SiteLock

MARCH 31, 2021

For many users, cybersecurity attacks can feel depersonalized—coming from scripted codes, automatic malware, or distant bots. But social engineering attacks differ in one key aspect: they’re based in human interactions. With cybersecurity becoming stronger, different types of social […].

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Digital Guardian

JANUARY 25, 2021

SOX compliance, preventing social engineering attacks, and data classification. In this blog, we count down the most read blogs of 2020.

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Security Through Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, social engineering has undergone significant transformations over the years, propelled by advancements in technology. This article delves into the historical shifts in social engineering tactics and explores how adversaries embrace new technologies to achieve their objectives.

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NetSpi Executives

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Because of its effectiveness, threat actors constantly develop more sophisticated, less recognizable attack methods determined to trick unsuspecting employees. Through the utilization of additional testing processes and new tooling, we are able to provide attack approaches that mimic those used by real-world adversaries today.

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The State of Security

MAY 5, 2022

The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has issued updated statistics on Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks which use a variety of social engineering and phishing techniques to break into accounts and trick companies into transferring large amounts of money into the hands of criminals.

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CSO Magazine

MAY 22, 2023

BEC attacks stand apart in the cybercrime industry for their emphasis on social engineering and the art of deception,” said Vasu Jakkal, corporate vice president of security, in a blog post. Successful BEC attacks cost organizations hundreds of millions of dollars annually.”

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 27, 2023

In this blog post, we will explore both the advantages and dangers of AI in cybersecurity, including examples of how cybercriminals could use AI to improve social engineering attacks and how cybersecurity companies can use AI to better protect users.

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Duo's Security Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

An attack in action Logging into work on a typical day, John, an employee at Acme Corp. While there might have been some signs the email was a forgery from an outside attacker, there were no obvious red flags. What is social engineering? receives an email from the IT department.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 9, 2024

Most of the flaws that Microsoft deems “more likely to be exploited” this month are marked as “important,” which usually involve bugs that require a bit more user interaction (social engineering) but which nevertheless can result in system security bypass, compromise, and the theft of critical assets.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

A graphic depicting how 0ktapus leveraged one victim to attack another. In each attack, the victims saw their email and financial accounts compromised after suffering an unauthorized SIM-swap, wherein attackers transferred each victim’s mobile phone number to a new device that they controlled. Twilio disclosed in Aug.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Octo Tempest is believed to be a group of native English speaking cybercriminals that uses social engineering campaigns to compromise organizations all over the world. This can be done in a number of ways, but the most common ones involve social engineering attacks on the victim's carrier.

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Heimadal Security

MARCH 24, 2023

This form of social engineering attack is gaining popularity among cybercriminals eager to steal your data. Let’s dive in and learn about this latest threat in […] The post What Is Quishing: QR Code Phishing Explained appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. Are you aware of QR code phishing or “quishing”?

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Heimadal Security

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Hackers are using a social engineering approach called TOAD, also known as ‘telephone-oriented attack delivery’ that includes calling the victims and using information gathered from malicious websites. The post New Android Banking Malware Deployed Using Vishing appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. How […].

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Heimadal Security

APRIL 18, 2022

A warning about a new wave of social engineering cyberattacks that distribute the IcedID malware and employ Zimbra exploits for sensitive data theft purposes has been recently issued by the Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA).

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 9, 2024

The malicious ads are displayed as sponsored results on Google’s search engine page and localized to North America. This blog post aims to share the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) as well as indicators of compromise (IOCs) so defenders can take action. dll (Nitrogen).

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Heimadal Security

JANUARY 25, 2023

Last week, video game developer Riot Games, which is behind popular games such as League of Legends and Valorant had its development environment compromised by threat actors through a social engineering attack. This week, the attackers demanded a $10 million ransom for source code stolen from League of Legends.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

The attacks were facilitated by scams targeting employees at GoDaddy , the world’s largest domain name registrar, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. In March, a voice phishing scam targeting GoDaddy support employees allowed attackers to assume control over at least a half-dozen domain names, including transaction brokering site escrow.com.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Checklist of vulnerabilities Potential attack vectors can be exploited in AI chatbots, such as: • Input validation and sanitation: User inputs are gateways, and ensuring their validation and sanitation is paramount. Neglecting this can lead to injection attacks,, jeopardizing user data integrity. of cyber security attacks.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 20, 2023

What Are Social Engineering Scams? Thanks, Your CEO This common scenario is just one example of the many ways scammers may attempt to trick you through social engineering scams. Read on to learn how to recognize social engineering attacks, their consequences, and tactics to avoid falling for them.

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Heimadal Security

APRIL 29, 2022

Account Takeover Examples The five most frequently met account takeover examples are malware replay attacks, social engineering, man-in-the-middle attacks, credential […]. Account Takeover Prevention appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. The post Account Takeover Definition.

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Security Through Education

MARCH 22, 2023

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. Prey on Emotions Scammers have become experts in using social engineering techniques to their advantage.

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Heimadal Security

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Human rights activists, reporters, researchers, professors, diplomats, and politicians working in the Middle East are being targeted in an ongoing social engineering and credential phishing effort. The post Iranian State-backed Hackers Attack Independent Groups in the Middle East appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 3, 2022

PuTTY, KiTTY, TightVNC, Sumatra PDF Reader, and the muPDF/Subliminal Recording software installer have been backdoored to perform a wide range of social engineering campaigns that started in April 2022. Highly Evasive Attack. How to Protect Against Social Attacks. See the Best Open Source Security Tools.

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Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The Malware Attack Explained Threat actors use social engineering […] The post Warning! New Malware Hijacks YouTube and Facebook Accounts appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 20, 2023

"On January 11, the Mailchimp Security team identified an unauthorized actor accessing one of our tools used by Mailchimp customer-facing teams for customer support and account administration," said Mailchimp in a blog post. We have managed to take the phishing domain offline."

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

According to the latest ISACA State of Security 2021 report , social engineering is the leading cause of compromises experienced by organizations. Findings from the Verizon 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report also point to social engineering as the most common data breach attack method. Avoid becoming a victim.

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Heimadal Security

AUGUST 8, 2022

In this type of cybercrime, attackers use clever social engineering techniques to persuade victims to take action, which results in sharing sensitive data and financial details, including account […]. appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. The post What Is Vishing?

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Heimadal Security

JULY 15, 2022

Researchers have uncovered a new phishing kit that, under the guise of security controls, injects malware into legitimate WordPress sites and uses a fake PayPal-branded social engineering scam to trick targets into handing over their most sensitive data. Researchers from Akamai said that the attackers […].

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Phishing vs. Vishing “While email may still be the most common mechanism for social engineering, we increasingly see attacks via social media, platforms such as WhatsApp, physical compromise, snail mail, and phone calls,” says ethical hacker FC in a blog. The message may ask the user to call the attacker's number.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Historically, account takeover (ATO) has been recognized as an attack in which cybercriminals take ownership of online accounts using stolen passwords and usernames. Cybercriminals purchase a list of account credentials from the dark web that are usually compiled by hackers through social engineering, data breaches, and phishing attacks.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

blog, which was chosen by the attackers in an attempt to appear as the legitimate cryptocurrency exchange swissborg.com. ObjCShellz is written in Objective-C, it is a remote shell that allows attackers to execute commands on the infected systems. ” concludes the report. ” concludes the report.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The best way to stay up-to-date with the recent trends is by reading the top cybersecurity blogs. Here’s our list of the best cybersecurity blogs to read and follow. Securing Tomorrow SecuringTomorrow is a blog by McAfee, one of the biggest security software providers. The main focus here is the social side of data loss.

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Heimadal Security

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Apple users were the target of a phishing attack that used social engineering last month, during Black Friday, as threat actors managed to trick the Microsoft Office 365 email security. The post Phishing Attack Strikes Apple Users During Black Friday Sales appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Security Through Education

APRIL 23, 2024

Unknowingly, you have just succumbed to a technique we in social engineering refer to as “ concession.” Now that the concession has been given by the attacker, there is a higher likelihood that the target will feel pressure to reciprocate with a similar act of giving. “Oh, I can’t afford that!” you respond. “We How is it used?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2023

Mirai botnet started exploiting the CVE-2023-1389 vulnerability (aka ZDI-CAN-19557/ZDI-23-451 ) in TP-Link Archer A21 in recent attacks. A remote attacker can trigger the issue to inject commands that should be executed on the device. The attackers send a second request that triggers the execution of the command.

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Heimadal Security

JUNE 15, 2021

According to the researchers from Microsoft 365 Defender, the attackers were able to compromise their targets’ mailboxes by using phishing. BEC Fraud is a scheme used by malicious actors to gain access to legitimate business emails through social engineering or computer intrusion and to impersonate an employee.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Some methods include: SIM Swapping: The attacker uses social engineering to convince a cell phone provider to switch the number to the attacker’s SIM card to gain access to the OTP sent to the trusted user. Phishing: An attacker sends a user a link to a fake website to capture the user’s username and password.

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