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by Mitnick Security | 07.09.2018 | 3 min

New Report Finds Global Ransomware Damage Costs Predicted to Exceed $8 Billion in 2018

Report sponsored by KnowBe4 and conducted by Cybersecurity Ventures finds ransomware to attack a business every 14 seconds by the end of 2019 Ransomware is the new normal; it’s here to stay and is gro...

Social Engineering, Speaking Engagements, Stu Sjouwerman, human firewall, CEO fraud, Cybersecurity Ventures, cybertheft, financial damages, KnowBe4, security threats, ransomware, Kevin Mitnick

by Mitnick Security | 10.23.2017 | 3 min

KnowBe4 Expands Its Security Vision With the Acquisition of Securable.io

The addition allows for a more personalized approach to security awareness training

Social Engineering, Speaking Engagements, CEO fraud, Chief Hacking Officer, Securable.io, security awareness training, KnowBe4, tailor made security training, user skill, phishing, ransomware, Kevin Mitnick

by Mitnick Security | 05.04.2017 | 1 min

LISTEN: Advice For May Gardening In Kansas City, And The Social Science Of Hacking

After figuring out a teacher's password with a program he created in high school, Kevin Mitnick knew hacking was his calling. But there's more to hacking than simply understanding computers, says Mitn...

Social Engineering, Speaking Engagements, surveillance, The Art of Invisibility, VPN, AV, penetration testing, portable hot spot, spoofing, CEO fraud, encryption, cyber security, data theft, NORAD, phishing attacks, Kansas City, Linda Hall Library, malware, Missouri, Mitnick Security, privacy, ransomware, Kevin Mitnick

by Mitnick Security | 03.08.2017 | 3 min

Explosive Growth Rocket’s KnowBe4 Up the Cybersecurity 500

KnowBe4, provider of the most popular integrated platform for security awareness training and simulated phishing, announced it has climbed up the Cybersecurity 500 to claim a top spot at #38) on the d...

Speaking Engagements, Steve Morgan, Stu Sjouwerman, technology, CEO fraud, Chief Hacking Officer, Cybersecurity 500, Cybersecurity Ventures, inside security threats, IT Defense, security awareness training, KnowBe4, simulated phishing, cyber attack, Data Breach, phishing, ransomware, Kevin Mitnick

by Mitnick Security | 02.10.2017 | 10 min

Machines, Networks And People: Addressing Evolving Cyber Threats

OVERVIEW In 2015, an accountant looking at the balance sheets of a US tech company noticed, to their dismay, a $39 million hole in their figures. They would have been even more dismayed to know where ...

Social Engineering, Speaking Engagements, Frank Abagnale, infected USB, CEO fraud, cloud, email breaches, corporate security training, FBI, internet, IoT, Israeli military, phishing attacks, Stephanie Snyder, Stuxnet worm, cyber attack, Dennis Distler, Kevin Mitnick

by Mitnick Security | 02.07.2017 | 3 min

KnowBe4 Introduces New “Social Engineering Indicators” Training Method

KnowBe4 introduces a new training method that IT managers can use to better manage continually increasing social engineering threats

security red flags, spam-sending botnets, Speaking Engagements, Stu Sjouwerman, Global Ghost Team, Social Engineering Indicators, CEO fraud, proactive antivirus detection, security awareness training, IT, KnowBe4, SEI, simulated phishing email, simulated phishing platform, Virus Bulletin, ransomware, Kevin Mitnick

by Mitnick Security | 01.20.2017 | 6 min

KnowBe4 Warns Organizations of Antivirus Giving False Sense of Security

Nearly every organization has some type of concern about ransomware as it continues to hit epic proportions of infections. Profits are soaring for the authors and those spreading it as costs reach $1 ...

Social Engineering, Speaking Engagements, DMR, Global Ghost Team, CEO fraud, Chief Hacking Officer, email security solutions, end point detection software, IT Defense, IT managers, malicious email, security consultant, KnowBe4, Martijn Grooten, Spam, antivirus & spam filters, ransomware, Kevin Mitnick

by Mitnick Security | 01.17.2017 | 2 min

SEE LIVE: Just Announced: Kevin Mitnick Will Keynote HostingCon Global 2017

HostingCon is excited to announce Kevin Mitnick will deliver the keynote address at HostingCon Global 2017. Kevin is the world's most famous hacker, bestselling author, and the top cyber security spea...

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by Mitnick Security | 01.17.2017 | 5 min

KnowBe4 Warns Organizations of False Sense of Security

KnowBe4 Alert notifies IT managers of substantial drop in antivirus detection rates

Speaking Engagements, Stu Sjouwerman, Global Ghost Team, CEO fraud, Chief Hacking Officer, Digital Marketing Ramblings, end point detection software, Martjn Grooten, KnowBe4, malicious attachment, malware, simulated phishing platform, spam emails, Virus Bulletin, antivirus & spam filters, phishing, Kevin Mitnick

by Mitnick Security | 12.06.2016 | 3 min

KnowBe4 Aims to Take a Bite out of CEO Fraud Cash Cow

KnowBe4, provider of the world’s most popular security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, today introduced Phishing Reply Tracking to help IT managers more effectively combat CEO Frau...

Speaking Engagements, FBIStu Sjouwerman, Global Ghost Team, Phishing Reply Tracking, business email compromise, CEO fraud, Chief Hacking Officer, IT managers, security awareness training, simulated phishing, ransomware, Internet Complaint Center, Kevin Mitnick

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