Monthly Archives: September 2022

With Retail seeing and feeling the impact of more ransomware attacks than nearly every other industry, a new report focuses in on what the repercussions look like for this sector… and it’s not good.

We’re thrilled to announce that Atlassian Jira integration support is now available with KnowBe4’s KCM GRC platform.

GitHub has issued an alert warning of a phishing campaign targeting users by impersonating the popular DevOps tool CircleCI, BleepingComputer reports. The phishing emails inform users that they’ll need to click on a link and log into their GitHub account … Read More

Cyberattacks on the video game industry, big-name brand data breaches and the Tea Pot gangster make headlines this week. Here are the latest threats and advisories for the week of September 23, 2022. Threat Advisories and Alerts Iranian Cybercriminals Target … Read More

The Deadline is Approaching, Your Voice Can Make a Difference in Protecting Privacy The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is looking for public input regarding new cybersecurity regulations. (ISC)² members and trained cybersecurity professionals can provide valuable insight into best … Read More

A survey by GetApp has found that the number of organizations using phishing simulations has risen from 30% in 2019 to 70% in 2022. Despite this positive trend, however, attackers continue to increase both the sophistication and volume of their … Read More

New quarterly data from the Anti-Phishing Working Group shows unprecedented phishing activity with increases in BEC, use of social media, vishing, and smishing.

Everyone should use multifactor authentication (MFA), where they can, to protect valuable information. Everyone!

This year’s (ISC)² Security Congress will feature increased opportunities to network with your peers and will be engaging whether you are joining in-person or virtually. We are looking forward to our first ever hybrid Security Congress where we will be … Read More

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an alert warning of an increase in phishing and other social engineering attacks against healthcare payment processors.

Bank of America recently sent a customer service email warning users to watch out for this new phishing attack.

Vulnerabilities in popular tech, major WordPress plugin attacks and phishing, highlight this week’s cybersecurity news. Here are the latest threats and advisories for the week of September 16, 2022. Threat Advisories and Alerts Security Updates Released for Apple Zero-Day Vulnerabilities … Read More

iIt was all over the news, but ZDNet’s Eileen Yu was one of the first. — “Hacker is believed to have breached Uber’s entire network in a social engineering attack, which one security vendor says is more extensive than the … Read More

Closing the gender and diversity gap in cybersecurity is critical if the profession is serious about addressing its current workforce crisis. (ISC)² estimates that the Cybersecurity Workforce Gap currently stands at 2.72 million professionals globally, but women only make up … Read More

Attackers are exploiting a legitimate French government website to send phishing messages, according to researchers at Vade. The website, Pôle Emploi, is a career site for companies looking for job recruits. The attackers are responding to job postings with phony … Read More

You wanted the ability to manage both phishing and training campaigns across multiple KnowBe4 accounts, and we listened!

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and you are undoubtedly being bombarded with some fantastic advice on how to stay cyber safe. 

Security researchers at Cisco Talos have issued an update on the cyberattack Cisco sustained earlier this year. The attack began with a phishing attack against a Cisco employee, which led to the attackers stealing data and attempting to extort the … Read More

We look forward to seeing you in the Exhibit Hall, the heart of Security Congress. On-site, we will be filling up the Octavius Ballroom at Caesars Palace with 30+ partners, sponsors and exhibitors and can’t miss events.  Kick off your … Read More