Users should be particularly wary of holiday-themed scams over the next few weeks, according to researchers at Malwarebytes.
“Mobile-first shopping has become second nature, and during the holidays, it’s faster and more frantic than ever,” Malwarebytes says. “Fifty-five percent of people get a scam text message weekly, while 27% are targeted daily.
A large phishing campaign is using phony seasonal party invites to trick users into installing remote management and monitoring (RMM) tools, according to researchers at Symantec.
Here’s a curious thing about people, sometimes we crave the familiar, and sometimes we demand the novel.
Think about your digital spaces. You’ve got your corporate email, which we all treat a bit like a high-security bank vault. We approach it with caution, we’re suspicious of unfamiliar senders, and we’re primed to spot a dodgy attachment. Then, you have WhatsApp. That’s the digital equivalent of your living room. It’s comfy, familiar, and filled with people you (mostly) trust. Our guard is down.
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The finance and banking sector across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) faces extraordinary cybersecurity challenges, according to KnowBe4’s Cyber Risk in Finance and Banking Across EMEA report. While digital transformation has revolutionized operations and customer engagement, it has also created vulnerabilities that threaten the stability of the entire financial system.
In recent weeks, the UK government has announced the introduction of its new Cyber Security and Resilience Bill.
Lead analysts: Louis Tiley, Lucy Gee and James Dyer
Between 1:48pm ET on October 29 and 6:53pm ET on October 30, 2025, KnowBe4 threat analysts observed a high volume of phishing emails detected by KnowBe4 Defend that were sent from the legitimate domain of one of the world’s largest sportswear brands.
