KnowBe4

MAY 29, 2019

According to the 2019 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report , ransomware persisted as the second-most common type of malware reported, accounting for nearly 24% of incidents where malicious code was used. Plus, industry data suggests that paying doesn’t work, anyway. Consider Cybersecurity Insurance. Well, sometimes.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 25, 2023

Security researchers are jailbreaking large language models to get around safety rules. Blog post with (lots of) links: [link] [Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. A summary of it can be found on the Cornell University website.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 20, 2023

1 Root Cause of Data Breaches Verizon's DBIR always has a lot of information to unpack, so I'll continue my review by covering how stolen credentials play a role in attacks. So, what does the report say about the most common threat actions that are involved in data breaches? million simulated phishing security tests.

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KnowBe4

MAY 9, 2023

New school security awareness training can help any organization sustain that line of defense and create a strong security culture. Blog post with links: [link] A Master Class on IT Security: Roger A. The payload is a cryptojacking Monero miner. This campaign may be more effective for its routine, innocent look.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 11, 2023

Share with friends, family and co-workers: [link] A Master Class on IT Security: Roger A. With 30+ years of experience as a computer security consultant, instructor, and award-winning author, Roger has dedicated his life to making sure you're prepared to defend against quickly-evolving IT security threats like ransomware.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 6, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #23 | June 6th, 2023 [Wake-Up Call] It's Time to Focus More on Preventing Spear Phishing Fighting spear phishing attacks is the single best thing you can do to prevent breaches. of all email-based attacks according to Barracuda's data but are responsible for 66% of all breaches." This is that fact: ".spear

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

In particular, it advocates (1) treating the cyber risk as an organization-wide, enterprise-level strategic priority , and (2) targeting cyber-risk at applicable stages in the data lifecycle —including collection, use, sharing, and destruction—by deploying credible industry guidance, as appropriate to the organization. Principle 2.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 14, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #11 | March 14th, 2023 [Heads Up] Employees Are Feeding Sensitive Biz Data to ChatGPT, Raising Security Fears Robert Lemos at DARKReading just reported on a worrying trend. In a recent report, data security service Cyberhaven detected and blocked requests to input data into ChatGPT from 4.2%

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KnowBe4

MAY 2, 2023

In the near term, new-school security awareness training can help alert your people to the tells of automated scamming. Blog post with links: [link] [Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. This appears to be the case with Qbot.

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