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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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Is Your Social Engineering Training Actually Working?

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.

Does Gamified Cyber Security Training Actually Work?

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

Vishing Attacks Surge 442%: Here's How We're Simulating Them

Vishing attacks are spiking, and they’re powered by AI voice clones and social engineering. Here's how to prevent vishing with real-world tactics and simulation-based training.

Hoxhunt vs KnowBe4: Why Teams Are Ditching Manual Tools

Compare Hoxhunt vs. KnowBe4 with real user insights, reviews, and security team feedback. Find out how each platform drives real behavior change, reduces admin overhead, and builds a stronger security

5 Best Security Awareness Training Vendors (2025 Guide)

A breakdown of the best security awareness training and compare top security awareness training vendors based on real reviews, not marketing claims.

Security Awareness Training: Our Secret To 90% Engagement

At Hoxhunt, we’ve spent years redesigning what effective security awareness training should look like. Here's what we've found works.

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 Alternatives You Should Know About (Jun 2025)

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 Security Frameworks Requiring SAT (Dec 2024)

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

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.

Changing the Security Narrative: From IT Blockers to Trusted Partners

Here's how to change the narrative around cybersecurity to get employees engaged.

What Actually Drives Cybersecurity Behavior Change? According to Real Hoxhunt Data

How do you achieve cybersecurity behavior change? A breakdown of how science-based training transforms awareness into real-world risk reduction.

How Behavior-Based Cyber Security Training Works

Learn how behavior-based cyber security training drives lasting employee behavior change. A breakdown of the key components, benefits, and why it’s essential for building a strong security culture.

Hoxhunt vs Competitors: Head-to-Head Comparison (Based on 6,000+ Reviews)

Discover how Hoxhunt outperforms competitors in cybersecurity training. Based on real reviews, compare Hoxhunt's features, quality, and effectiveness to leading alternatives.

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.

Social media phishing campaigns

Social media phishing campaigns use your publicly shared info against you in a spearphish attack, or get you to click on a fake social media notification

What is A Spear-Phishing Attack and How Do You Recognize It?

Learn what spear-phishing is, how it works, and how it's different from regular phishing. Recognizing spear-phishing attacks enables prevention!

Hit and run phishing attack

The hit and run phishing attack plays on a specific anxiety. Read about this new widespread phishing attack and learn tips to stay off the hook!

5 Ways to Prevent Business Email Compromise Attacks

Attackers target CEOs in BEC attack, the most lucrative phishing attack of all; learn 5 ways to prevent Business Email Compromise attacks.

Why Business Email Compromise Attack Is The King Of Cybercrime

Phishing and BEC attacks are still the kingpins of cybercrime despite the headline grabbing ransomware attacks of 2021. Learn how to prevent them.

A phish named malware: Email verification scam

Email verification malware phishing lets bad actors blast out malicious links en masse using tools that get more phish past email filters

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.

Is Your Social Engineering Training Actually Working?

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.

Vishing Attacks Surge 442%: Here's How We're Simulating Them

Vishing attacks are spiking, and they’re powered by AI voice clones and social engineering. Here's how to prevent vishing with real-world tactics and simulation-based training.

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.