Monthly Archives: March 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer just a tool—it is a game changer in our lives, our work as well as in both cybersecurity and cybercrime.

A KnowBe4 Threat Labs PublicationAuthors: James Dyer and Cameron Sweeney The KnowBe4 Threat Research team has observed a sustained increase in the use of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files to obfuscate malicious payloads.

In the realm of cybersecurity, perception often diverges from reality. A common misconception is that nation-state cybercriminals primarily target the United States.

The U.S. Justice Department has charged ten Chinese nationals for acting as hackers-for-hire for the Chinese government.

I’ve been in the cybersecurity industry for over 36 years. Surprisingly, hackers and malware haven’t changed all that much.

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A KnowBe4 Threat Lab PublicationAuthors: Martin Kraemer, James Dyer, and Lucy Gee Much like sending a phishing email from a compromised account, cybercriminals can boost the deliverability and credibility of their attacks by leveraging legitimate platforms.

Ever since OpenAI publicly released ChatGPT in late 2022, people have been predicting the end of programmers.

Researchers at Barracuda observed a fourfold increase in ransomware threats last year, driven by increasingly sophisticated ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operations.

Check out the 58 new pieces of training content added in February, alongside the always fresh content update highlights, new features and events. 

A new report from Arctic Wolf has found that 96% of ransomware attacks now involve data theft as criminals seek to force victims to pay up.

The European Union’s AI Act is ushering in a new era of workplace requirements, with AI literacy taking center stage. Under Article 4, organizations must now ensure their workforce is sufficiently AI-literate – but what does this really mean for … Read More

Recently, Dr. Martin J. Kraemer, Security Awareness Advocate at KnowBe4, and Dr. William Seymour, Lecturer in Cybersecurity at King’s College London released a Whitepaper called: “Cybersecurity Information Sharing as an Element of Sustainable Security Culture,” which examines how people consume and … Read More

Researchers at Juniper Threat Labs warn that phishing attacks are utilizing a new obfuscation technique to hide malicious JavaScript.

A KnowBe4 Threat Lab PublicationAuthors: Jeewan Singh Jalal, Anand Bodke, Daniel Netto and Martin Kraemer

If you haven’t been paying attention closely enough, a new type of access control token, like a super browser token on steroids, is becoming hackers’ theft target of choice.

We are very excited to announce the addition of audiocasts, a new content type now available in the ModStore to help strengthen your security culture through an engaging audio format.