Monthly Archives: June 2024

Check out the 29 new pieces of training content added in June, alongside the always fresh content update highlights, events and new features.

It’s a great honor for KnowBe4 to be named the Cyber Security Educator of the Year at the prestigious IT Europa Channel Awards 2024.

In a concerning development, TeamViewer, one of the world’s leading remote access software providers, has disclosed a cyber attack that breached its corporate network environment.

Singapore has become the latest target for cybercriminals looking to steal digital identities and exploit them for nefarious purposes.

The US FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have released a joint advisory warning of a social engineering campaign that’s targeting the healthcare industry.

France’s cybersecurity agency ANSSI has issued an alert outlining a Russian spear phishing campaign targeting French diplomats, the Record reports. The agency attributes the campaign to “Nobelium,” a threat actor tied to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (the SVR).

The BBC recently reported that Booking.com is warning that AI is driving an explosion in travel scams. Up to 900% in their estimation – making it abundantly clear that while AI can be a force for good, it can also … Read More

If you had to choose between regular cybersecurity training and simulated phishing testing, the data shows you should choose simulated phishing tests.

Over 11 million phishing attacks have been reported to the UK’s Suspicious Email Reporting Service (SERS) over the past year, according to new data from Action Fraud. The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has also taken down more than 329,000 … Read More

A crafty group of cybercriminals has been relentlessly pursuing Mexican banks, cryptocurrency platforms and other organizations in an extended campaign stretching back over two years. Their weapon of choice? A heavily customized version of the AllaKore remote access trojan (RAT).

We’re here to help you and your users stay secure from the scourge of ransomware for Ransomware Awareness Month this July with a kit full of free resources!

The current landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) bears a striking resemblance to the early days of the internet. Just as the internet was once a wild, untamed frontier full of promise and potential, AI now stands at a similar crossroads.

A new report from Barracuda has found that email conversation hijacking attacks have risen by 70% since 2022. Additionally, business email compromise (BEC) attacks accounted for 10.6% of social engineering attacks in 2023, compared to 8% in 2022 and 9% … Read More

My hacker story does not paint me in the best light, and it is not intended to. I am a firm believer in sharing one’s mistakes and being open to learning from them.

Scammers are now impersonating legitimate services like Booking.com and Kayak to target people planning their summer vacations. One out of every 33 vacation-themed domains registered last month was malicious, researchers at Check Point warn.

In this mad, mad world of breaches, organizations are scrambling to keep their heads above water. It’s like trying to navigate a minefield while blindfolded and riding a unicycle — one wrong move, and everything goes up in flames.

Happy 1st birthday to our KnowBe4 Community! We’re so excited to celebrate our community’s first anniversary. It’s been filled with so many wholesome moments and learning opportunities.

We live in a world where the term “cybersecurity” tends to make folks either shiver with anxiety or yawn with boredom. The narrative has always been about hacking, phishing, and all sorts of digital skullduggery. However, the overlooked truth is … Read More

Mandiant has published a report looking at cyber threats targeting Brazil, finding that more than 85% of government-backed phishing activity comes from threat actors based in China, North Korea and Russia.