HowTo: Add CyberHoot’s RSS Feed
CyberHoot delivers tremendous value to businesses and Managed Service Providers (MSPs) through a steady stream of high-quality cybersecurity content. By tapping into our RSS feed, you can keep your team …
HowTo: Edit Billing Information in the Power Platform
This article details how to setup and edit your billing information in CyberHoot’s Power platform. Once you’ve logged in to CyberHoot, click on your name in the top right. Next, …
HowTo: Add/Edit Human Resources (HR) Contacts on the Power Platform
HR Contacts are edited and assigned under each Group. The process to update the HR Contact for your MSP or a customer is outlined below: Log in to your site …
HowTo: Roles in CyberHoot
Unique Roles within CyberHoot There are five distinct roles within the CyberHoot platform. These roles are mutually exclusive, being assigned one role does not automatically grant permissions of another. For example, …
PowerShell script for avoiding SPAM, Clutter, Junk in 365
CyberHoot provides phish testing of end users to ensure they learn to pay attention to their email and the risks is presents. This article provides a Powershell script to automate the setup work required to ensure delivery of phishing test emails to end users inboxes.
Microsoft PowerShell Script: Add Phishing Domains
This script will allow you to add CyberHoot’s domains to the Safe Senders listing enabling the automatic downloading of images in an email message.
HowTo: Fix ‘My Assignment’ Link Issues (Looping)
Are your users having issues with an endless looping with authentication emails after trying to reach your ‘My Assignments’ page on CyberHoot? One common factor that causes these issues are …
HowTo: The Benefits of CyberHoot’s HootPhish
Phish testing has been punitive to employees and difficult for SMBs and MSPs to set up. It requires you to configure allow-lists, X-Headers, and PowerShell scripts. This video and how explains how to avoid all that hassle with automated assignment-based phish testing that is a positive learning experience for employees with zero administration and setup for SMBs or MSPs.
CyberHoot’s API Documentation
Overview CyberHoot’s API allows for the following information to be pulled from the platform: Customers Managers Users Administrators Compliance Metrics Training Schedules Partner Settings Subscription Information Email Logs Reporting More …
HowTo: Add Managers to Employees in Microsoft Azure / Entra AD
Microsoft Azure / Entra allows you to define Managers for each employee entry in Azure AD. This helps CyberHoot and Clients maintain high compliance as CyberHoot will automatically notify Managers when employees are non-compliant both through weekly reports and by CC’ing Managers on a Due Date email sent to employees who have not completed their assignments.
HowTo: Enable Multifactor Authentication within CyberHoot
CyberHoot supports 3 forms of multi-factor authentication: Email, SMS, and Authenticator applications. This article explains how to set each up and provides a video overview of how to setup an authenticator application.
HowTo: Allow-List CyberHoot’s Domain Name and IP Addresses – Google Workspace
New CyberHoot businesses need to allow our training and phishing emails to reach their user’s inboxes directly. This article describes the two steps needed to make this happen. Note: If …
CyberHoot’s Email-Relay IP Addresses, Domains, and Allow-list Articles
Updated: May 8th, 2025 This article is a reference to CyberHoot’s mail relay IP Addresses and Domain names. The process of allowing phishing tests through to your end users inboxes …
Allow Listing CyberHoot in Sophos EndPoint Protection
When Phish testing environments where Sophos EDR is present, you will need to enable allow listing and add the CyberHoot addresses. Otherwise the Website Management defenses will intercept any attempt …
HowTo: Enable Automatic Mode in CyberHoot’s Power Platform.
This video provides MSPs with instructions on how to add a new “Automatic” client to CyberHoot. Automatic Clients automate the delivery a single monthly security awareness training video and a quarterly phishing test by assignment with no intervention by the MSP at all. The only requirement for the MSP is that they manage user adds and deletes.
Allow-Listing in ProofPoint (aka: safe-listing, white-listing)
Sending Attack emails to your users for Phish Testing requires writing an Allow-List for CyberHoot Mail relays exempting them from filtration by ProofPoint. This is true for all phish testing platforms.
Power Platform Administration Overview
This blog post includes quick-start videos to help new users navigate CyberHoot’s Power Platform, covering your dashboard, automation tools, policies, training, phishing, dark web scans, product modules, and reporting insights.
Division of Labor in Criminal Enterprises leads to High-Volume, Low-Cost Attacks
Initial Access Brokers are changing tactics, selling low-cost access to more targets. Learn how this shift increases cyber risks and what defenses to implement.
You’ve Been Phished!
Overview of Phish testing.
HowTo: Add a New Client to CyberHoot’s Power Platform
Adding customers is easy with the 5 step wizard. This article goes into the basic details of adding your customers into CyberHoot.
HowTo: Allow-List by X-Header in Exchange 2013, 2016, or Microsoft 365
Allow-Listing X-Headers is necessary in order for CyberHoot to send simulated phishing emails to bypass your mail filter. We recommend whitelisting by IP address or hostname but depending on your …
Social Engineering 101
This 2-minute video outlines how social engineers manipulate people in social settings to gain information on how to hack systems and steal valuable information. The video outlines various methods social …
CyberHoot: Phishing Attacks
Spotting and Avoiding Phishing Attacks This foundational CyberHoot video teaches critical skills to identify phishing attacks. Viewers learn the most common phishing patterns and simple, effective questions to quickly spot …
CyberHoot: The Many Benefits of a Password Manager
This video is part of CyberHoot’s Cyber Literacy program of six (6) videos. It outlines the critical need for anyone and everyone to adopt a password manager. However, this video …
Fake Email Phishing: More Harmful than Helpful
Fake Email Phishing is broken in many ways. Google researchers liken it to early fire drills that caused more harm than good. Empirical research shows users clicking more not less after fake email phish testing. End users universally complain as do IT departments when chaos breaks out after sanctioned fake email testing. Enter HootPhish, a solution that eliminates the negatives, and empowers end users to spot and avoid this scourge of modern internet email.
CISCO Zero Days in ASA and Firepower Threat Defense Solutions – Patch Now
ArcaneDoor delivers malware via zero-day exploits to CISCO ASA and Firepower network security devices. Patches are available and need to be applied once system integrity is verified.
CyberHoot’s Autopilot Platform: Release Notes
CyberHoot’s autopilot release notes delivers our industry leading awareness training videos and phishing simulations/tests, as well as dark web reports, and compliance reports in a 100% automated solution.
CyberHoot’s Power Platform: Release Notes
CyberHoot’s Power platform includes the most comprehensive set of cybersecurity program development features available on the market today. From our Govenance Policy module and templates to 1000s of videos on Product training and cybersecurity, to our innovative and patent-pending educational, and hype-realistic phishing simulations, the power platform has everything you need to succeed in teaching employees Cyber Literacy. Best of all, it also includes 100% automation for videos, phishing, and user management. Spend less time on cybersecurity and more time on your business with our power platform.
HootPhish: Release Notes
CyberHoot’s All Phishing Simulator is HootPhish. A positive, educational, hyper-realistic phishing test and simulator that provides better metrics, automation, and outcomes than any attack-based phishing test on the market, guaranteed, or you may cancel at any time.
Microsoft Executive Email Breach: Lessons for SMBs and MSPs
The recent sophisticated breach of Microsoft Executive emails is a stark reminder that all of us can be targeted with phishing and social engineering attacks and need to prepare by training, testing, and governing employees on Cyber Literacy.
Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Payment Scams (Part 2)
Hackers (and jilted lovers) are transferring money to themselves using your phone’s cash app (Paypal, Zelle, Cash App) to transfer funds out of your bank account.
AI in Cybersecurity: Enhancing Threat Detection and Response
In the dynamic realm of cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence (AI) stands as a game-changer, especially for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Small to Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs). This blog delves into how AI is reshaping threat detection and response, offering a new edge to cybersecurity strategies.
Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Payment Scams to Watch Out For
P2P payment scams are escalating, exposing people to advanced social engineering tactics resulting in significant financial losses.
Top 10 Cybersecurity Trends and Strategies in 2024
2024 is off to a great start, however, Small to Medium sized Businesses need to proactively address their cybersecurity program development as soon as possible. 2023 was a banner year for hacker attacks and this has only encouraged more and more hackers to enter the fray. The time is ripe for everyone to batten down the hatches and training and test their employees to build their cyber literacy skills.
Navigating AI Assistant Cybersecurity Risks
AI Digital Assistants in platforms like Microsoft Teams and Zoom raise data privacy concerns, risking exposure of regulated, intellectual, or personal information. Despite claims of de-identifying sensitive data, significant risks like exposing proprietary information remain underappreciated.
Passkeys: The Path to a Passwordless Future
Passkeys provide better authentication for end users than traditional passwords which they seek to replace. They are based upon public and private cryptography, are resilient to phishing and hacker password database theft (since the private keys aren’t stored on the server or website), and represent an easier mechanism to identify users into online systems.
DNA Double-Helix Hacker Heist: A Wake-Up Call for Cybersecurity Vigilance
A recent breach at 23andme resulted in the theft of immutable and irreplaceable data – our DNA! Companies with such critical data must take every precaution to limit the data they have become caretakers of, from theft my malicious actors. In this case, 23andme has lost our DNA! This needs to be a serious criminal offence that is punished with significant consequences.
Hackers Turn SEC Snitches: The Evolution of Ransomware Tactics
Hackers have evolved into snitches leveraging recent SEC legislation which requires companies to disclose within 4 days that they have been hacked and hit with ransomware. When Meridian did not disclose to the SEC they had been hacked, the Hacker group “BlackCat” filed a complaint with the SEC informing them they had evidence that Meridian had been hacked.
Malvertising Is Once Again on the Rise Leading to Malware Infections
Hackers are hi-jacking websites and hiding malware in Google Ads to target unsuspecting users with malware. Users simply visit the formerly safe and always legitimate looking websites and are presented with fake downloads, malware, and other nasty surprises.
The SEC has Strengthened Cybersecurity Reporting Requirements – What you Need to Know
For the past 2 years the SEC has embarked on strengthening cybersecurity disclosure requirements at publicly traded companies. This article summarizes the changes that have come into effect and what all companies, whether publicly traded or not, should be considering in the face of a cybersecurity incident or preparing to avoid them.
The Nuts and Bolts of a WISP
A Written Information Security Plan is not meant to a bureaucratic policy collecting dust on the book shelf, but rather a living breathing document to guide companies on the safe collection, storage, manipulation, and destruction of non-public personal information on their employees, clients, or business services.
CISCO Critical Advisory Alert – Patch Now
CISCO has announced and released patches for a critical bug in their product that could allow Internet hackers to create accounts remotely on CISCO devices via the HTTP management application. Patches have been released and workarounds documented for unpatched systems no longer supported. Take action to patch now.
Top Cybersecurity Questions of the Year: What Everyone Wants to Know
Cybersecurity Awareness Month is upon us. In our efforts to address all of the questions a business owner reviewing our blog might have, we’ve collected the most frequently asked questions and have tried to answer them with the most effective mitigating control available for a particular risk. There are undoubtedly many more mitigating controls one can put in place, but this is a great starting point.
Ghosts in the Machine: Spook-tacular Cybersecurity Basics for October
In the spooky season of October, Cybersecurity Awareness Month reminds us of the real threats lurking in the digital realm. CyberHoot sheds light on three cybersecurity fundamentals: Password Protection, Phishing Awareness, and Safe Browsing Practices. Fortify your digital domain with strong password practices, stay vigilant to phishing schemes, and navigate the web safely. Embrace the cybersecurity training and phishing testing offered by CyberHoot to morph into a digital wizard against the sinister specter of cyber threats. Venture to cyberhoot.com and make cybersecurity awareness a fun-filled endeavor!
Cybersecurity Awareness: Bridging the Gap Between Knowledge and Action
October marks the observance of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a pivotal time for businesses and individuals to bolster their understanding and actions towards cybersecurity. This means it is time for you to put action to words and get your staff trained up on the cyber threats they face. Cyber Literacy is a critical skill for the 21st century. Are you doing your part to educate your employees on the threats they face and how to avoid them?
Threat Intelligence Alert – Zero-Day in Common WebP Graphics Files – Patch all Browsers Immediately
Google’s efficient and compression based graphics file format WebP has been found to contain a critical zero-day vulnerability that can lead to a complete compromise of a computer that renders a malicious WebP graphics file on any website hosting such malware content. This could be anywhere. Most browser have been patched against this vulnerability, but may not have restarted yet to take effect. Please check and force reboots or browser restarts as soon as possible.
Cyber Literacy ROI: Investing in Employee Training Makes Strong Financial Sense
Investing in Employee Cyber Literacy to build better human firewall skills makes strong financial sense. A string of recent breaches has put this in stark perspective for all companies. This article presents a case for the financial Return On Investment of employee awareness training and phish testing as delivered automatically by CyberHoot.
Save Your Staff with Cyber Literacy Skills. Use CyberHoot for Free During Cybersecurity Awareness Month
CyberHoot is offering any MSP free enrollment of any and all clients into CyberHoot for free until the end of October (31st), 2023. Enroll your prospects or existing customers in our platform and launch expedited Cybersecurity awareness training in the Month of Oct. using our fully automated system. We will credit you any users or clients enrolled for the entire month of Oct. Must be a new client to CyberHoot. If after the month ends you want to remove them, you absolutely may without penalty.
The Fabulous Five: How CyberHoot Makes Managed Service Providers Shine Brighter
CyberHoot has been shown to improve customer retention for MSPs. It lowers the cost of supporting clients through fewer security incidents, better product training, and educational phish testing. We know it works because MSPs tell us emails to support asking “Is this a Phish?” or “Is this an Attack?” go away. Start a 30 day free trial and month-to-month forever afterwards.
Top 5 Emerging Cybersecurity Threats Businesses Must Be Aware Of
Cybersecurity threats continue to evolve and expand in both sophistication and impact. Businesses must choose how to address these top 5 emerging threats proactively, when they control the playing field and have high ground instead of reactively, after an incident when they have been knocked down and are struggling to get up.