Psychological Contract Breach and the Power of Security Culture - Research Insights

Jul 9, 2025 7:30:00 AM By Martin Kraemer

Employees are expected to behave securely, and the definition of “securely” is often written down in a myriad of security policies. Yet, people do not always comply with security policies ...

Is your Human Risk Management Program Creating Measurable Change? Find Out with Our Free Program Maturity Assessment

Jul 1, 2025 5:09:53 PM By KnowBe4 Team

In today's threat landscape, your employees represent both your greatest vulnerability and your strongest defense.

What Is Human Risk Management?

Jun 26, 2025 2:00:00 PM By KnowBe4 Team

Cybersecurity has long focused on fortifying networks, securing endpoints and blocking malicious code.

A Clicking Time Bomb: What To Do About Repeat Clickers

Jun 23, 2025 9:43:34 AM By Bex Bailey

I recently had several conversations about repeat clickers. First with a Forrester analyst and then, shortly after, at KB4-CON Orlando following a presentation on the subject by Matthew ...

FTC States That Scams Cost U.S. Consumers $158.3 Billion in One Year

Jun 23, 2025 9:43:18 AM By Roger Grimes

I am used to repeating some pretty big numbers when talking about the financial impact of cybercrimes. When you look into the data, it is pretty easy to start talking about tens of ...

Happy 2nd Birthday to Our KnowBe4 Community!

Jun 19, 2025 10:30:00 AM By Genells Littlefield

Can it be? Is it true? Two years of KnowBe4 Community!

Warning: Voice Deepfakes Continue to Improve

Jun 18, 2025 4:08:49 PM By KnowBe4 Team

AI-generated voice deepfakes present an urgent threat to organizations, according to researchers at Pindrop.

Google Report Outlines the Latest Scam Trends

Jun 16, 2025 4:43:01 PM By KnowBe4 Team

Researchers at Google have published a report on the latest scam trends, noting an increase in travel-themed scams targeting people preparing for their summer vacations.

Checkups and Checklists: Cyber Risk Isn’t Just a Technical Problem

Jun 13, 2025 11:55:01 AM By James McQuiggan

There are many things in our lives we must prepare for to be ready. For other things, we wing it, or we're not prepared to deal with it at the moment.

How to Recognize Fraudulent North Korean Job Applicants

Jun 12, 2025 10:27:40 AM By KnowBe4 Team

Researchers at Socure warn of an ongoing wave of employment fraud driven by North Korean IT operatives attempting to secure positions at foreign companies.

Human Risk Management: Cybersecurity as a Business Enabler

Jun 11, 2025 12:34:31 PM By Martin Kraemer

Reducing human risk in cybersecurity requires a human-first approach that relies on effective training and practice for people to gain security knowledge, practice secure behavior, and ...

Spear-Phishing Campaign Targets Financial Executives

Jun 9, 2025 2:37:04 PM By KnowBe4 Team

Researchers at Trellix warn of a spear-phishing campaign that’s targeting CFOs around the world with phony employment offers.

Warning: Crooks Are Using Vishing Attacks to Compromise Salesforce Instances

Jun 9, 2025 2:36:46 PM By KnowBe4 Team

A criminal threat actor tracked as “UNC6040” is using voice phishing (vishing) attacks to compromise organizations’ Salesforce instances, according to researchers at Google’s Threat ...

What Are The Key Components Of A Successful Human Risk Management Program?

Jun 6, 2025 8:38:25 AM By KnowBe4 Team

When it comes to cybersecurity, organizations face an ever-present and often underestimated threat: human risk.

Fake MFA Reset Warning Message

Jun 6, 2025 8:37:54 AM By Roger Grimes

A KnowBe4 co-worker of mine recently got this SMS phishing message (i.e., smish).

FBI Alert: Extortion Gang Targets Law Firms With Social Engineering Attacks

Jun 5, 2025 9:03:54 AM By KnowBe4 Team

The FBI is warning that the Silent Ransom Group (SRG) is targeting law firms with IT-themed social engineering attacks and callback phishing emails.

New Unrestricted AI Tool Can Assist in Cybercrime

Jun 3, 2025 12:55:33 PM By KnowBe4 Team

Researchers at Certo warn that a new AI chatbot called “Venice[.]ai” can allow cybercriminals to easily generate phishing messages or malware code.

French Users Targeted by Major Phishing Campaign

Jun 2, 2025 9:32:40 AM By KnowBe4 Team

Researchers at IBM Security warn that a major phishing campaign is targeting users in France, incorporating leaked personal data to make the emails more convincing.

Threat Actors Are Using AI-Generated Audio to Impersonate U.S. Officials

May 27, 2025 4:04:49 PM By KnowBe4 Threat Lab

The FBI is warning that threat actors are impersonating senior US officials in phishing attacks designed to compromise users’ accounts.

The Lost Art of Writing Things Down

May 27, 2025 4:03:48 PM By Javvad Malik

I was once enrolled in a programming module back at university. We had been given a task, to code something, so we all sat banging out whatever code we could on our keyboards.

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