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- Smishing Campaign Targets California Taxpayers With Phony Refund Offersby KnowBe4 Team on September 5, 2025 at 7:30 pm
The State of California’s Franchise Tax Board (FTB) has warned of an ongoing SMS phishing (smishing) campaign targeting residents, Malwarebytes reports.
- Advanced Educational Competition – Ask Your Employees To Submit Their Best Phishingby Roger Grimes on September 5, 2025 at 5:30 pm
I occasionally get human risk management (HRM) administrators asking me to help them with ideas of “contests” to better educate their end-users.
- Warning: New Spear Phishing Campaign Targets Executivesby KnowBe4 Team on September 5, 2025 at 3:30 pm
Researchers at Stripe warn of a wave of spear phishing attacks targeting C-suite employees and senior leadership across a wide range of industries.
- Hospitals Need to Prepare for AI-Powered Phishing Attacksby KnowBe4 Team on September 4, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Healthcare organizations need to be prepared for an increase in AI-assisted phishing attacks, according to Zack Martin, Senior Policy Advisor at Venable.
- A Warrant Is Out for Your Arrestby Roger Grimes on September 4, 2025 at 6:00 pm
A super common voice phone call phishing scam (i.e., vishing) is when the scammer calls you and pretends to be a law enforcement official with a warrant for your arrest for not answering a court jury duty summons.
- Report: AI Can Now Automate Entire Attack Chainsby KnowBe4 Team on September 4, 2025 at 4:30 pm
Threat actors can now use AI tools to automate entire attack operations, according to a new report from Anthropic.
- Beyond the Audit Box: Building Security That Works in the Real Worldby Javvad Malik on September 4, 2025 at 2:30 pm
Many years ago, a friend of mine worked as a security director at a firm and had what they called an “audit box.” It was a pre-prepared box filled with policies, network diagrams, security controls and checkboxes.
- CyberheistNews Vol 15 #35 [Watch Out] Hackers Now Use AI to Write Better Phishby KnowBe4 Team on September 3, 2025 at 1:00 pm
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- One of the Biggest Mysteries in Cybersecurity: Why Don’t We Demand This?by Roger Grimes on August 29, 2025 at 2:00 pm
“The problem is much, much worse than most people acknowledge.” One of the biggest enduring mysteries for me in cybersecurity is why most cybersecurity curricula don’t teach secure coding to programmers.