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By KnowBe4 Team
The U.S. FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued joint advisories warning of election-themed scams targeting voters and spear phishing attacks targeting election officials.
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By KnowBe4 Team
Phishing attacks are increasingly using legitimate calendar invites to bypass security filters, according to researchers at Netcraft. Attackers send ICS calendar invite files that plant phishing lures directly on users’ calendars, often under the guise of work-related meetings.
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By KnowBe4 Team
Researchers at Malwarebytes warn that job seekers are increasingly vulnerable to scams as AI enables them to take a “spray-and-pray” approach to job applications. Users who have automated their job application process are more likely to forget where they’ve applied, and an unsolicited message from a recruiter may seem more plausible. Job seekers can also be more willing to overlook or ignore red flags associated with scams, since they’re anxious to avoid missing an opportunity.
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By KnowBe4 Team
Researchers at Malwarebytes warn that a phishing campaign is using spoofed Calendly pages to trick users into handing over their Facebook and Google account credentials. The phishing sites pose as Calendly booking pages for job interviews at Meta, asking users to enter their information to sign up for a phone call with a recruiter. After this, the user is taken to a spoofed Facebook or Google login page designed to steal their credentials and intercept their multifactor authentication codes.
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By KnowBe4 Team
Insights from Attempted Intelligence, Episode 2, hosted by Matt Duren, SVP of AI and data, KnowBe4 and Harlan Parrott, VP of AI innovation, KnowBe4. AI data centers are one of the most debated topics in the world right now. Some people worry about the energy and water it takes to run them. Others see the foundation for the next wave of AI advances. Both camps have a point. On episode two of the Attempted Intelligence podcast, Matt and Harlan each picked a side and debated it.
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By KnowBe4 Team
The third quarter of 2026 saw the highest number of ransomware attacks to date, with 2,627 total attacks, according to a new report from Comparitech.
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By KnowBe4 Team
Researchers at Fortra are tracking a surge in phishing attacks targeting bank accounts via remote monitoring and management (RMM) tools. “Hybrid phishing-to-RMM campaigns have emerged as a potent method to target North American financial institutions, with a focused interest in business commercial banking accounts,” Fortra says.
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By KnowBe4 Team
South Africans who fall victim to cybercrime now have more support available. MiDO Academy, The Cyber Helpline (UK) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched the pilot of The Cyber Helpline in South Africa, a free, confidential service providing practical guidance and compassionate support to individuals affected by online fraud, investment and employment scams, hacked accounts, phishing and smishing, social media fake profiles, sextortion, online harassment, identity theft, malware and ransomware incidents.
[Cybersecurity Awareness Month] 100 Passwords, One Brain: Stop Asking Humans to Behave Like Machines
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By Anna Collard
I want to start with a confession that most security leaders will recognize but few will say out loud: almost everyone reuses passwords. Not the reckless or the untrained. Everyone including, if we are honest, a fair number of people in our own profession. For years, our industry's response to this has been some version of finger-wagging. Use unique passwords, make them longer, add a symbol and change them every 90 days. Do not write them down.
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By Stu Sjouwerman
For years, we described phishing as an email problem: an attacker writes a convincing message, sends it to thousands of people and waits for someone to click. That model is now outdated. Microsoft’s disruption of YAM Store, CoGUI and Iron Man exposed something much larger: a cloud-based impersonation industry.
How much power and water do AI data centers actually consume—and what does their growth mean for local communities? In Episode 2 of Attempted Intelligence, hosts Harlan Parrott (VP of AI Innovation at KnowBe4) and Matt Duren (SVP of Engineering for AI & Data) go head-to-head in a friendly debate over the environmental and economic realities of AI infrastructure. A coin flip assigns their positions as they tackle the viral claims surrounding AI energy consumption, local water usage, and the trade-offs facing local governments.
What actually makes an AI tool an "Agent"—and why is "Shadow AI" quickly becoming every organization's biggest blind spot?
Hackers scan the internet for smart home devices running factory-default passwords like "admin." Once inside, they jump to your personal devices on the same Wi-Fi network!
AI-generated scams eliminate obvious red flags like bad grammar and broken English, making digital fraud nearly impossible to spot at a glance. Learn how to pause, evaluate artificial urgency and verify suspicious requests before clicking or transferring money!
Deepfakes are taking over social feeds, and nearly 70% are almost impossible to detect with the naked eye. Learn the quick behavioral habits that will stop you from falling for AI-generated scam media and misinformation online!
The Sack Company implemented KnowBe4 to eliminate "click happy" employee behavior and streamline phishing campaign management across its family of companies. By leveraging KnowBe4’s AI Defense Agents (AIDA) and gamified phishing security awareness training, The Sack Company reduced organizational risk scores while saving 50 to 60 hours per week in IT monitoring time. KEY HIGHLIGHTS & RESULTS: TIMESTAMPS / CHAPTERS.
Overrated and underrated AI hot takes.
Still forcing yourself to remember random passwords? Dr. Martin Kraemer shares a memory-based formula to craft secure, super-memorable passphrases.
When high-stakes attackers target you, they aren't playing the cards — they’re playing the player. For National Social Engineering Day, Erich Kron reveals modern social engineering's biggest tell.
AI tools state false information with just as much credibility as the truth. Here’s what you need to know about AI hallucinations.
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By KnowBe4
Want to read this bestseller? Register now for your free (instant 240-page PDF download) Cyberheist e-book and learn how to not be the next victim! Cyberheist was fully updated and written for the IT team and owners / management of Small and Medium Enterprise, which includes non-profits, local and state government, churches, and any other organization with more than a few thousand dollars in their bank operating account.
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By KnowBe4
Your employees are your largest attack surface. For too long the human component of cybersecurity has been neglected, leaving employees vulnerable and creating an easy target for cybercriminals to exploit. But your users want to do the right thing. Rather than a hurdle to be overcome, organizations need to think of their employee base as an asset, once properly equipped.
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By KnowBe4
Spear phishing emails remain a top attack vector for cybercriminals, yet most companies still don't have an effective strategy to stop them. This enormous security gap leaves you open to business email compromise, session hijacking, ransomware and more. Don't get caught in a phishing net! Learn how to avoid having your end users take the bait. Roger Grimes, KnowBe4's Data-Driven Defense Evangelist, will cover techniques you can implement now to minimize cybersecurity risk due to phishing and social engineering attacks.
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By KnowBe4
Hackers have become increasingly savvy at launching specialized attacks that target your users by tapping into their fears, hopes, and biases to get access to their data. Cybersecurity is not just a technological challenge, but increasingly a social and behavioral one. People, no matter their tech savviness, are often duped by social engineer scams, like CEO fraud, because of their familiarity and immediacy factors.
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By KnowBe4
Anything but 100% completion on your employee compliance training is often more than simply frustrating. Compliance audits and regulatory requirements can make anything less than 100% feel like a failure. But, getting compliance on your compliance training is possible! Organizations have struggled for years with getting everyone to complete their required compliance training. This puts organizations at risk of more incidents occurring, fines or reputational damage if an employee is non-compliant.
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By KnowBe4
All multi-factor authentication (MFA) mechanisms can be compromised, and in some cases, it's as simple as sending a traditional phishing email. Want to know how to defend against MFA hacks? This eBook covers over a dozen different ways to hack various types of MFA and how to defend against those attacks.
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