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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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Whaling Phishing: What It Is, Examples, and Prevention Tips

Learn how to protect your organization from whaling phishing. Understand how attacks target executives, spot warning signs, and implement best practices to prevent breaches.

Essential Email Security Best Practices: Security Awareness Manager's Playbook (2024)

This playbook will guide you through the essential email security best practices you need to know to educate employees, mitigate risks, and protect your organization.

Credential Harvesting Explained: How to Detect & Prevent It

Learn what credential harvesting is, how to detect phishing attacks, and protect your organization from credential theft.

Attack Simulation Training: Hoxhunt vs Microsoft Defender

Wondering which attack simulation training is best for your team? Get a full breakdown of Hoxhunt vs. Microsoft Defender to make an informed decision.

MFA Fatigue Attacks: Ultimate Prevention Guide 2024

In the guide below we'll break down exactly what you need to know about MFA fatigue, how to spot attacks as well as the latest security practices for protecting your organization.

How to Influence Security Behaviors: Insights from "The Human Element" Webinar Series

Maxime Cartier recaps the webinar series, "The Human Element: The Science Behind Influencing Security Behaviors" and key learnings of the intricacies of human behavior in reducing cybersecurity risk.

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 a Human Firewall? Examples, Strategies + Training Tips

Empower your team to be a human firewall. Discover how training, vigilance, and smart habits protect against cyber threats.

How Yu-kai Chou's Gamification Framework Revolutionized Security Awareness Training

Here's how integrating Yu-kai Chou's Octalysis Gamification and Behavioral Design Framework into cybersecurity training can dramatically improve user engagement and resilience.

Attack Simulation Training: Hoxhunt vs Microsoft Defender

Wondering which attack simulation training is best for your team? Get a full breakdown of Hoxhunt vs. Microsoft Defender to make an informed decision.

How to Influence Security Behaviors: Insights from "The Human Element" Webinar Series

Maxime Cartier recaps the webinar series, "The Human Element: The Science Behind Influencing Security Behaviors" and key learnings of the intricacies of human behavior in reducing cybersecurity risk.

Measuring True Risk is the key to unlocking human risk management and cybersecurity behavior change

The differences between old school awareness training and modern security behavior change are revealed in measuring true risk managing human risk

Infographic: Gamification in the workplace

Gamification helps the end user understand that their actions matter, and that every click they make can have an effect.

Loan scam emails

Loan scam emails prey on financial uncertainty and even pandemic desperation as businesses and individuals look for financial relief anywhere they can find it.

Copyright infringement phishing attacks

Copyright infringement phishing attacks can seem legit by burying threats of legal action inside a bunch of legalese citing legal statutes with financial penalties.

Ransomware insider activation

Cybercriminals are taking a page from the annals of rigged sports gambling, offering a little cash in return for a much bigger pay-off. This new phishing tactic plays on workforce disgruntlement to turn employees into insider threats with the exchange of bribes for complicity in a ransomware attack.

Open Redirects - Weaponizing Trust Built by Legitimate Companies

Open Redirects help attackers spoof legitimate brand URLs in their phishing attacks.

How hackers bypass multi-factor authentication

Knowing how hackers bypass multi-factor authentication helps users stay safe and make the right choices.

Funds transfer phishing attacks work better with a crisis

The funds transfer phishing attack is old, and simple ones often get caught in email filters; but they can still be dangerous, especially today.

How Browser Features Easily Become Security Flaws

We train our users to always hover over links in emails and to validate the domain where the links points to. This can’t be trusted if you are using Microsoft Edge to view your emails in Office 365.

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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