Tag: awareness
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ScreenConnect Attackers Hide Windows, Delete Installers and Masquerade as Software Updates
ScreenConnect is being systematically weaponized in the SMOKE#SCREEN campaign, where attackers hide execution windows, delete installers, and disguise malicious activity as routine software updates to plant fully functional, signed ScreenConnect agents across Windows and macOS endpoints. The result is persistent, “legitimate-looking” remote access that blends into normal IT operations while silently bypassing user awareness and…
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KnowBe4 Unveils Custom AI Video Builder
KnowBe4 has expanded its AI-powered security awareness training platform with the launch of Custom AI Video Builder, a new capability designed to help organisations rapidly create tailored cybersecurity training videos in response to emerging threats. The feature, developed as part of KnowBe4’s strategic partnership with AI video platform Synthesia, enables security teams to generate custom…
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KnowBe4’s Unveils Custom AI Video Builder
KnowBe4, the global leader in digital workforce security, securing both AI agents and humans, today announced the launch of Custom AI Video Builder, a new capability that lets security admins create custom, AI-generated training videos and deploy them directly into their security awareness training (SAT) programs in minutes. The innovation is the latest addition to…
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Videoproduktion mit KI-Avataren in Studioqualität für Security-Awareness
KnowBe4 führt den ‘Custom AI Video Builder” ein. Mit dieser Funktion können Sicherheitsverantwortliche innerhalb weniger Minuten maßgeschneiderte, KI-generierte Schulungsvideos erstellen. Sie können diese direkt in ihre Schulungsprogramme für Security-Awareness (SAT) integrieren. Die Innovation ist die neueste Ergänzung der KI-basierten Suite zur Anpassung von Inhalten und baut auf der strategischen Partnerschaft des Unternehmens mit Synthesia auf. Angreifer…
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Security-Training in Minuten: KnowBe4 verwandelt Angriffsszenarien in KI-Videos
Unternehmen können jährlich bis zu 120 Minuten individuelle Videoinhalte erstellen und direkt in ihren Security-Awareness-Programmen veröffentlichen. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/security-training-in-minuten-knowbe4-verwandelt-angriffsszenarien-in-ki-videos/a45824/
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KnowBe4 erhält internationale Auszeichnungen für KI, Innovation und Security Content
Die Bandbreite der Auszeichnungen reicht damit von KI und E-Mail-Security über Security Awareness bis hin zu Unternehmenskultur und Diversität. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/knowbe4-erhaelt-internationale-auszeichnungen-fuer-ki-innovation-und-security-content/a45810/
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Ransomware ist kein IT-Problem, sondern eine Krise der Business-Continuity
Zu Beginn des ‘Ransomware Awareness Months” warnt Erich Kron, CISO-Advisor bei KnowBe4, Unternehmen davor, dass Malware-Prävention allein nicht mehr ausreicht, um moderne Angriffe abzuwehren. Die Bedrohungslandschaft im Bereich Ransomware hat sich in den letzten 12 Monaten grundlegend verändert. Cyberkriminelle haben das alte Schema aufgegeben, bei dem es lediglich darum ging, auf einen bösartigen Link zu…
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2026 Cybersecurity Assessment: The Gap Between Awareness and Resilience
Organizations have never had greater awareness of cyber risk. Yet turning that awareness into operational resilience has never been more challenging. The 2026 Bitdefender Cybersecurity Assessment confirms this is the case, as this year’s findings reveal a series of surprising contradictions.Here are a few examples, based on the independent survey of 1,200 IT and cybersecurity…
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Ransomware Awareness Month: Unternehmen müssen Business Continuity stärker in den Fokus rücken
Ransomware-Abwehr darf nicht allein im Serverraum geplant werden. Sie gehört auf die Agenda von Geschäftsführung, Rechtsabteilung, Kommunikation, Betrieb, IT, Security und externen Dienstleistern. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/ransomware-awareness-month-unternehmen-muessen-business-continuity-staerker-in-den-fokus-ruecken/a45636/
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What a financial planner taught me about cybersecurity
When I spoke at a recent cybersecurity awareness event for financial planners and tax advisors, the audience really engaged with the subject. As happens at conferences the … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/01/raising-cybersecurity-awareness-for-non-experts/
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New Forescout Data Reveals Slow Progress Toward Quantum-Safe Security
Despite growing awareness of quantum computing risks and increasing pressure on organisations to prepare for the transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQC), most internet-facing systems remain unprepared for a quantum-safe future, according to new research from Forescout Research Vedere Labs. The report, published today, reveals that while adoption of PQC-capable technologies has accelerated over the The…
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Experts Warn: Passwords Still Winning Despite Passwordless Push
Today marks International Passwordless Day, an annual observance held on 23 June, the birthday of mathematician Alan Turing, whose foundational work in computing underpins the cryptographic principles that enable modern passwordless authentication. Created to raise awareness and accelerate the shift away from traditional passwords, the day arrives at a moment of genuine but uneven progress.…
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SecaSkill veröffentlicht neue Version der Security Awareness Toolbox für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen
Tags: awarenessDie Security Awareness Toolbox ist eine sofort einsetzbare Lösung zur Mitarbeitersensibilisierung für Datenschutz und Datensicherheit., speziell für deutschsprachige KMUs. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/secaskill-veroeffentlicht-neue-version-der-security-awareness-toolbox-fuer-kleine-und-mittlere-unternehmen/a45468/
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SecaSkill veröffentlicht neue Version der Security Awareness Toolbox für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen
Tags: awarenessDie Security Awareness Toolbox ist eine sofort einsetzbare Lösung zur Mitarbeitersensibilisierung für Datenschutz und Datensicherheit., speziell für deutschsprachige KMUs. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/secaskill-veroeffentlicht-neue-version-der-security-awareness-toolbox-fuer-kleine-und-mittlere-unternehmen/a45468/
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Cyberversicherungsstudie zeigt warum Security Awareness gegen Cyberangriffe entscheidend ist
Die Zahl der Schadensmeldungen im Zusammenhang mit Cybervorfällen ist bei Versicherungen in den vergangenen anderthalb Jahren um rund 40 Prozent gestiegen. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/cyberversicherungsstudie-zeigt-warum-security-awareness-gegen-cyberangriffe-entscheidend-ist/a45397/
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Certes Research Warns Legacy Systems Are Biggest Barrier to Quantum Security Readiness
Certes has released new research showing that many organizations remain unprepared for the security risks posed by quantum computing, despite growing awareness of the threat. According to the company’s Emerging PQC Imperative report, 78% of organizations believe legacy systems represent their biggest quantum security risk. The findings highlight growing concerns that outdated infrastructure and applications…
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Why Commercial Cyber Threat Intelligence is Failing Defence Operations
Cyber is no longer a supporting capability. It now shapes how defence organisations plan, assess and act. Across NATO and allied forces, cyber intelligence is increasingly embedded into operational planning, from situational awareness through to targeting and strategic decision-making. At the same time, the threat landscape is becoming more complex. State-aligned actors are more active,…
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6 Milliarden gestohlene Passwörter Warum Unternehmen 2026 noch immer dieselben Fehler machen
Trotz jahrelanger Security-Awareness-Kampagnen, komplexer Passwortregeln und wachsender MFA-Verbreitung bleibt eine der ältesten Schwachstellen der IT erschreckend aktuell: schwache und wiederverwendete Passwörter. Der aktuelle ‘2026 Breached Password Report” von Specops Software analysiert mehr als sechs Milliarden durch Malware gestohlene Zugangsdaten und zeichnet ein alarmierendes Bild moderner Identitätssicherheit. Die zentrale Erkenntnis: Nicht Brute-Force-Angriffe sind heute das […]…
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Torq Purchases Jit to Provide AI-Powered Security Context
Jit Context Graph Continuously Tracks Access Patterns, Entitlements, Asset History. Torq acquired security context graph startup Jit to give AI-driven SOC workflows deeper awareness of organizational relationships, historical incidents, user privileges and asset behavior, helping autonomous agents improve alert triage, investigations and false-positive reduction. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/torq-purchases-jit-to-provide-ai-powered-security-context-a-31714
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AI Raises the Bar on Vulnerability Awareness and Secure-by-Design Software
AI-powered vulnerability scanning leaves no excuse for unpatched bugs as the EU Cyber Resilience Act pushes firms toward secure-by-design software First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ai-raises-vulnerability-awareness/
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7 tips for accelerating cyber incident recovery
Tags: attack, awareness, backup, breach, business, ceo, cio, ciso, cloud, communications, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, finance, framework, governance, incident, incident response, infection, insurance, international, lessons-learned, malicious, malware, monitoring, nist, risk, service, technology, threat, updateEmphasize scoping and containment from the outset: Because you can’t recover from what you can’t stop, scoping and containment should be the absolute first priority during incident recovery, says Amit Basu, CIO and CISO at freight shipping firm International Seaway.”Before anything else, you must stop the bleeding,” he says. This means understanding the true scope…