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By Anna Collard
Sir Robert Peel defined good policing as "the absence of crime and disorder, and not the visible evidence of police action in dealing with them." Gregory Francis of the Netherlands National Police quoted this at the INTERCOP conference held at INTERPOL headquarters, and this principle framed the entire event. Young people are increasingly drawn into cybercrime through the platforms where they already spend their time — Discord, Telegram and gaming servers.
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By KnowBe4 Threat Lab
By Shikhar Dalela and Jeewan Singh Jalal The operators named the kit themselves. Buried inside compromised legitimate websites, the hidden staging directory is sometimes literally called “/.bulletproof”, and the PHP session cookie the kit sets on every visitor is named “bp_redir_sess.” The “bp” stands for bulletproof, which is an unusual degree of candor from a threat actor whose entire design philosophy is concealment.
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By Zach Marner
Attackers are getting smarter. AI is making social engineering more convincing, more personalized, and harder to spot than ever before. Training the digital workforce, employees and agents, to recognize threats is necessary, but even the most security-conscious users can still make a mistake at the moment of risk. Workforce risk is a behavior change problem, and effective behavior change requires knowledge, pressure-tested application and real-time reinforcement all working together.
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By Erich Kron
This year National Social Engineering Day falls on Aug. 6. This day is designed to give us an opportunity to remind people that cybercriminals do not always need sophisticated malware, an undisclosed vulnerability or a dark room filled with glowing monitors, sometimes, all they need is a good story. Social engineering existed long before computers. Confidence tricks, impersonation, false authority and appeals to greed or fear have been used for centuries.
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By Zach Marner
When we first introduced Agent Risk Manager, the response was clear: many security teams are actively looking for a way to secure the AI agents already running in their environment and how they can confidently adopt AI across their organization. AI agents now operate inside organizations with real access to email, files and business systems, often with little visibility for the teams responsible for securing them. That’s exactly the problem Agent Risk Manager was built to solve.
On World Wide Web Day (August 1), it’s worth celebrating what the web has made possible. It enabled remote work to function at scale, SaaS platforms to deliver capabilities in days instead of months and instantaneous collaboration through shared docs, chats, whiteboards and task tools that update in real time.
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By KnowBe4 Team
Researchers at Lexfo are tracking three sophisticated phishing kits that were built using open-source components, primarily based on the publicly available adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) attack framework “Evilginx.” The phishing kits are designed to proxy “live Microsoft 365 authentication sessions to capture session cookies and OAuth tokens in real time, bypassing MFA entirely.” The kits also use AI to generate personalized phishing lures with a variety of different delivery metho
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By Fran Roberts
I've spent my career figuring out what makes content stick, from early work for brands like Apple and onward across two decades across film, animation and generative AI. Different tools every few years, same question underneath. What makes someone lean in instead of tuning out? Turns out that question sits at the center of a problem the security industry has wrestled with for 15 years. How do you build a culture where people actually change how they behave? Not comply. Not click "complete." Change.
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By KnowBe4 Team
Apple is warning users to be wary of unsolicited FaceTime calls amidst a wave of scams impersonating Apple Support, Malwarebytes reports. The scammers inform the user that there’s been fraudulent activity or a technical problem associated with their account, and trick the victim into handing over payment card details, banking credentials or Apple ID logins.
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By KnowBe4 Threat Lab
Most phishing attacks pick a target and commit to a tactic. This one picks the tactic based on the target, which happens dynamically, per device, in milliseconds, without the victim ever knowing a decision was made.
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.
More summer screen time means more opportunities for gaming scammers. Watch out for fake "Free Robux" scams targeting kids online, and learn the easy red flags to teach your family today.
What is the single best piece of security advice? Pausing.
AI add-ons can automate everything from travel to banking—but are they opening backdoors to your private data? Here is what to look for before granting permissions.
What if you could build a complete, personalized security awareness course from a single prompt — in seconds? KnowBe4's AIDA Content Creation Agent does exactly that. Powered by our decade of AI innovation, it generates e-learning modules instantly — and goes far beyond basic content generation: Deepfake Face Injection — Insert real members of your team into training visuals using safe, consensual deepfake synthesis. Your people, your culture, your training.
Unexpected delivery texts are one of the most common smishing tricks out there. Here is why you should never click the link, and what to do instead!
Have you noticed a spike in sketchy job offers since starting your career search? Here is how automated bots turn your profile details against you, and the major red flags to watch out for.
POV: you finally found free cybersecurity training that doesn't make you want to fall asleep. CAPY offers bite-sized cyber safety lessons for your whole family. Under 4 minutes. No login. No cost. Just real tips that actually stick. Kids, parents, seniors — there's a path for everyone.
Creating urgency, triggering reactions, and bypassing logic—sound familiar? Whether it's a 3 a.m. meow or a fake security alert, the tactics are the same. Don't be the catch of the day. Learn to spot the "phish" before you click!
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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
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
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
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
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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