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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.

The Essential Guide to Security Engagement

Security engagement training is changing the way employees learn to recognize and report phishing emails. Learn how it is replacing security awareness.

10 Cybersecurity Trends to Focus On in 2020

We listed 10 cybersecurity trends that will drive cybersecurity strategies in 2020. Read our predictions to learn what most CISOs will implement.

Employee Shopping Online & Exposing Company To Cyber Threats

Employees shopping online from work devices or network could have serious consequences for your company. Learn how you can mitigate the risks.

The Roadmap to Cybersecurity Awareness in Your Organization

Create cybersecurity awareness in your organization. Get our best tips for transforming your organization’s cybersecurity culture.

A webcam cover in place keeps the bad guys from peeping away

Hackers can stalk and record you through your webcam – All it needs is a malicious program snuck into your computer.

Security Awareness Training Doesn't Work - Here's How to Fix it

Security awareness training is often half-hearted and inefficient – but it doesn’t have to be. Here's our key points on making it work

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.

Spear Phishing vs Phishing (No-Nonsense Guide)

Think you know everything about spear-phishing vs phishing? Here's the different techniques and prevention measures you need to know to prevent both kinds of attacks.

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.

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.

Clone Phishing: Here's What You Need to Know To Protect Your Organization

Your essential guide to clone phishing. Real-world examples, prevention tactics, and actionable strategies to safeguard your organization.

Latest Scams: Phishing Emails Posing as Alerts

"Unusual activity in your account": Cybercriminals are taking advantage of your relationship with trusted companies by sending clone phishing emails that warn you of potential phishing scams.

Cybersecurity Glossary: Phishing Edition

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

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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