he U.S. Justice Department has charged ten Chinese nationals for acting as hackers-for-hire for the Chinese government. The defendants worked for Chinese IT contractor i-Soon, which is accused of offering hacking services for China’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS) and…
Check out the February updates in Compliance Plus so you can stay on top of featured compliance training content. KnowBe4 – Preventing Elderly and Dependent Adult Abuse Elderly and dependent adult abuse is a problem that affects many older people and…
Researchers at Barracuda observed a fourfold increase in ransomware threats last year, driven by increasingly sophisticated ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operations. “The developers behind RaaS platforms often have the time, resources, and skills to invest heavily in advanced and evasive toolsets and templates,” Barracuda…
A new report from Arctic Wolf has found that 96% of ransomware attacks now involve data theft as criminals seek to force victims to pay up. “As potential victims implemented more reliable backup and restoration processes, ransomware operators introduced data exfiltration as…
Researchers at Juniper Threat Labs warn that phishing attacks are utilizing a new obfuscation technique to hide malicious JavaScript. “While investigating a sophisticated phishing attack targeting affiliates of a major American political action committee (PAC) in early January 2025, Juniper Threat Labs…
Executive Summary KnowBe4’s Threat Lab recently observed a phishing campaign targeting educational institutions. Over a 30 day period, 4,361 threats were reported, originating from 40 unique sender domains. 65% of these domains were compromised educational institution IDs. The ultimate aim of…
