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Your Email is Protected. Is Your Teams Chat?

Jul 8, 2026 By Haylea Reiner, MBA In KnowBe4
For years, security teams have poured resources into locking down the inbox, and for good reason. Email has always been the front door for phishing and social engineering. Unfortunately, another door has been left wide open: Microsoft Teams. Threat actors are increasingly posing as IT helpdesk staff inside Microsoft Teams chats, exploiting the built-in trust employees place in their internal collaboration tools to steal credentials and take over accounts.
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2026 Phishing by Industry Benchmarking Report: Findings on Human Risk

Jul 7, 2026 By KnowBe4 Team In KnowBe4
Every year, KnowBe4 analyzes millions of simulated phishing tests to measure one thing: how likely is your workforce to fall for a phishing attack? The results, published in the 2026 Phishing by Industry Benchmarking Report, paint a clear picture of where human risk concentrates — and what organizations can do about it. Here are the key findings security leaders need to know.
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Cybercriminals Are Targeting the FIFA World Cup 2026

Jul 2, 2026 By KnowBe4 Threat Lab In KnowBe4
Lead Analysts: Jeewan Singh Jalal and Louis Tiley KnowBe4 ThreatLabs tracked phishing campaign activity from the first week of April through June 22, 2026 — covering the pre-tournament build-up, tournament kickoff and the first twelve days of live match play. Our latest intelligence adds crucial mid-tournament telemetry (June 15-22), a newly identified reply-back campaign track and additional infrastructure intelligence.
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5 Essential Cybersecurity Defenses for Cloud Email Security

Jul 2, 2026 By Erich Kron In KnowBe4
Cloud email has become the center of modern business. Regardless of your organization's industry or size, email connects employees, customers, vendors, executives, financial systems and critical business processes. Unfortunately, attackers know this too. For cybercriminals, compromising an email account is often like finding the master key to a building. Once inside, they may be able to steal information, impersonate employees, redirect payments, spread malware or gain access to other systems.
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Phishing Exposes Employee Data at 86% of Fortune 100 Companies

Jul 1, 2026 By KnowBe4 Team In KnowBe4
A new report from SpyCloud has found that phishing attacks have exposed employee data at 86% of Fortune 100 companies over the past 12 months, with the technology, airline and automotive sectors being hit the hardest. The researchers also found that 78% of organizations experienced an increase in phishing volume over the past year. Additionally, 84% of respondents named AI-assisted phishing as their top concern, followed by business email compromise (BEC) attacks.
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Intel Chat: Cisco CUCM exploited, ransomware profiles, Gamaredon & AI agent phishing [335]

Jul 1, 2026 By LimaCharlie In LimaCharlie
Intel Chat with Matt Bromiley and Chris Luft. Matt and Chris break down four stories from the week in threat intel: Chapters: The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast — a podcast about cybersecurity and the people that keep the internet safe. New episodes drop weekly. Subscribe wherever you listen.
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10 Best SPF Checker Tools For Validating Your Email DNS Records

10 Best SPF Checker Tools For Validating Your Email DNS Records

Jun 25, 2026 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses
Ensuring robust email authentication is fundamental to protecting your domain name from email spoofing and phishing attacks. Central to this defense is the Sender Policy Framework (SPF), an authentication protocol designed to validate authorized IP addresses allowed to send emails for your domain. To maintain SPF compliance and maximize email deliverability, leveraging the right set of SPF checker tools is crucial. This section highlights the 10 best SPF validation tools that ensure your SPF records in DNS are error-free, up-to-date, and provide effective risk assessment against email-based threats.
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