Krebs on Security

MAY 14, 2024

“CVE-2024-30051 is used to gain initial access into a target environment and requires the use of social engineering tactics via email, social media or instant messaging to convince a target to open a specially crafted document file,” Narang said. Emerging in 2007 as a banking trojan, QakBot (a.k.a.

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Webroot

MARCH 5, 2021

Over 100 banks in Italy have fallen victim to the Ursnif banking trojan, which has stolen thousands of login credentials since it was first discovered in 2007. The attack likely began as a malicious email using social engineering to trick users into clicking links. Telemarketer leaves thousands of records exposed.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

As a matter of fact, the most-reported crime in the 2021 Internet Crime Report report was phishing , a social engineering scam wherein the victim receives a deceptive message from someone in an attempt to get the victim to reveal personal information or account credentials or to trick them into downloading malware. since Q3 of 2007.

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SecureList

JUNE 26, 2023

According to a report by the Barracuda cybersecurity company, in 2021, businesses with fewer than 100 employees experienced far more social engineering attacks than larger ones. Fake e-mails were thoroughly crafted, so that the employees would not question their authenticity. Scammers often reach employees by e-mail.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 16, 2019

To ensure that your data is safe, get a backup for Office 365. Using Outdated Software – companies pay about $36 295 to return their data from hacker By “software” we mean using old versions of Office like Office 2007 / 2010 / 2013 and not checking for the system updates and patches in Office 365.

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