Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Other cybercrimes that specifically target accounts are spear phishing, social engineering attacks, and password sprays —basic password attack tactics that nation-states carry out against target companies and governments. Google introduced 2FA to Gmail in 2011. There’s low MFA adoption elsewhere, too.

Authentication 89

Authentication Social Engineering Accountability Passwords 89

Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Ayesha fled Libya shortly after the Battle of Tripoli back in 2011. The scammers can’t even get this right; Aisha has had four children , but two of them were killed during the fighting in 2011. She eventually moved from Algeria to Oman, where she claims political asylum to this day.

Identity Theft 113

Identity Theft Scams Banking Government 113

Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2023

The LockBit Locker group is known for using a combination of advanced techniques, even phishing, and also social engineering, to gain initial access to a company’s network. He is a former member of the ANeSeC CTF team, one of the firsts Italian cyber wargame teams born back in 2011.

Penetration Testing 98

Penetration Testing Firewall Ransomware Social Engineering 98

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1970-1995 — Kevin Mitnick — Beginning in 1970, Kevin Mitnick penetrates some of the most highly-guarded networks in the world, including Nokia and Motorola, using elaborate social engineering schemes, tricking insiders into handing over codes and passwords, and using the codes to access internal computer systems.

Cybercrime 135

Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 20, 2022

From untargeted to very targeted… During the Japan tsunami and earthquake of 2011, a huge volume of scam attacks sank their claws into the disaster. Phishing, social engineering, blackmail, fraud: all of these things and more could be in the running.

Scams 86

Scams Social Engineering Phishing Engineering 86

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.

Government 98

Government Social Engineering DDOS Engineering 98

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 31, 2024

The funding will be used for core research and development to build new AI technology and products to protect against generative AI threats, such as deepfake social engineering and autonomous fraud. For threats such as deepfake video, audio, images, phishing, and fraud, it’s clear that we need a new approach.”

Artificial Intelligence 100

Artificial Intelligence Education Cybercrime Social Engineering 100

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 9, 2022

The first attempt was to leverage knowledge questions to complement insecure passwords, only to find out soon enough that people were using information that was easy to be compromised by simple social engineering tactics. SIM swapping attacks were the key reason that back in 2011, NIST deprecated SMS-based OTP authentication.

Authentication 71

Authentication Social Engineering Mobile Digital transformation 71

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 7, 2022

In 2011, Forrester estimated that each call to the help desk for a password reset costs $70. We are committed to strong security at the access point and if help desk intervention is required, we require complexity and tell Operations to budget for it.

Password Management 71

Password Management Passwords Authentication Social Engineering 71

SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In their campaigns to infect mobile devices, cybercriminals always resort to social engineering tools, the most common of these passing a malicious application off as another, popular and desirable one. For example, an attacker could log in to a victim’s Facebook account and post a phishing link or spread spam.

Mobile 145

Mobile Malware Adware Banking 145

Malwarebytes

MAY 21, 2023

From the first Roomba in 2002 to the first virtual assistant (Siri) in 2011, AI has slowly and steadily penetrated the consumer technology market, often with little comprehension from buyers that artificial intelligence is actually powering the functionality behind their favorite devices.

Cybersecurity 92

Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence Social Engineering Engineering 92

eSecurity Planet

JULY 20, 2023

Once dubbed “the world’s most wanted hacker” after his youthful exploits attacking Digital Equipment Corporation and Pacific Bell, Mitnick completed his decade-long transition to cybersecurity luminary when he joined KnowBe4 as Chief Hacking Officer and part owner in 2011.

Cybersecurity 98

Cybersecurity Social Engineering Education Engineering 98

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Social engineering attacks soon found use in the digital space. The Rise of Ransomware: 2011-2022. The way it spread was not through more traditional ransomware vectors like email phishing but instead through EternalBlue, a Windows exploit initially developed by the U.S. Read How to Prevent Different Types of Malware.

Malware 140

Malware Ransomware Antivirus Internet 140

Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2024

APT42 focuses on highly targeted spear-phishing and social engineering techniques, its operations broadly fall into three categories, credential harvesting, surveillance operations, and malware deployment. APT42 uses social engineering tactics to trick targets into setting up video meetings, which then lead to phishing pages.

Hacking 124

Hacking Phishing Social Engineering Accountability 124