Author Archives: Anthony Peyson

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To our valued KnowBe4 customers, partners, and community. I wanted to share some exciting developments happening at KnowBe4.

Recently, I covered a T-Mobile scam where a friend of mine narrowly avoided losing money. In that scam, the attackers called up pretending to be from T-Mobile offering him a cannot-pass-up 30% discount on future T-Mobile bills.

Email is still the most common attack vector for cyber threats, according to a new report from Barracuda.

Cyberwire wrote: “WIRED has published a report on North Korea’s efforts to obtain remote IT positions at foreign companies, noting that these fraudulent workers are now using AI tools to cheat on coding tests and technical interviews. The threat actors are also … Read More

A friend of mine got a call on his phone and he regrettably picked it up. The number was 267-332-3644. The area code is from Bucks County, PA, where he used to live many years ago.

Researchers at INKY warn that criminals are impersonating the US Department of Homeland Security to launch phishing scams.

The number of infostealers delivered via phishing emails increased by 84% last year, according to a new report from IBM’s X-Force researchers. Threat actors are using these malware strains to steal credentials for use in follow-on attacks.

Scammers are exploiting the death of Pope Francis to launch social engineering attacks, according to researchers at Check Point.

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Ever since Microsoft’s initial announcement on February 13, 2025, about a Russian nation-state phishing campaign using “device code phishing,” many people have been wondering what it is. This post will tell you what device code phishing is and how to defend … Read More

A social engineering campaign is abusing Zoom’s remote control feature to take control of victims’ computers and install malware, according to researchers at security firm Trail of Bits.

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of KnowBe4 Academy—a comprehensive learning ecosystem designed specifically for security administrators, IT professionals and team members who manage KnowBe4’s security products and platform.

Recently, I received an email at work from a company with whom I’ve had previous interactions. The email lacked context and contained an attachment, immediately raising suspicion.

A new report from Valimail has found that 50% of organizations lack effective protection against email spoofing.

According to our independent survey of individuals across the UK, USA, Netherlands, France, Denmark, Sweden, the DACH region, and Africa who use a laptop as part of their work, 90.1% find simulated phishing tests relevant. What’s more, 90.7% agreed that … Read More

A new report from Sophos found that ransomware attacks accounted for over 90% of incident response cases involving medium-sized businesses in 2024, as well as 70% of cases involving small businesses.

Cybercriminals are increasingly using AI tools to assist in malicious activities, according to Microsoft’s latest Cyber Signals report.