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Phishing Test: Safeguarding Against Cyber Threats

Phishing attacks continue to be one of the most effective and damaging cyber threats faced by businesses today. Cybercriminals have refined their techniques, using increasingly sophisticated deception ...
Business Wire

KnowBe4 Phishing Test Results Reveal HR Related Email Subjects Continue to Dominate Attack Trends

TAMPA BAY, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, today announced the results of its Q3 2023 top-clicked ...
Security

KnowBe4 releases Q2 Quarterly Phishing Test results

KnowBe4 today announced the results of its Q2 2024 top-clicked phishing report. The results include the top email subjects clicked on in phishing tests. HR business-related messages are still ...
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Phishing Tests, the Bane of Work Life, Are Getting Meaner

It was a Sunday morning in August, about a month before the start of classes, when Alicia Riley got the email about an Ebola outbreak at the University of California, Santa Cruz. “Oh, my God!” thought ...
Business Wire

IRONSCALES Announces GA of GPT-Powered Spear Phishing Simulations: A Game-Changer in Email Security Employee Awareness

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IRONSCALES, the AI-powered email security leader protecting 13,000 global customers from advanced phishing attacks, today announced the General Availability (GA) of its ...
ZDNet

Phishing training doesn't stop your employees from clicking scam links - here's why

Phishing is a major and growing threat to businesses. But phishing awareness training has a minimal success rate. Researchers urge organizations to invest in countermeasures. A new study has confirmed ...
Forbes

Hack-Proof Your Workforce With Security Awareness Practices

Stu Sjouwerman is the founder and CEO of KnowBe4 Inc., a security awareness training and simulated phishing platform. So, what can organizations do to improve user ...
The Daily Dot

‘Terminate?’: Worker says corporate sent her a phishing test that made her think she was getting fired

Phishing tests are often deployed in workplaces to gauge how an employee would react to a scam attempt. Workplaces have a great interest in making sure their workers are aware of how to spot such ...
Cyber Defense Magazine

Why Employees Still Click Phishing Links (And What Actually Helps)

Phishing has been around for decades, and yet it refuses to go away. Estimates from recent industry reports, such as The ...
Harvard Business Review

Phishing Tests Are Necessary. But They Don’t Need to Be Evil.

Last December, the website hosting company GoDaddy.com sent 500 employees an email offering a $650 holiday bonus. Unfortunately, the bonus emails were not sent in appreciation for their record year, ...
Security

KnowBe4 phishing test: HR-related email subjects continue to dominate attack trends

TAMPA BAY, Fla. -- KnowBe4, a provider of security awareness training and a simulated phishing platform, today announced the results of its Q3 2023 top-clicked phishing report. The results include the ...