Heimadal Security

APRIL 8, 2022

Hamas-linked cybercrime organization dubbed ‘APT-C-23’ was noticed catfishing Israeli officials working in defense, law, enforcement, and government institutions, resulting in the deployment of new malware. The post APT-C-23 Hacking Group Targets Israeli Officials in Catfish Campaign appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 29, 2022

There is a terrifying and highly effective “method” that criminal hackers are now using to harvest sensitive customer data from Internet service providers, phone companies and social media firms. ” A month prior on Cracked, Everlynn posted a sales thread, “1x Government Email Account || BECOME A FED!,”

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 20, 2023

Related: How Google, Facebook enable snooping In fact, a majority of scams occur through social engineering. The rise of social media has added to the many user-friendly digital tools scammers, sextortionists, and hackers can leverage in order to manipulate their victims.

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Updating software Cisco Duo is all about cybersecurity, so every week we’re going to publish a blog focused on those respective topics. Cybercriminals can harvest this information through social engineering and deduce your password. Unique for Each Account: Avoid reusing passwords across multiple accounts.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 10, 2023

We spoke with our blog volunteers to get their insights into what best practices their companies are following, along with how you can get on a path to better identity management. These attacks have become more complex and challenging to detect, leading to increased instances of data breaches, account takeovers, and impersonation attacks.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 2, 2024

This past year set a profound stage, from the advent of stringent cyber regulations to the convergence of generative AI, social engineering, and ransomware. Last year, we witnessed the fast-evolving nature of social engineering attacks, and this evolution poses greater challenges for detection and defense.

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Webroot

JANUARY 5, 2022

In fact, COVID-19, Zoom meetings, vaccination recommendations and travel warnings all provide ample and unique precedent for social engineering attacks. Government impersonation scams : Criminals pose as government employees and threaten to arrest or prosecute victims unless they agree to provide funds or other payments.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2020

That, of course, presents the perfect environment for cybercrime that pivots off social engineering. Social engineering invariably is the first step in cyber attacks ranging from phishing and ransomware to business email compromise ( BEC ) scams and advanced persistent threat ( APT ) hacks.

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 18, 2023

Cybercrime doesn’t just affect big businesses and national governments. This is how the scammers “fatten the pig” until the right time to “butcher it,” when they take all the money out of the account. Most if not, all social engineering attacks will attempt to trigger some emotion such as urgency, fear, greed, or curiosity.

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Security Through Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

At Social-Engineer, we define impersonation as “the practice of pretexting as another person with the goal of obtaining information or access to a person, company, or computer system.” In some cases, an actual high-ranking employee’s account may have been compromised already. Here are some common types: 1.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 26, 2021

Google's TAG team has identified the threat actors behind this campaign as a "government-backed entity based in North Korea.". They've used these Twitter profiles for posting links to their blog, posting videos of their claimed exploits and for amplifying and retweeting posts from other accounts that they control.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2022

The VPN credentials for initial access are said to have been obtained from illicit websites like Russian Market with the goal of gaining control of T-Mobile employee accounts, ultimately allowing the threat actor to carry out SIM swapping attacks at will. ” wrote Krebs. – Source KrebsOnSecurity. . ” wrote Krebs.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

So far, companies still have lots of manual processes when it comes to provisioning: Often, admins will create accounts and enter data manually into CRM and HR applications – an error-prone and slow process without any capabilities for proper compliance and audit reporting. Define an IAM strategy.

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Hot for Security

JANUARY 29, 2021

The FTC, an independent agency of the US government, enforces civil US antitrust law and promotes consumer protection. In a blog post titled “ Scam ‘US Trading Commission’ website is not the FTC ,” the agency draws attention to an impostor site called “the US Trading Commission” that uses the FTC’s seal and address.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2021

“The actors behind this campaign, which we attribute to a government-backed entity based in North Korea, have employed a number of means to target researchers” The attackers targeted the researchers through multiple social networking platforms, including Twitter, LinkedIn, Telegram, Discord, and Keybase.

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SecureList

JANUARY 18, 2023

The threat landscape is constantly updated through new malware and spyware, advanced phishing methods, and new social engineering techniques. Last year, the cybersecurity of corporations and government agencies was more significant than ever before, and will become even more so in 2023. These add up to 144 million annually.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 3, 2023

For instance, phishing, one of the most common, is a social engineering attack used to steal user data. With the rise in social media, criminals have more platforms with which to target potential phishing victims. There are many ways in which we can be exposed to potential cyberattacks.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Learn more from this blog summarizing these trends, as presented at #CyberWarCon : [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 16, 2021. The CURIUM group leverage a network of fake social media accounts to trick the victims into installing malware.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Phishing attacks often rely on social engineering techniques to trick users into revealing sensitive data. Social media sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Google+ are commonly exploited to access user accounts. Whaling, spear, barrel, reverse social engineering, malware, ransomware, account compromise.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 21, 2021

We’ve written at length about account compromise and identity theft , and how criminals will often hijack accounts belonging to dead people. In many ways, it’s the perfect crime for anyone indulging in social engineering. Governments and rescue organisations are busy looking for folks and sorting out the problem.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 4, 2023

The targeted organizations are mostly found among government, non-government organizations (NGOs), IT services, technology, discrete manufacturing, and media sectors. Once the target has done this, the attacker can use the gained access to further compromise the account.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 19, 2021

TAG reported that Iranian-government-backed actors, known as APT35 and by the aliases Rocket Kitten and Charming Kitten, are quickly picking up speed, especially when it comes to implementing slick phishing attacks. According to Google’s TAG blog, APT35 have been active since at least 2017, including attacks on the 2020 U.S.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 24, 2023

We couldn’t resist posting the cheeky creative image from security influencer Brian Kreb’s blog on the incident.) However, while T-Mobile has provided some information related to this API breach, including specific account data, they have provided no technical details.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Our last edition of privacy predictions focused on a few important trends where business and government interests intersect, with regulators becoming more active in a wide array of privacy issues. This showed how consumer data collection can directly impact the relationships between citizens and governments.

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Zigrin Security

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Espionage and Political Motives In some cases, hackers may target organizations or governments for espionage or political reasons. State-sponsored hacking is a growing concern, with governments using cyberattacks to gather intelligence, disrupt infrastructure, or compromise national security.

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BH Consulting

JUNE 13, 2023

Almost three-quarters of breaches (74 per cent) involve the human element through error, social engineering, stolen credentials or misusing privileges. Half of all social engineering attacks involve ‘pretexting’, where criminals fabricate a story to trick the victim.

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

In a blog post on Monday, researchers from Trend Micro reported that they uncovered 70 email addresses that have been targeted with the so-called “Office 365 V4 phishing kit” since May 2020, 40 of which belong to “CEOs, directors, owners and founders, among other enterprise employee[s].”.

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McAfee

MAY 27, 2021

The words and guidance outlined in the DoDZTRA and EO must be followed up with a clear path to action and all the stakeholders, both public and private, are not held accountable for progress. Earlier I mentioned that the collective “we” needs to be held accountable.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

As with any communication from the federal government, any recipient of a message should double check with the agency that has allegedly sent the message as to whether the communication is legitimate,” Hank Schless, senior manager of security solutions at cybersecurity firm Lookout, told eSecurity Planet.

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

In all, the agency grouped the main risks into eight categories: ransomware, malware, social engineering, threats against data, threats against availability, disinformation/misinformation, and supply chain targeting. Almost one in four cybersecurity attacks (24 per cent) targeted public administration and governments, ENISA said.

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LRQA Nettitude Labs

JULY 5, 2023

In addition to the topics below that you can expect to see reviewed and discussed in the forms of blog posts or webinars, LRQA Nettitude would also like to extend an open invitation for feedback and collaboration. In the initial stages of implementation, regulators might provide guidance on how to demonstrate accountability.

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BH Consulting

JUNE 15, 2022

In this year’s edition, 82 per cent of incidents were due to a human element, whether that’s being phished, socially engineered, or simple error. Security figures on social media debated exactly what the human factor percentage means. What accounts for the remaining 18 per cent of incidents, if not people?

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

As we mentioned in a previous blog , hackers come in many forms, but their methods can generally be classified into three distinct types of cybercriminals: The Impersonator – Hackers that pretend to be others, often using social engineering and human psychology to trick users. government stimulus payments are also on the rise.

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Security Through Education

DECEMBER 18, 2023

No real business or government agency will ever tell you to buy a gift card to pay them. If you have an account with the vendor, use a previous known good link or bookmark to access your account and not the one in the email. Never wire money directly to a seller.

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Cisco Security

JULY 14, 2021

government has recently stated that it will be playing a larger role in thwarting ransomware and other cyberattacks, it has also stressed the importance of collaboration with the private sector to fight this pervasive issue. At the same time, the private sector has been urging stronger action from the government. While the U.S.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 13, 2022

Governments, nonprofits, and schools—some forced to close their doors—didn’t escape unscathed. Services—a catch-all term encompassing service-providing sectors such as transportation, travel, finance, health, education, information, government, and a myriad of other industries—was targeted the most by cybercriminals.

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Lenny Zeltser

MAY 3, 2019

Don’t share user accounts with others on your team. Many of the attack tactics involved elements of social engineering–persuasion tactics that take advantage of human psychology to trick victims into taking actions that have aided the adversaries. Require two-factor authentication for all accounts. government.

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