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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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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.

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.

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.

TikTok Phishing Link in Emails: What Security Teams Need to Know

TikTok's open redirection vulnerability is being used in phishing emails. Here's what we know and how to prevent successful attacks.

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.

Deepfake Attacks: How to Keep Your Business Safe (+ Examples)

Your ultimate guide to deepfake attacks to keep your organization safe. Includes video examples and case studies.

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.

Reach every employee to reduce human cyber-risk

Reach and engage every employee with security awareness training to minimize human risk in your organization. It's time to move from compliance to a security behavior change and culture program.

NIS 2 Compliance CISO / Executive Primer

The NIS 2 Compliance CISO / Executive Primer sets up the c-level for success

Gamified Cyber Security Training: Everything You Need to Know

Gamified cyber security training is a scientifically proven method to boost user engagement and motivate them to change behavior and build cyber skills continuously.

10 Steps to Award-Winning Cybersecurity Training: The AES CSO50 Playbook

Discover the 10 steps to an award-winning cybersecurity training program by AES and Hoxhunt. Learn how they transformed their security awareness culture.

Level up Your Security Awareness to the Max With Kinsek

Kinsek and Hoxhunt Are Helping Australian Organisations Manage Their Human Risk and Foster a Security Culture To Empower People Towards Cyber Resilience.

NIS 2 Checklist CxO and Board of Directors

This NIS 2 Checklist gives the compliance basics for the CxO and Board of Directors to satisfy this European cybersecurity regulation.

Top 10 costs of phishing

The top 10 costs of phishing are direct, indirect, and far reaching.

Why building a strong security culture is vital for reducing human risk – Hoxhunt

Noora Ahmed-Moshe's presentation to an exclusive group of CIOs at Kocho View in London explains why building a security culture is vital to reducing human risk.

Infographic: Make-or-Break Phishing Metrics

How to measure and drive behavior change that shields your organization from cyber-attacks.

Biggest hidden risk in cybersec: missed phishing simulations

In the world of cybersecurity, the unknown represents your biggest risk. A miss today is a phish tomorrow.

Cybersecurity awareness training and cyber insurance

Cybersecurity awareness training has become crucial to getting cyber insurance and lowering premiums in 2021. That trend will continue to grow.

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.

How hackers exploit curiosity

Curiosity is one of the most powerful human qualities that malicious actors can weaponise to increase the efficiency of their campaigns.

How to write an email that won’t be mistaken for spam or a phishing attack

We often mistake real emails for malicious messages or phishing attacks, and disregard them accordingly. This translates to a loss of time and money

Advanced phishing technique shows mirroring of internal communications

We came across a spear phishing campaign that was cleverly disguised as an internal communication. It resembled one of the many newsletters your inbox is probably packed with right now.

How to check for fake invoices

Ever received an unexpected invoice? It's a harrowing feeling. Here's how to check to make sure you're not being scammed.

Have you seen these common pretexting techniques?

Unfamiliar with pretexting? It's one highly effective way for hackers to gain information from you.

It's time to update your definition of phishing

Common misconceptions can lead to misunderstandings. Here's what you need to know now!

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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