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.
Defense Drill Interventions
Defense Drill Interventions pair Managed EDR with just-in-time SAT training, so users learn the moment they fall for ClickFix.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
Competition drives engagement, and research shows game-based competition can significantly boost learning outcomes. Huntress SAT Leaderboards bring friendly rivalry to security training.
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.
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.