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Volume 341, Issue 4 · 15 articles from 3 issues

In This Issue

• Ransomware Has Changed and Your Defenses Need to Change With It
• Why People Remember Jaws but Forget Your Security Training
• North Korean Hackers Target LinkedIn Users With Fake Job Offers
• The Rise of the Non-Human Insider: When AI Agents Become the Threat
• Report: One-Quarter of Breaches Are Enabled by AI-Driven Attacks
• Report: Vishing and Device Code Phishing Are Surging
• Report: Americans Lose an Estimated $148 Billion to Scams Each Year
• KnowBe4 Combats Voice-Based Threats With Advanced Simulated Vishing Capabilities
• Agent Risk Manager Moves into Early Access
• Report: Phishing Remains the Primary Initial Access Vector
• Report: AI Chatbots Are More Effective at Building Trust Than Human Scammers
• Attackers Use Vishing Attacks to Distribute New Android Malware
• Warning: Replying to a 'Wrong Number' Text Marks You as a Target for Scams
• CyberheistNews Vol 16 #34 Microsoft Observed 7.6 Billion Phishing Emails in Q2 2026
• Human Error Remains at the Core of AI-Enabled Social Engineering

Ransomware Has Changed and Your Defenses Need to Change With It (KnowBe4, Wednesday, August 19th, 2026)

KnowBe4's Erich Kron argues ransomware is now a business disruption model built on stolen identities and social engineering. Read more

Why People Remember Jaws but Forget Your Security Training (KnowBe4, Tuesday, August 18th, 2026)

KnowBe4 argues engaging, high-production security content drives recall and behavior change where compliance training fails. Read more

North Korean Hackers Target LinkedIn Users With Fake Job Offers (KnowBe4, Wednesday, August 19th, 2026)

KnowBe4 reports the North Korean actor Famous Chollima posing as LinkedIn recruiters to push ClickFix malware commands. Read more

The Rise of the Non-Human Insider: When AI Agents Become the Threat (KnowBe4, Thursday, August 20th, 2026)

KnowBe4 argues machine identities now outnumber humans 82 to 1, making authenticated AI agents a serious insider risk. Read more

Report: One-Quarter of Breaches Are Enabled by AI-Driven Attacks (KnowBe4, Thursday, August 20th, 2026)

An IBM-commissioned study finds 25% of malicious breaches are now AI-driven, costing an average $6 million each. Read more

Report: Vishing and Device Code Phishing Are Surging (KnowBe4, Friday, August 21st, 2026)

A CrowdStrike report shows vishing doubling and device code phishing rising 15-fold as attackers exploit phone and OAuth flows. Read more

Report: Americans Lose an Estimated $148 Billion to Scams Each Year (KnowBe4, Friday, August 21st, 2026)

A Consumer Federation of America report puts annual US online scam losses at $148 billion, over seven times reported figures. Read more

KnowBe4 Combats Voice-Based Threats With Advanced Simulated Vishing Capabilities (CIO Influence, Thursday, July 30th, 2026)

KnowBe4 launches simulated vishing training to address the surge in voice-based social engineering. Read more

Agent Risk Manager Moves into Early Access (KnowBe4, Tuesday, August 4th, 2026)

KnowBe4 moves Agent Risk Manager into early access for securing AI agents already in production. Read more

Report: Phishing Remains the Primary Initial Access Vector (KnowBe4, Tuesday, August 25th, 2026)

KnowBe4 relays Cisco Talos data showing phishing accounted for over half of attacks observed in Q2 2026. Read more

Report: AI Chatbots Are More Effective at Building Trust Than Human Scammers (KnowBe4, Monday, August 24th, 2026)

KnowBe4 covers research finding AI chatbots outperform human scammers at building trust in pig-butchering scams. Read more

Attackers Use Vishing Attacks to Distribute New Android Malware (KnowBe4, Wednesday, August 26th, 2026)

KnowBe4 covers Group-IB research on WindRelay Android malware delivered through impersonated bank phone calls. Read more

Warning: Replying to a 'Wrong Number' Text Marks You as a Target for Scams (KnowBe4, Friday, August 28th, 2026)

KnowBe4 relays Malwarebytes research showing wrong-number texts are reconnaissance to identify active phone numbers. Read more

CyberheistNews Vol 16 #34 Microsoft Observed 7.6 Billion Phishing Emails in Q2 2026 (KnowBe4, Tuesday, August 25th, 2026)

KnowBe4's newsletter leads with Microsoft detecting roughly 7.6 billion phishing emails in Q2 2026. Read more

Human Error Remains at the Core of AI-Enabled Social Engineering (KnowBe4, Monday, August 24th, 2026)

KnowBe4 relays Resilience data showing AI-enabled social engineering drove 85% of cyber insurance losses in H1 2026. Read more

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