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GoDaddy Employees Used in Attacks on Multiple Cryptocurrency Services

Krebs on Security

Fraudsters redirected email and web traffic destined for several cryptocurrency trading platforms over the past week. And in May of this year, GoDaddy disclosed that 28,000 of its customers’ web hosting accounts were compromised following a security incident in Oct. 2019 that wasn’t discovered until April 2020. PST on Nov.

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The Rise of AI Social Engineering Scams

Identity IQ

The Rise of AI Social Engineering Scams IdentityIQ In today’s digital age, social engineering scams have become an increasingly prevalent threat. In fact, last year, scams accounted for 80% of reported identity compromises to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC).

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Famous Twitter Accounts Hacked: Insider Threat or Social Engineering Attack?

SecureWorld News

Hacked tweets from major Twitter accounts. For another: all their accounts were recently hacked is a cryptocurrency cyber scam. One by one, each account tweeted the same thing. Here's an example from Bill Gate's account: "Everyone is asking me to give back, and now is the time.

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Store manager admits SIM swapping his customers

Malwarebytes

Armed with an email and password—which are easily bought online— and the 2FA code, an attacker could take over the victim’s online accounts. SIM swapping can be done in a number of ways, but perhaps the most common involves a social engineering attack on the victim’s carrier. Katz pleaded guilty before Chief U.S.

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Several High-Profile Twitter accounts hacked in a Bitcoin scam

Security Affairs

The social media platform Twitter suffered one of the biggest cyberattacks in its history, multiple high-profile accounts were hacked. Twitter explained is was victim of a”coordinated social engineering attack” against its employees who gave attackers the access to its internal tools.

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Navy Insider Threat Bust: Encryption, Social Engineering, and Crypto

SecureWorld News

SecureWorld News just analyzed dozens of pages of court documents to understand this story of the Naval Engineer—an insider—who is accused of going rogue in a high-tech and high-stakes operation. Tools involved digital media, encrypted communication, cryptocurrency, and secret data handoffs. We want to work with you.

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Lessons from a Scam Artist

Security Through Education

They all use psychology and social engineering skills to convince their victims to take an action that is detrimental to them. Thanks to technology and social media, impersonation scams have grown exponentially. billion fake accounts in 2021. It’s easy to think “I know better” or “that will never happen to me.”

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