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Campaigns exploiting COVID-19 remained popular last quarter, but cybercriminals also relied on tried-and-true subjects, says KnowBe4.

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How an IBM social engineer hacked two CBS reporters--and then revealed the tricks behind her phishing and spoofing attacks (free PDF)

Dan Patterson, CNET and CBS News Senior Producer, and Graham Kates, CBS Investigative Reporter, volunteered to have their information hacked for research purposes. For three weeks, Stephanie “Snow” Carruthers, who is a Global Social Engineering Expert on IBM’s X-Force Red team, hacked Patterson and Kates. All three of them sat down in a CBS News studio to discuss the information Carruthers gathered about the two CBS reporters, which included passwords and personal details.


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