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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #14 [Eyes on the Prize] How Crafty Cons Attempted a 36 Million Vendor Email Heist

KnowBe4

Security solutions will help stop most attacks, but for those that make it past scanners, your users need to play a role in spotting and stopping BEC, VEC and phishing attacks themselves – something taught through security awareness training combined with frequent simulated phishing and other social engineering tests.

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Kevin Mitnick, Hacker Turned Cybersecurity Leader, Dies at 59

eSecurity Planet

military systems and launch nuclear missiles through mere whistling. Mitnick understood where the greatest cybersecurity dangers were, and he used his platform at KnowBe4 to promote training all employees to be aware of attack vectors and to educate organizations worldwide.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #13 [Eye Opener] How to Outsmart Sneaky AI-Based Phishing Attacks

KnowBe4

Security awareness training still has a place to play here." New-school security awareness training with simulated phishing tests enables your employees to recognize increasingly sophisticated phishing attacks and builds a strong security culture. We must ask: 'Is the email expected? Is the from address legit?

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It’s Time to Combine Security Awareness and Privacy Awareness

KnowBe4

He’s got info security folks requiring him to take annual training, posting educational videos, and sending simulated phishing email all the time. Combining security and privacy together in a data protection awareness program (or a risk awareness program) provides practical as well as conceptual benefits.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #27 [Heads Up] Massive Impersonation Phishing Campaign Imitates Over 100 Brands and Thousands of Domains

KnowBe4

This latest impersonation campaign makes the case for ensuring users are vigilant when interacting with the web – something accomplished through continual Security Awareness Training. To ensure that you get the most recent security fixes, enable automatic updates whenever possible." reports.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #16 [Finger on the Pulse]: How Phishers Leverage Recent AI Buzz

KnowBe4

Thus, a fraudster might claim a common religion, a shared military background, membership in a profession, or a common ethnicity, all with the goal of convincing the victim that they can be trusted. This is the sort of social engineering that new school security awareness training can effectively prevent. has added to our org.

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

Data Matters

In particular, in a blog article entitled, The NIST Cybersecurity Framework and the FTC , dated August 31, 2016, the FTC provided guidance suggesting that the NIST Cybersecurity Framework is consistent with the agency’s approach followed since the late 1990s in over 60 law enforcement actions and in business education guidance.