KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training

In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats, we’ve recently encountered a sophisticated phishing attempt targeting one of our valued KnowBe4 customers. This incident serves as a crucial reminder of the importance of remaining vigilant and maintaining robust email security measures.

Cybersecurity is all about risk management and reduction. You cannot get rid of all risk. Well, I guess you could, but you (and everyone else) would probably not want to work in a true zero-risk environment. It would be too locked down, super slow, and incredibly inflexible. Cybersecurity is all about identifying the most likely and impactful risks and reducing them.

Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) are facing unprecedented challenges. The combination of increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, persistent talent shortages, and complex regulatory requirements has led many organizations to rethink their approach to cybersecurity. As a result, we’re seeing a significant shift towards outsourcing key security functions to managed service providers.

Threat actors are targeting people who have recently lost their jobs with employment scams on LinkedIn, according to researchers at Malwarebytes.

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As generative AI evolves and becomes a mainstream part of cyber attacks, new data reveals that deepfakes are leading the way.

Halloween-themed spam and phishing emails have surged over the past two months, with a significant increase beginning in October, according to researchers at Bitdefender.

Analysis of phishing emails in the second quarter of this year paints a picture of what security teams and vigilant recipients should expect from modern phishing attacks.