SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

In the digital world, bad actors are using social engineering methods to hack on behalf of the Iranian government, even threatening the 2020 U.S. Traditionally, these attacks put an emphasis on social engineering, finding innovative new ways to defraud end-users. election process. aerospace and satellite sectors.

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Government Social Engineering DDOS Engineering 98

Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 11, 2022

To be more precise, 2010, 2016, and now 2022 with a whole new astronaut to recover. While there was no direct evidence of account theft from the malware file, numerous accounts caught out by this attack were indeed compromised. So yes, it’s weird…but it’s just a one off. Invisible ads for thee but not for me.

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Scams Social Engineering Engineering Accountability 90

SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Fraud: Sophisticated scams, including bonus abuse and account takeovers, pose significant financial risks. What's not obvious Social Engineering Beyond Email : Cybercriminals may use social media or messaging apps to target individuals with scams. Messaging apps and in-app messages on social apps are great for these.

Cybersecurity 114

Cybersecurity Scams Phishing Mobile 114

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2019

In other attacks, hackers have compromised plugins used by e-commerce platforms in a classic supply chain attack or have injected software skimmers inside a company’s cloud hosting account that was poorly protected. Security firms have monitored the activities of a dozen groups at least since 2010. .

Social Engineering 72

Social Engineering Advertising Software Firewall 72

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

They hack into their teacher’s account and leave messages making fun of him. Air Force research facility, discover a password “sniffer” has been installed onto their network, compromising more than 100 user accounts. 2010 — Zeus Trojan Virus — An Eastern European cybercrime ring steals $70 million from U.S.

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Hacking Banking 135

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The first two samples had 2010/2011 as the compilation date, as shown on the graph below. SPSniffer , which we described in 2010: both families are able to intercept signals from PIN pads , but use different approaches in doing so. Warning from a PoS vendor about Prilex social engineering attacks. A link to the past.

Malware 140

Malware Banking Software Encryption 140

LRQA Nettitude Labs

JULY 5, 2023

Future Regulations Amongst the numerous challenges facing regulators, LRQA Nettitude anticipate that the initial focus will revolve around: Accountability : Determine who is accountable for compliance with existing regulation and the principles.

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Artificial Intelligence Data privacy Social Engineering Risk 52

Spinone

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Imagine for a moment that your employee uses one password to access their social media profiles and to sign in to their Office 365 corporate account. This way, a system ensures only veritable users can get access to the account. This approach puts your data at a huge risk. At this very moment, your company data gets endangered.

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Passwords Data breaches Backups Authentication 40

Security Through Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The SEVillage was established back in 2010 at DEF CON 18. It has been the official home for all things social engineering for 12 years straight. SEVillage is also the home for all social engineering speeches at DEF CON. Friday launched the Social Engineering Capture the Flag 4 Kids (SECTF4Kids).

Social Engineering 102

Social Engineering Engineering Penetration Testing Media 102

The Last Watchdog

JULY 25, 2019

The Obama sanctions helped security analysts and the FBI piece together how Bogachev, around 2010, began running unusual searches on well-placed PCs he controlled, via Gameover Zeus infections. Then somewhere along the way, Bogachev commenced moonlighting as a cyber spy for the Russian government. presidential elections. That was a glitch.

IoT 171

IoT Hacking Government Banking 171

Malwarebytes

JULY 22, 2021

In that time period, roughly between 2007 to 2010, law enforcement was generally struggling to keep up. What happened here is an awful combination of threats, harassment, social engineering and swatting. A desire to obtain “rare” social media handles led individuals to pressure victims into handing them over.

Social Engineering 102

Social Engineering Media Engineering Risk 102

SecureList

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The first accounts of its activity date back to March last year, in which archives carrying COVID-related decoy file names that contained a malicious executable were described in a tweet by MalwareHunterTeam. ReconHellcat is a little-known threat actor that was spotted publicly in 2020. This campaign affected Ethiopia, Palestine and Kuwait.

Malware 145

Malware Government Surveillance Spyware 145

Security Boulevard

APRIL 8, 2022

Though APTs were regularly seen from then on inside the industry, the term didn’t gain public consciousness until an attack on Google servers in 2010 , the fault of which was assigned to Chinese APTs. Social engineering training. From then on, APT became a heavily used, marketable term. Monitoring. Regular patching.

Social Engineering 72

Social Engineering Backups Malware Ransomware 72

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Social engineering attacks soon found use in the digital space. Going Mobile and Going Global: 2001-2010. Stuxnet , discovered in 2010, was the first documented attempt by sovereign nations to use malware to attack other sovereign nations. One of the first instances was the Love Letter virus of 2000.

Malware 140

Malware Ransomware Antivirus Internet 140

Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Many of the contact tracing scams of 2020 similarly followed social engineering scripts that have been used in taxpayer identity theft schemes since the 1990s as well. This represents an evolutionary step beyond credential stuffing (a crime where the target’s passwords are used to access other accounts).

IoT 130

IoT Artificial Intelligence Technology Scams 130