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- [Cyber Security Awareness Month] Doppelgänger Promotes Incident Hiding: Why Saying Something When You See Something Is So Important
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by Roger Grimes on October 27, 2025 at 1:30 pmIt can happen to the best of us. This story happened a decade ago, when I was working at a Fortune 10 company. “Smartest” is subjective, but most of my former coworkers and external customers agreed the guy involved in this story was seen as the “smartest” guy around.
- Phishing Campaign Impersonates Google Careers Recruiters
by KnowBe4 Team on October 24, 2025 at 2:30 pmA phishing campaign is impersonating Google Careers to target job seekers, according to researchers at Sublime Security.
- Phishing Campaign Impersonates Password Managers
by KnowBe4 Team on October 23, 2025 at 6:00 pmA phishing campaign is impersonating LastPass and Bitwarden with phony breach notifications, BleepingComputer reports.
- Minimizing Liability Is Not The Same as Security:Â Lessons from Recent Airport Cyber Disruptions
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by Martin Kraemer on October 23, 2025 at 4:00 pmBlog post updated for clarity. In late September 2025, several European airports reported significant delays and flight cancellations due to disruptions with their check-in and passenger systems. As a global leader in aviation technology and the backbone of passenger travel, protection of systems and customer operations is paramount for Collins Aerospace. Nonetheless, the vendor of the vMUSE check-in system had been hit by a ransomware attack.
- Attackers Abuse Grok to Spread Phishing Links
by KnowBe4 Team on October 22, 2025 at 7:30 pmThreat actors are abusing X’s generative AI bot Grok to spread phishing links, according to researchers at ESET. The attackers achieve this by tricking Grok into thinking it’s answering a question, and providing a link in its answer.
- Building Trust in the Digital Age: How Financial Services Can Balance Security and Speed
by KnowBe4 Team on October 22, 2025 at 5:30 pmIn the high-stakes world of financial services, trust is the cornerstone of every client relationship. But here’s the challenge that keeps financial leaders up at night: how do you maintain the stringent security clients demand while delivering the rapid response they expect? It’s a delicate balancing act that has become increasingly complex in our digital-first world.
- Alert: Watch Out For Phishing Attacks in the Wake of the AWS Outage
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by KnowBe4 Team on October 22, 2025 at 2:30 pmCybernews warns that threat actors will likely take advantage of the recent AWS outage to launch phishing attacks against affected users.
- CyberheistNews Vol 15 #42 [Heads Up] Fake ‘Support Calls’ Used to Breach Your Salesforce Accounts
by KnowBe4 Team on October 21, 2025 at 1:00 pm - Half of Young People in the UK Cite Non-Consensual Deepfakes as a Top Fear
by KnowBe4 Team on October 20, 2025 at 5:30 pmA new survey found that 50% of UK residents aged 16 to 34 cite deepfake nudes as their top worry related to AI technology, SecurityBrief reports.
- [Cybersecurity Awareness Month]: Keeping Enkryptor at Bay: How We All Can Help Beat Back Ransomware
by Erich Kron on October 20, 2025 at 2:30 pmRansomware is the gift that keeps on giving… and taking.
