy red flags to teach your family today.
What is the single best piece of security advice? Pausing.
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By KnowBe4
Want to read this bestseller? Register now for your free (instant 240-page PDF download) Cyberheist e-book and learn how to not be the next victim! Cyberheist was fully updated and written for the IT team and owners / management of Small and Medium Enterprise, which includes non-profits, local and state government, churches, and any other organization with more than a few thousand dollars in their bank operating account.
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By KnowBe4
Your employees are your largest attack surface. For too long the human component of cybersecurity has been neglected, leaving employees vulnerable and creating an easy target for cybercriminals to exploit. But your users want to do the right thing. Rather than a hurdle to be overcome, organizations need to think of their employee base as an asset, once properly equipped.
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By KnowBe4
Spear phishing emails remain a top attack vector for cybercriminals, yet most companies still don't have an effective strategy to stop them. This enormous security gap leaves you open to business email compromise, session hijacking, ransomware and more. Don't get caught in a phishing net! Learn how to avoid having your end users take the bait. Roger Grimes, KnowBe4's Data-Driven Defense Evangelist, will cover techniques you can implement now to minimize cybersecurity risk due to phishing and social engineering attacks.
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By KnowBe4
Hackers have become increasingly savvy at launching specialized attacks that target your users by tapping into their fears, hopes, and biases to get access to their data. Cybersecurity is not just a technological challenge, but increasingly a social and behavioral one. People, no matter their tech savviness, are often duped by social engineer scams, like CEO fraud, because of their familiarity and immediacy factors.
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By KnowBe4
Anything but 100% completion on your employee compliance training is often more than simply frustrating. Compliance audits and regulatory requirements can make anything less than 100% feel like a failure. But, getting compliance on your compliance training is possible! Organizations have struggled for years with getting everyone to complete their required compliance training. This puts organizations at risk of more incidents occurring, fines or reputational damage if an employee is non-compliant.
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By KnowBe4
All multi-factor authentication (MFA) mechanisms can be compromised, and in some cases, it's as simple as sending a traditional phishing email. Want to know how to defend against MFA hacks? This eBook covers over a dozen different ways to hack various types of MFA and how to defend against those attacks.
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