In this special blog Martin Kraemer, Security Expert at KnowBe4 notes the heightened dangers that holidaymakers face, who take advantage of a more relaxed and mind state, known as ‘holiday brain’. “The biggest problem with checking work emails during the holidays is not only that you don’t have time to pull the plug and relax […]
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KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Egress, a leader in adaptive and integrated cloud email security. Egress’ Intelligent Email Security suite provides a set of scaled, AI-enabled security tools with adaptive learning capabilities to help prevent, protect and defend
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According to new report from Hornetsecurity, which analysed 45 billion emails sent in 2023, phishing remains the No.1 cyber-attack method used by cybercriminals. KnowBe4 comments on the report and notes how the KnowBe4 platform can be used to strengthen their security culture and reduce human risk. The Hornetsecurity Cyber Security Report 2024 digs into the
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According to a new report by CommVault, leadership in companies is not as involved in cyber-preparedness as it could be, despite 61% of organisations believing that data loss from a cyber attack in the next 12 months is, moderately, to very, likely. Even though business leaders have a clear awareness of the threat of cyber-attacks
KnowBe4 Inc., is inviting customers to harness the power of reported messages from over 10 million trained users worldwide with the PhishER Plus Global Blocklist feature. This feature prevents future malicious emails, sharing the same sender, URL, or attachment, from reaching other users. These are real-world phishing threats, thoroughly vetted by both human intelligence and
KnowBe4 has kicked off support activities for Cybersecurity Awareness Month in October with a resource kit designed to help IT and Infosec professionals improve their security posture. KnowBe4’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month Resource Kit contains a user guide and weekly training suggestions to assist in planning out the month. The kit includes user resources featuring eight
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KnowBe4 has released its new 2022 Phishing by Industry Benchmarking Report to measure an organisation’s Phish-prone Percentage (PPP), which indicates how many of their employees are likely to fall for phishing or a social engineering scam. With ransomware payments averaging $580,000 in 2021 and business email compromise (BEC) losses topping $1.8 billion in 2020, a
KnowBe4 has announced the release of a resource kit for IT managers as part of a month-long effort in July to increase awareness of ransomware, its many forms and methods used by cyber criminals to extort funds. Some of the resources for download include a Ransomware Master Class, Ransomware Rescue Manual, infographics, posters, digital signage
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KnowBe4 has announced that it has reached the milestone of 50,000 customers globally. During the first quarter of 2022, KnowBe4 added nearly 2,500 customers, bringing our total customer count to 49,646, as of March 31. That’s a 27.4% increase year-over-year, or an increase of nearly 10,700 new customers. Today, the 50,000-customer milestone has been reached.
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KnowBe4 has announced that new Chief Financial Officer Bob Reich has stepped into his role, replacing former CFO Krish Venkataraman who will transition to the KnowBe4 Board of Directors. Reich brings more than 25 years of leading transformative value creation strategies with extensive business and financial management expertise to his new role. He has
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KnowBe4 has announced a new partnership with Kontra to add security application development courseware to its training library of security awareness training content. The application layer remains a prime target for cybercriminals looking to breach an organisation’s security defences. Recent security threats like the Log4j incident show that secure development practices are increasingly important to
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KnowBe4 has announced the launch of the 2022 Ransomware Hostage Rescue Manual, which includes detailed steps for addressing ransomware infections and simplified checklists. With ransomware attacks continuing to increase around the world, substantial damage has been caused to organisations of all sizes. Just last week, The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the FBI and National
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KnowBe4 has announced its blockbuster security awareness series “The Inside Man” is premiering its fourth season at the Capitol Theatre in Clearwater, Florida. It will also be premiered in London on the 17th of February at the Phoenix Arts Club. This season’s story takes the action on to a truly international stage. Mark Shepherd’s team of cyberwarriors
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KnowBe4 has launched a new Industry Benchmark feature that allows organisations to compare their security culture with others in their industry, creating an opportunity to evaluate key information around security culture with meaningful data. This feature is available via benchmark comparison data for KnowBe4’s Security Culture Survey (SCS). KnowBe4’s science-based SCS helps security professionals tailor training to address proficiency gaps and weaknesses,
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KnowBe4 has announced the results of its Q4 2021 top-clicked phishing report. “When comparing the results from the U.S. phishing emails to those in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), email subjects in the U.S. appear to originate from the users’ organisations and are focused on security alerts related to passwords and internal company policy
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KnowBe4 announced it has released a set of the top five cybersecurity tips to help protect end users against a variety of dangerous scams during the 2021 holiday season. Every year, people fall victim to holiday scams. The FBI says that the two most popular holiday scams are non-delivery and non-payment crimes. In a non-delivery scam,
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KnowBe4 has announced that it has enhanced its research capabilities and appointed Kai Roer as Chief Research Officer. KnowBe4 has built a Statistical Analysis Research Platform for Roer and his team that will reportedly revolutionise the way that KnowBe4 conducts research projects and distributes industry-relevant reports regarding security awareness, phishing, culture, ransomware and more. This platform allows KnowBe4 to combine data on employees’ behaviors, knowledge,
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In recognition of Cybersecurity Awareness Month in October, KnowBe4 has launched a new resource kit to defend against cyber attacks. KnowBe4’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month Resource Kit contains a guide for the kit and campaign ideas to help IT admins get started, a weekly training planner, two free training videos, infographics, tip sheets and desktop backgrounds. The two free
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KnowBe4 has announced the launch of its updated Automated Security Awareness Program (ASAP) 2.0 and availability in six new languages. ASAP’s updated user interface and questionnaire were reportedly designed to make the process easier and faster for IT admins to get their security awareness training programs started. After answering some simple questions, ASAP will create
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In a recent webinar with KnowBe4, Roger Grimes, Data-Driven Defence Evangelist, advises on how to enable DMARC, SPF, DKIM the right way and suggests six reasons as to why phishing still might get through to inboxes and what users can do to maximise defences. Click here for more information and to watch the full webinar.
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KnowBe4 has released a new Phishing by Industry Benchmarking Report to measure an organisation’s Phish-Prone percentage (PPP), which indicates how many of their employees are likely to fall for a phishing or social engineering scam. The initial baseline phishing test was administered to organisations that had not conducted any KnowBe4 security awareness training. The results
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Eskenzi PR has announced today that the sixth annual Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards are now open for nominations. Once again, this is a chance to celebrate the people working on the frontlines to fight against cyber threats, no matter if they work in the classroom, law enforcement or corporate organisations. This year sees three new categories
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In this article, Javvad Malik, security awareness advocate at KnowBe4, delves into a recently published report from Analyst1 to determine what the initial access vector or root cause is for most cybercriminal gangs. Security researchers and practitioners spend countless hours researching cyber criminals and the way they operate to help organisations be better prepared for
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KnowBe4 has launched a new training module called Compliance Plus which offers an interactive experience with real-life simulated scenarios to help teach employees how to respond in a challenging situation. To minimise risk and possible threats in certain sectors, government and regulatory bodies have enacted an avalanche of legislation and compliance controls. Compliance training has been a continuing
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Meat supplier, JBS has now paid ransomware hackers $11 million after breaching their computer networks last week. It was revealed that the company was hacked by REvil, a Russian-speaking hacker gang that has made millions in recent years by attacking organisations, encrypting their files and demanding a fee or a bitcoin payment in exchange for
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When it comes to cyber attacks, the bad guys are out there, watching and waiting for an opportunity to strike. They have carefully researched organisations in order to set the perfect trap and the perfect backstory, or pretext, is the key. In an exclusive on-demand webinar from KnowBe4, Kevin Mitnick, Chief Hacking Officer and Perry Carpenter, Chief Evangelist and
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Javvad Mailk, Security Awareness Advocate of KnowBe4, gives his insight on phishing attempts over the last quarter Humans are curious. They also want to inherently “fix” things”. And they’re social beings. These are all traits that cyber attackers prey on – it’s what makes phishing so successful. Every quarter, we look to analyse what types
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Jelle Wieringa, Security Awareness Advocate at KnowBe4, gives his insight on AI-Driven phishing security in 2021. https://www.knowbe4.com/
KnowBe4 has recently revealed the results of its Q1 2021 top-clicked phishing report, which reveals that despite still seeing phishing email attacks related to COVID-19, users are becoming more savvy and alert to these types of scams. “With COVID-19 being around for over a year now and employees becoming more aware of the types of
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Security awareness training platform, KnowBe4 has announced its research platform KnowBe4 Research has released a 2021 Security Culture Report. This report has doubled the sample size from the 2020 report, with more than 320,000 employees in 1,872 organisations around the world. This year’s results revealed a large gap between the best performers and the poor
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Kevin Mitnick from KnowBe4 demonstrates how even charging cables can be used to hack into laptops.
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KnowBe4’s Q4 2020 top-clicked phishing report reveals that work-related email subjects such as corporate policy changes are becoming more popular with the coronavirus pandemic continuing to keep more people working from home. Covering the entire fourth quarter, real phishing emails that were reported to IT departments related to working from home are on the rise.
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