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A Human Vulnerability Scan: The Social Engineering Risk Assessment

Security Through Education

Every year companies lose thousands and even millions of dollars due to security breaches. They may upgrade company software or increase security awareness training. With all this effort though, many security executives wonder if their resources are well spent. We do this to leave our targets “ better for having met us.”

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Social Engineering: Definition, Types, Detection & Prevention

Spinone

What is social engineering? Social engineering is a manipulative technique used by criminals to elicit specific actions in their victims. Social engineering is seldom a stand-alone operation. money from a bank account) or use it for other social engineering types. George vs.

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Will Your End Users Recognize These Social Engineering Tricks?

SecureWorld News

Social engineering tricks are constantly used by threat actors to gain access to an individual's account or even an entire organization's system. Sometimes they are easily spotted by the trained security professional, but even the best of us can fall for a sophisticated scheme. Examples of social engineering tricks.

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How not to overshare when crafting social media posts, out-of-office messages

SC Magazine

Employees and executives are often oversharing personal details on social media and even in automated out-of-office (OOO) email messages. Of course, OOO instructions serve an important business communications function, and a strong strong social media profile is a great way to network with your peers and brand yourself.

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Phishing trap: security awareness through a different lens

BH Consulting

Social engineering techniques, such as phishing, target not the systems but the people using them. After all, it’s called social engineering for a reason. These virtual identities are then used to open accounts, purchase merchandise and services, or further distribute malware for other purposes (e.g.,

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Voice Phishers Targeting Corporate VPNs

Krebs on Security

According to interviews with several sources, this hybrid phishing gang has a remarkably high success rate, and operates primarily through paid requests or “bounties,” where customers seeking access to specific companies or accounts can hire them to target employees working remotely at home. A phishing page (helpdesk-att[.]com)

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9,000 employees targeted in phishing attack against California agency

SC Magazine

A California state agency was victimized by a phishing incident last week in which an employee clicked on a link that provided access to the employee’s account for some 24 hours. In an announcement issued by SCO, officials said the improperly accessed email account was discovered promptly and access removed.

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