Cybersecurity Education

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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 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.

NIS 2 Compliance CISO / Executive Primer

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

Top 10 costs of phishing

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

Cybersecurity Glossary: Phishing Edition

Hoxhunt's Cybersecurity Glossary is here to help you navigate the terminology around phishing and cybersecurity.

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.

ISO/IEC 27001 compliance and cybersecurity awareness training

This article focuses on how cybersecurity awareness training helps entities achieve and maintain ISO/IEC 27001 compliance under ongoing audits

Guide to the DoD Phishing Awareness Challenge: 9 key takeaways

This guide to the DoD Phishing Awareness Challenge gives 9 key takeaways from the training to help determine if it’s right for you and your organization

Positive, Not Punitive Cybersecurity Awareness Training

Positive phishing awareness training lowers data breach risk and builds cybersecurity culture; CISOs are moving on from traditional punitive models.

A guide to effective phishing training

Phishing training can be an effective tool in building a human firewall to shield your company from phishing attacks targeting employees.

12 ways how attackers crack your password

When your password is not long and complicated enough, attackers can easily hack it. See what methods they use and how you can protect yourself.

Phishing Simulation Best Practices: Communicate Value to Employees

To make sure that your employees are willingly participating in your phishing training, you need to communicate to them why they should do it.

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.

5 tips to stay vishing-proof

5 tips to stay safe from new vishing scams we're seeing on the rise and increasingly dangerous to individuals and organizations

Tax Phishing—Off the Hook

Cybercriminals use tax season as an emotional trigger for phishing attacks. During this stressful time, a clever email can trick victims more easily.

Embedded Email Credential Harvesting

Email attacks are constantly mutating into more sophisticated variants. Learn about the various ways your credentials could be harvested.

A true story about impersonation and smishing threats

Attackers commonly use impersonation and smishing to lure their victims into doing something that will result in financial gains for them.

Two major phishing attacks hitting several enterprises

In December 2020, we have noticed two phishing attacks spreading across organizations in Europe. Both attacks are trying to harvest credentials.

Everything you need to know about ransomware

Ransomware has been on the rise during 2020 through a variety of attack vectors, targeting both individuals and organizations. Learn more about ransomware!

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.