All Huntress Blog Posts

All Huntress Blog Posts

All things cybersecurity engaging and accessible - so you can stay ahead of hackers and boost your cybersecurity savviness.

Author: James O’Leary
Defense Drill Interventions
Defense Drill Interventions

Defense Drill Interventions pair Managed EDR with just-in-time SAT training, so users learn the moment they fall for ClickFix.

November 5, 2026
Custom HTML for Custom Phishing: Make the Fake Feel Real
Custom HTML for Custom Phishing: Make the Fake Feel Real

Build personalized, realistic phishing scenarios with Huntress Custom HTML for Custom Phishing, tailored to your organization's unique risks and vendors.

July 16, 2026
Celebrating Canada Day with Localized Managed Phishing
Celebrating Canada Day with Localized Managed Phishing

Huntress Managed SAT now offers localized phishing simulations for Canada, using familiar, country-specific brands and scenarios to provide more effective security awareness training for your learners.

July 2, 2026
Beyond the Login Field: The Evolved Phishing Tradecraft Your Users Aren't Ready For
Beyond the Login Field: The Evolved Phishing Tradecraft Your Users Aren't Ready For

Move past basic credential harvesting. Discover how modern attackers use ClickFix, BitB, and OAuth consent phishing—and how to train your users with Huntress SAT.

Something Phishy in the /tmp Folder
Something Phishy in the /tmp Folder

One prompt, one password — that's all MacSync needed to start draining credentials, cookies, and crypto wallets from a Mac the user thought was safe. Huntress caught it before it got worse.

March 18, 2026
An Expert’s Review of Huntress Managed SAT
An Expert’s Review of Huntress Managed SAT

Most security awareness training checks a compliance box and nothing else. An expert took a hard look at Huntress Managed SAT to see whether it actually changes user behavior.

December 9, 2025
SAT in 2025 Report: What Are You Really Getting from Your Security Awareness Training?
SAT in 2025 Report: What Are You Really Getting from Your Security Awareness Training?

Organizations are spending more on security awareness training. Most of it isn't working. Huntress surveyed 500+ admins and learners to find out why — and what does.

September 23, 2025
Introducing Behavior-Based Assignments: A New Approach to Human Risk Management
Introducing Behavior-Based Assignments: A New Approach to Human Risk Management

Huntress found tens of thousands of endpoints with plaintext password files sitting on them. That's the kind of human risk that behavior-based SAT assignments were designed to actually fix.

A Whole New Way to Train: Introducing Threat Simulator from Huntress Managed SAT
A Whole New Way to Train: Introducing Threat Simulator from Huntress Managed SAT

60% of data breaches still involve the human element and traditional security awareness training isn't moving that number. Huntress Managed SAT's new Threat Simulator was built to.

June 10, 2025
The Wall Street Journal Says SAT Programs “Do More Harm than Good.” Are They Right?
The Wall Street Journal Says SAT Programs “Do More Harm than Good.” Are They Right?

The Wall Street Journal argued security awareness training does more harm than good. Huntress reads the research and responds — here's where the critique lands, where it misses, and what actually works.

February 27, 2025
2024 Wrapped: Huntress Managed SAT Edition
2024 Wrapped: Huntress Managed SAT Edition

2024 had the Paris Olympics, a Celtics championship, an Oasis reunion, and Brat Summer — and DeeDee. We discuss Huntress Managed SAT year in review, with the numbers behind a full year of security training.

December 8, 2024
Truman’s Take: A Product Researcher’s Insights on Managed Learning
Truman’s Take: A Product Researcher’s Insights on Managed Learning

Truman Kain is the researcher behind Huntress Managed SAT's curriculum strategy. Here's his take on managed learning, how episode topics get chosen, and what 'effective security training' actually means.

Lead the Pack with SAT Leaderboards
Lead the Pack with SAT Leaderboards

Competition drives engagement, and research shows game-based competition can significantly boost learning outcomes. Huntress SAT Leaderboards bring friendly rivalry to security training.

November 7, 2024
Unmasking the Central Villain: Inside Adversary-in-the-Middle Attacks
Unmasking the Central Villain: Inside Adversary-in-the-Middle Attacks

In every martial arts movie, the last opponent is the quiet one. AiTM attacks work the same way — unassuming until they've already won. Huntress unmasks how adversary-in-the-middle attacks actually work.

October 15, 2024
Friendly Reminder: SAT Can Be Enjoyable
Friendly Reminder: SAT Can Be Enjoyable

Annual security awareness training is due, and every employee just rolled their eyes. Here's the case for why SAT doesn't have to be a checkbox exercise, and what enjoyable training actually looks like.

September 26, 2024