KnowBe4, Friday, August 28th, 2026
New Phishing Kit Gives Threat Actors Live View into Attacks
KnowBe4 covers Cisco Talos research on JWR, a phishing kit that livestreams the victim's session to the attacker.
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KnowBe4, Friday, August 28th, 2026
The .vu Surge: How Threat Actors Are Exploiting Vanuatu's Domain Extension
KnowBe4 Threat Lab reports a 159% surge in phishing exploiting Vanuatu's .vu top-level domain.
more → KnowBe4, Friday, August 28th, 2026
Warning: Replying to a 'Wrong Number' Text Marks You as a Target for Scams
KnowBe4 relays Malwarebytes research showing wrong-number texts are reconnaissance to identify active phone numbers.
more → KnowBe4, Thursday, August 27th, 2026
Warning: Malicious AI Tools Are Spreading in the Criminal Underground
KnowBe4 relays Trellix findings that criminals are selling turnkey AI attack tools such as APEX AI on dark web forums.
more → KnowBe4, Thursday, August 27th, 2026
Voice Phishing Attacks Target Hedge Fund Employees
KnowBe4 relays Google GTIG reporting on UNC6671 vishing campaigns against hedge funds to bypass MFA.
more → KnowBe4, Wednesday, August 26th, 2026
Attackers Use Vishing Attacks to Distribute New Android Malware
KnowBe4 covers Group-IB research on WindRelay Android malware delivered through impersonated bank phone calls.
more → KnowBe4, Tuesday, August 25th, 2026
CyberheistNews Vol 16 #34 Microsoft Observed 7.6 Billion Phishing Emails in Q2 2026
KnowBe4's newsletter leads with Microsoft detecting roughly 7.6 billion phishing emails in Q2 2026.
more → KnowBe4, Tuesday, August 25th, 2026
Report: Phishing Remains the Primary Initial Access Vector
KnowBe4 relays Cisco Talos data showing phishing accounted for over half of attacks observed in Q2 2026.
more → KnowBe4, Monday, August 24th, 2026
Human Error Remains at the Core of AI-Enabled Social Engineering
KnowBe4 relays Resilience data showing AI-enabled social engineering drove 85% of cyber insurance losses in H1 2026.
more → KnowBe4, Monday, August 24th, 2026
Report: AI Chatbots Are More Effective at Building Trust Than Human Scammers
KnowBe4 covers research finding AI chatbots outperform human scammers at building trust in pig-butchering scams.
more → KnowBe4, Friday, August 21st, 2026
Report: Vishing and Device Code Phishing Are Surging
A CrowdStrike report shows vishing doubling and device code phishing rising 15-fold as attackers exploit phone and OAuth flows.
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KnowBe4, Friday, August 21st, 2026
Report: Americans Lose an Estimated $148 Billion to Scams Each Year
A Consumer Federation of America report puts annual US online scam losses at $148 billion, over seven times reported figures.
more → KnowBe4, Thursday, August 20th, 2026
The Rise of the Non-Human Insider: When AI Agents Become the Threat
KnowBe4 argues machine identities now outnumber humans 82 to 1, making authenticated AI agents a serious insider risk.
more → KnowBe4, Thursday, August 20th, 2026
Report: One-Quarter of Breaches Are Enabled by AI-Driven Attacks
An IBM-commissioned study finds 25% of malicious breaches are now AI-driven, costing an average $6 million each.
more → KnowBe4, Wednesday, August 19th, 2026
Ransomware Has Changed and Your Defenses Need to Change With It
KnowBe4's Erich Kron argues ransomware is now a business disruption model built on stolen identities and social engineering.
more → KnowBe4, Wednesday, August 19th, 2026
North Korean Hackers Target LinkedIn Users With Fake Job Offers
KnowBe4 reports the North Korean actor Famous Chollima posing as LinkedIn recruiters to push ClickFix malware commands.
more → KnowBe4, Tuesday, August 18th, 2026
Why People Remember Jaws but Forget Your Security Training
KnowBe4 argues engaging, high-production security content drives recall and behavior change where compliance training fails.
more → KnowBe4, Friday, August 14th, 2026
Unmasking the Invisible: How to Identify AI Tools, Hidden Devices, and Other Unknown Assets on Your Network
KnowBe4 sets out how to find unmanaged devices, shadow IT and unauthorised AI tools on enterprise networks.
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KnowBe4, Thursday, August 13th, 2026
Shadow AI: The New Frontier of Shadow IT
A KnowBe4 CISO advisor argues shadow IT is evolving into ungoverned shadow AI use.
more → KnowBe4, Wednesday, August 12th, 2026
The Talent Pipeline Nobody Talks About: What Young People Told Us About Cybercrime
KnowBe4 research examines how criminal networks recruit young people and how academies can redirect them.
more → KnowBe4, Wednesday, August 12th, 2026
Why Securing AI Agents Is More Critical Than Ever
KnowBe4 outlines the prompt injection and shadow AI risks introduced by autonomous AI agents.
more → KnowBe4, Wednesday, August 12th, 2026
Report: Employees Are Overconfident in Their Ability to Spot Scams
A Trustmi survey finds employees still rely on typos and other outdated cues to spot AI-crafted phishing.
more → KnowBe4, Tuesday, August 11th, 2026
Why You Can't Arrest Your Way Out of Youth Cybercrime
KnowBe4 reports INTERPOL findings on why arrests alone cannot address youth cybercrime recruitment.
more → KnowBe4, Friday, August 7th, 2026
Your KnowBe4 Fresh Content Updates from July 2026
KnowBe4 summarizes its July 2026 fresh content updates for security awareness programs.
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KnowBe4, Thursday, August 6th, 2026
AI Did Not Invent Social Engineering but IT Did Industrialize IT.
KnowBe4 marks National Social Engineering Day arguing AI industrialized rather than invented social engineering.
more → KnowBe4, Tuesday, August 4th, 2026
CyberheistNews Vol 16 #31 the Majority of Orgs Now Hit by Targeted Impersonation Attacks
KnowBe4's CyberheistNews reports 53% of organizations have had an executive or employee impersonated.
more → KnowBe4, Tuesday, August 4th, 2026
Agent Risk Manager Moves into Early Access
KnowBe4 moves Agent Risk Manager into early access for securing AI agents already in production.
more → KnowBe4, Monday, August 3rd, 2026
Shadow IT in the Interconnected Web: A CISO Advisor's View
A KnowBe4 CISO advisor examines shadow IT risk on World Wide Web Day.
more → KnowBe4, Friday, July 31st, 2026
Everyone Is a Builder Now. That Changes Security Training
KnowBe4 argues that when every employee can build software, security training has to change accordingly.
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KnowBe4, Friday, July 31st, 2026
Apple Warns Users to Be Wary of Unsolicited FaceTime Calls
Apple flags a wave of scam FaceTime calls impersonating Apple Support to extract payment and banking details.
more → KnowBe4, Friday, July 31st, 2026
New Phishing Kits Use Open-Source Tools to Bypass MFA
Researchers track three phishing kits built on the open-source Evilginx framework to proxy live Microsoft 365 sessions.
more → CIO Influence, Thursday, July 30th, 2026
KnowBe4 Combats Voice-Based Threats With Advanced Simulated Vishing Capabilities
KnowBe4 launches simulated vishing training to address the surge in voice-based social engineering.
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KnowBe4, Thursday, July 30th, 2026
Future-Proofing Organizations in the Face of AI
KnowBe4 argues securing AI requires one strategy covering both the human workforce and autonomous agents.
more → KnowBe4, Monday, July 27th, 2026
Majority of Organizations Hit by Targeted Impersonation Attacks
New research finds 53% of organizations had an executive or employee impersonated in the past year.
more → KnowBe4, Friday, July 24th, 2026
Introducing the Hybrid Nudge Experience: Outbound Email Security Built for Your Risk Appetite
KnowBe4 launches a Hybrid Nudge mode in Prevent to tailor outbound email security to risk appetite.
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KnowBe4, Friday, July 24th, 2026
The Open-Source Paradox: Navigating the New Frontier of AI Supply Chain Risk
KnowBe4 examines how open-source AI components introduce new supply chain security risks for enterprises.
more → KnowBe4, Thursday, July 23rd, 2026
From Inbox to Encryption: How Ransomware Delivery Has Evolved
KnowBe4 Threat Lab traces how ransomware delivery has evolved from email lures to advanced techniques.
more → KnowBe4, Thursday, July 23rd, 2026
New Phishing Tools Enable Attackers to Easily Bypass Multifactor Authentication
KnowBe4 warns that new phishing kits make it easy for attackers to bypass multifactor authentication.
more → KnowBe4, Thursday, July 23rd, 2026
Elevating the SOC Experience: Smarter Automation, Richer Threat Intelligence, and AI-Native Investigation
KnowBe4 enhances its SOC tooling with smarter automation, richer threat intel, and AI-native investigation.
more → KnowBe4, Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026
The New Face of AI Risk
KnowBe4's Javvad Malik explores the evolving landscape of AI risk facing modern organizations.
more → KnowBe4, Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026
Attackers Exploit AI Hallucinations to Send Users to Phishing Sites
KnowBe4 warns attackers are exploiting AI hallucinations to steer users toward phishing sites.
more → KnowBe4, Tuesday, July 21st, 2026
CyberheistNews Vol 16 #29: ClickFix Social Engineering Is Now the Leading Malware Delivery Method
KnowBe4 reports ClickFix social engineering has become the leading malware delivery method.
more → KnowBe4, Tuesday, July 21st, 2026
Trust Nothing: Tips to Secure AI Tools and Agents
KnowBe4's Erich Kron shares practical tips for securing AI tools and autonomous agents.
more → KnowBe4, Thursday, July 16th, 2026
Trust, Verify, Protect: Modernizing Email Security for the Cloud
KnowBe4 argues legacy secure email gateways are obsolete and that cloud email defense must become identity-first.
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KnowBe4, Wednesday, July 15th, 2026
Report: Social Engineering Remains a Central Part of AI-assisted Attacks
ESET's H1 2026 threat report finds attackers are bolting AI onto proven social engineering rather than inventing new techniques.
more → KnowBe4, Tuesday, July 14th, 2026
Scammers Can Use AI Tools to Pinpoint Your Location Based on a Photo
McAfee research shows freely available AI models can geolocate travel photos with roughly 90% accuracy, fueling targeted scams.
more → KnowBe4, Tuesday, July 14th, 2026
ClickFix Social Engineering Is Now the Leading Malware Delivery Method
ReliaQuest research finds ClickFix has become the top malware delivery technique and has expanded to macOS.
more → KnowBe4, Monday, July 13th, 2026
Report: Attackers Are Using AI to Automate Social Engineering
Research finds threat actors treat AI as operational infrastructure, mass-producing phishing pages while keeping traditional attack chains.
more → KnowBe4, Tuesday, July 7th, 2026
KnowBe4 Research Finds Global Phishing Susceptibility Drops 79% After One Year of Security Awareness Training
KnowBe4's 2026 benchmarking report finds one year of security awareness training cuts phishing susceptibility by 79%.
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KnowBe4, Friday, July 3rd, 2026
INC Ransomware Gang Targets the Legal Sector
The INC ransomware-as-a-service operation has made legal services its top target industry in 2026.
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