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Check out the February updates in Compliance Plus so you can stay on top of featured compliance training content.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

ESET warns of a wave of phishing attacks informing employees that they’ve been fired or let go. The emails are designed to make the user panic and act quickly to see if they’ve actually lost their job.

Zimperium warns of a surge in phishing attacks specifically tailored for mobile devices. These attacks are designed to evade desktop security measures in order to breach organizations through employees’ smartphones.

A Chinese government-backed hacking group is using fake medical software to compromise hospital patients’ computers, infecting them with backdoors, keyloggers, and cryptominers.

Researchers at ReliaQuest have published a report on a phishing breach in the manufacturing sector that went from initial access to lateral movement in just 48 minutes.

KnowBe4 has been recognized in G2’s 2025 Best Software Awards, earning the top spot as the #1 Security Product and ranking #2 Overall Software Product.