by | Aug 22, 2025 | Cybersecurity Alerts, News, and Tips
Read the original article at https://blog.knowbe4.com/the-hidden-cost-of-free-gifts-how-survey-scams-are-evolving-to-steal-financial-data You’ve probably seen them: enticing online offers for free products from brands you trust, like a Yeti beach chair from...
by | Aug 21, 2025 | Cybersecurity Alerts, News, and Tips
Read the original article at https://blog.knowbe4.com/warning-social-engineering-is-a-growing-threat-to-the-industrial-sector Social engineering attacks are a growing threat to operational technology (OT) environments, Industrial Cyber reports. Read the original...
by | Aug 21, 2025 | Cybersecurity Alerts, News, and Tips
Read the original article at https://blog.knowbe4.com/phishing-attacks-target-brokerage-accounts-to-manipulate-stock-prices Professional phishing groups are targeting customers of brokerage firms in order to manipulate stock prices, KrebsOnSecurity reports. The...
by | Aug 21, 2025 | Cybersecurity Alerts, News, and Tips
Read the original article at https://blog.knowbe4.com/new-homoglyph-phishing-campaign-impersonates-booking.com Attackers are using a Japanese Unicode character to replace forward slashes in phishing URLs, BleepingComputer reports. Read the original article at...
by | Aug 21, 2025 | Cybersecurity Alerts, News, and Tips
Read the original article at https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/sneak-peek-2025-north-america-community-meeting-speakers The countdown is on for this year’s North America Community Meeting! We’re thrilled to share an early look at some of the exceptional sessions...
by | Aug 21, 2025 | Cybersecurity Alerts, News, and Tips
Read the original article at https://blog.knowbe4.com/the-attackers-playbook-a-technical-analysis-of-quishing-and-encrypted-svg-payloads-used-in-hr-impersonation-phishing-attacks In this series, we first explored the psychology that makes HR phishing so effective,...
by | Aug 20, 2025 | Cybersecurity Alerts, News, and Tips
Read the original article at https://blog.knowbe4.com/that-urgent-payroll-update-email-is-a-trap-a-look-at-the-latest-hr-phishing-tactics Phishing attacks impersonating HR are on the rise. Between January 1 – March 31, 2025, our Threat Lab team observed an 120%surge...
by | Aug 20, 2025 | Cybersecurity Alerts, News, and Tips
Read the original article at https://blog.knowbe4.com/from-human-resources-to-human-risk-why-hr-is-the-perfect-department-for-cybercriminals-to-impersonate We all trust HR – or at least we do when we think they’re emailing us! Data from KnowBe4’s HRM+ platform...
by | Aug 20, 2025 | Cybersecurity Alerts, News, and Tips
Read the original article at https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/coffee-with-the-council-podcast-meet-this-years-asia-pacific-community-meeting-keynote-speaker-sharon-gai This episode of Coffee with the Council is brought to you by our podcast sponsors,...
by | Aug 19, 2025 | Cybersecurity Alerts, News, and Tips
Read the original article at https://blog.knowbe4.com/north-korean-threat-actor-delivers-ransomware-via-phishing-emails The North Korean threat actor ScarCruft has incorporated ransomware into its arsenal, according to researchers at South Korean security firm S2W....
