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What is Quishing? Ultimate QR Code Phishing Prevention Guide

How quishing is being used in attacks, what these threats look like in the wild and best practices for avoiding them.

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Creating a Company Culture for Security: 6 Step Actionable Strategy

Your essential guide to building a robust security culture. How to implement effective training, policies, and recognition systems to mitigate human cyber risk.

End User Security Training: Best Practices and Strategies

Everything you need to know about end user security training. Why its necessary, what training looks like and how to quantify cyber risks.

Clone Phishing: Here's What You Need to Know To Protect Your Organization

Your essential guide to clone phishing. Real-world examples, prevention tactics, and actionable strategies to safeguard your organization.

The difference between a security awareness manager and a human risk manager

The Human Risk Manager controls the process of identifying, evaluating, and mitigating the cybersecurity risks associated with people. 

Latest Scams: Phishing Emails Posing as Alerts

"Unusual activity in your account": Cybercriminals are taking advantage of your relationship with trusted companies by sending clone phishing emails that warn you of potential phishing scams.

Lloyds created a social media style security awareness training program to maximize reach

Gareth Thomas created a social media style security awareness training program at Lloyds to reach whole new levels of employee engagement and interest in cybersecurity

Hoxhunt Reviews: What Customers Are Saying (Nov 2024)

Here's what real Hoxhunt customers say about the platform. A deep dive into simulations, reporting, quality of support and more.

Top 5 KnowBe4 Competitors You Should Know About (Nov 2024)

The top KnowBe4 competitors to consider for security awareness and phishing training. Compare features, personalization, analytics, and more to make the right choice for your organization.

19 Compliance Frameworks Requiring Security Awareness Training

A complete overview of major standards and regulations that require awareness training. Identify the most common standards, regulations, and frameworks that require security awareness programs.

Cyber Horror Stories: Experts Share 3 Chilling Security Disasters

Every year around Halloween, security professionals gather around the campfire to tell spooky tales. This year, Barak Engel and Petri Kuivala join Hoxhunt to share some of their cyber horror stories.

Cyber Security Simulation Training: How it Works + Best Practices

Cyber security simulation training measurably changes employee behavior by testing them with realistic threats.

Key Learnings from the SANS Human Risk Summit 2024

Hoxhunt had the privilege of attending the SANS Human Risk Summit in person on August 1-2. We've compiled a summary of the most impactful talks, highlighting key takeaways that are particularly releva

Cyber Insurance and Security Awareness Training

Why cyber insurance needs human risk management platforms and so do you

How to Prevent Phishing: Ultimate Playbook for CISOs

Your ultimate guide on how to prevent phishing. Everything you need to know to implement best practices and set up training that measurably reduces risk.

Spam vs Phishing: What You Need to Know to Protect Your Employees

Your ultimate guide to spam vs phishing. What the differences are, how to recognize them and all of the practical measures you can take to keep your organization safe.

What is an SOC Report? And Does your Organization Need One?

What is an SOC report? What are the different types of SOC reports available? How do you obtain one? Your questions answered.

How to Reduce Human Risk: Best Practices for Security Teams

We'll look into the behaviors to watch out for, how to assess risk and all the strategies you need to tangibly reduce human risk across your organization.

The difference between a security awareness manager and a human risk manager

The Human Risk Manager controls the process of identifying, evaluating, and mitigating the cybersecurity risks associated with people. 

What is behavioural cybersecurity?

Practice makes perfect. Especially when something as important as cybersecurity is on the line.

Are phishing tests enough to measure resilience? - Hoxhunt

Infrequent phishing tests are still popular for measuring an organization's resiliency. Are they good enough or do you need to step up your training game?

One Click Away From Disaster: Why Cybersec Behavior Matters

Without practice, people won’t know what to do with a dangerous email. Through continuous training, you can reinforce the right behavior in cybersecurity.

A Guide to Cybersecurity Awareness Training for Your Employees

Today, cybersecurity awareness training for your employees should be just as important as defense technology. Learn how to train your employees better.

Summer Email Scam Trend: Out of Office and Read Receipt Phishing

Summer OOO messages are like chum in the water for bad actors' BEC-inspired, little-known but dangerous Out of Office and Read Receipt phishing attacks

PayPal phishing email scams 2021: How to stay off the hook

PayPal phishing email scams exploit online shoppers' trust of the iconic brand, built by the PayPal Mafia's founding fathers, Peter Thiel and Elon Musk.

Big money spear phish campaign on the loose

A clever spear phishing campaign has resurfaced around the globe. It can bilk millions from victims in just a few hours of scam emails with imposters.

Emotional Trigger Phish—Off the Hook

Emotionally triggering email attacks remain on the rise for attackers, who have seen the pandemic's potency for converting emotional distress into success.

Everything You Wanted To Know About Malware

Understanding the different ways that malware can infect your device, and knowing a few vital malware safety tips will help you stay malware-free.

Phishing kits are the new meth labs

Phishing kits are democratizing email scams and accelerating changes in the cybersecurity threat landscape. Engaging phishing awareness training can help.

Report: SaaS permissions leave huge amounts of data exposed

Your SaaS suite is leaving your backdoor open. Here's how to fix it.

Log4J Log4Shell vulnerability explained

Log4J Log4Shell vulnerability explained to help you understand what it is and how to stay protected

Default Guest settings Azure AD

A security vulnerability was recently reported in the default guest permissions of Microsoft Azure Active Directory. Here’s how to fix it and stay safe from attackers.

External email warning banner phish

This phishing email was sent from outside the organization but is replacing the Caution! External Sender banner with a safe sender banner.

Update regarding the Apple iOS Mail App Vulnerability

Apple just recently confirmed the most significant vulnerability in iOS history after ZecOps made a public announcement about their discovery of a security flaw.

iOS Mail App Security Flaw

According to security researchers, the iOS mail app, which is the email client that can be found on most Apple iPhones and iPads, has a severe security flaw making it vulnerable to attacks.

Social Engineering Training Explained (Essential Guide)

Your ultimate guide to the process behind social engineering training and all of the tips and know-how you need to ensure your training successfully changes behavior.

Advertisers Beware—How Scammers Are Getting Into Your Ad Accounts

From Spear-Phishing, to Credential Harvesting, To Possible Ad Fraud. Keep Reading To Find Out How This Story Unfolded and How You Can Avoid Getting Caught.

Social engineers are targeting social media accounts

We're seeing an uptick in social engineers targeting social media accounts

The good, the bad, and the ugly about browser fingerprinting

Now that cookies are on their way out, a much sneakier way of identifying you is on its way in.

This '90s internet throwback is the latest hacking trend

Years later, pop-ups are back, this time serving a different purpose... stealing your info.

How to prevent crypto wallet phishing

The more digital money you make, the more digital problems you get. Here's some tips to keep your crypto wallet safe.

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