8 articles that week
KnowBe4, Friday, August 22nd, 2025
Cybercriminals are increasingly abusing AI-assisted website generators to quickly craft convincing phishing sites, according to researchers at Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42.
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KnowBe4, Friday, August 22nd, 2025
Below is an example of a sophisticated survey scam phishing email that KnowBe4's Threat Lab team has been monitoring as discussed in 'The Hidden Cost of "Free" Gifts: How Survey Scams Are Evolving to Steal Financial Data'.
more → KnowBe4, Friday, August 22nd, 2025
You've probably seen them: enticing online offers for free products from brands you trust, like a Yeti beach chair from Costco or an emergency car kit from AAA.
more → KnowBe4, Thursday, August 21st, 2025
Social engineering attacks are a growing threat to operational technology (OT) environments, Industrial Cyber reports.
more → KnowBe4, Thursday, August 21st, 2025
In this series, we first explored the psychology that makes HR phishing so effective, then showcased the real-world lures attackers use to trick your employees. Now, we're going under the hood to answer the critical question: How do these attacks technically bypass security defenses?
more → KnowBe4, Thursday, August 21st, 2025
Phishing attacks impersonating HR are on the rise. Between January 1 - March 31, 2025, our Threat Lab team observed a 120% surge in these attacks reported via our PhishER product versus the previous three months. These attacks have remained at elevated levels since peaking in February.
more → KnowBe4, Wednesday, August 20th, 2025
We all trust HR - or at least we do when we think they're emailing us! Data from KnowBe4's HRM+ platform reveals that phishing simulations with internal subject lines dominate the list of most-clicked templates in 2025.
more → KnowBe4, Tuesday, August 19th, 2025
AI is getting eerily good at mimicking Iron Man's Jarvis: these so-called "OS agents" can now watch your screen, click buttons, fill out forms and manage apps on your computer or phone-all on their own.
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