Schneier on Security

APRIL 2, 2024

Installing it was a multi-year process that seems to have involved social engineering the lone unpaid engineer in charge of the utility. More from ArsTechnica: In 2021, someone with the username JiaT75 made their first known commit to an open source project. It was an incredibly complex backdoor.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

technology companies between 2021 and 2023, including LastPass , MailChimp , Okta , T-Mobile and Twilio. Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles this week unsealed criminal charges against five men alleged to be members of a hacking group responsible for dozens of cyber intrusions at major U.S. Image: Amitai Cohen twitter.com/amitaico. .”

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2022

With the arrest of Bernardini, the DoJ unsealed a grand jury indictment dated July 14, 2021, of Bernardini that revealed a “multi-year scheme to impersonate individuals involved in the publishing industry in order to fraudulently obtain hundreds of prepublication manuscripts of novel and other forthcoming books.”

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Prioritize fixing vulnerabilities exploited by Ghost, such as ProxyShell (CVE-2021-34473, CVE-2021-34523, CVE-2021-31207). Cybersecurity awareness and incident response Train employees to recognize phishing attempts and social engineering. Use Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions.

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 19, 2021

Top three patterns in breaches were: social engineering, basic web application attacks, and system intrusion. Top three patterns in incidents were: denial of service, basic web application attacks, and social engineering. They map to the CIS controls for recommendations. 85% of breaches involved a human element.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 11, 2022

In May 2021, Microsoft patched a similarly critical and wormable vulnerability in the HTTP Protocol Stack; less than a week later, computer code made to exploit the flaw was posted online. . “Exploitation would require social engineering to entice a victim to open an attachment or visit a malicious website,” he said.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 13, 2021

Email spoofing is a common tactic hackers use in phishing and social engineering attacks. How to identify a spoofed email How to prevent email spoofing in 2021 Email spoofing is a constantly evolving threat. Social engineering tactics usually include spear phishing or whaling. How to prevent email spoofing in 2021.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) hosted its 16th annual Electronic Crime Research symposium, APWG eCrime 2021 in early December. The post APWG’s eCrime 2021 Symposium Shows Cybercrime Evolving appeared first on Security Boulevard. The three tracks.

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2022

Microsoft experts believe that the AiTM phishing campaign was used to target more than 10,000 organizations since September 2021. “By combining the two values, the succeeding phishing landing page automatically filled out the sign-in page with the user’s email address, thus enhancing its social engineering lure.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 11, 2023

This could be via social engineering, spear phishing attacks, or exploitation of other services.” This makes it extremely enticing for attackers as they don’t need to socially engineer their way into an organization.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The Russian-speaking Crazy Evil group runs over 10 social media scams, tricking victims into installing StealC, AMOS, and Angel Drainer malware. Since 2021, the Crazy Evil gang has become a major cybercriminal group, using phishing, identity fraud, and malware to steal cryptocurrency. Victim losses range from $0.10

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Possibly the biggest story of 2021, an investigation by the Guardian and 16 other media organizations, published in July, suggested that over 30,000 human rights activists, journalists and lawyers across the world may have been targeted using Pegasus. In parallel, Volexity also reported the same Exchange zero-days being in use in early 2021.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2022

Since surfacing in late 2021, LAPSUS$ has gained access to the networks or contractors for some of the world’s largest technology companies, including Microsoft , NVIDIA , Okta and Samsung. ” Like LAPSUS$, these vishers just kept up their social engineering attacks until they succeeded. ” SMASH & GRAB.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 24, 2021

The post In Memoriam: John McAfee, 1945–2021. John David McAfee took his own life yesterday, in a Spanish prison. R.I.P. appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureList

AUGUST 23, 2021

The video game industry is soaring, not in the least thanks to the lockdowns, which forced people to look for new ways to entertain themselves and socialize. billion USD in 2021, which is slightly less than the total revenue in 2020 but still significantly above the pre-pandemic figures. billion in the first half of 2021.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This social engineering scheme has been amplified by targeted phishing, smishing, and vishing activities, with a noticeable increase around the winter holidays. billion (equal to USD 326 million) between 2021 and 2023.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 9, 2025

Additionally, a distributed workforce, ranging from remote maintenance technicians to cabin crews, multiplies entry points for social-engineering tactics like phishing. Aircraft themselves are nodes on data networks, constantly transmitting telemetry, engine performance metrics, and passenger connectivity data.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The post Perceptions of Insider Risk 2021 appeared first on Security Boulevard. Insider Risk Summit This week at the Insider Risk Summit, industry experts shared their thoughts on how to mitigate insider risks with discussions about.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 23, 2021

Dave Bittner, who also hosts a number of other CyberWire podcasts, and Joe Carrigan discuss the world of social engineering, phishing attempts, insider threats, and similar criminal exploits. The post Top 8 Cybersecurity Podcasts of 2021 appeared first on eSecurityPlanet.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 20, 2021

From agentless solutions for multi-cloud infrastructures to implementing zero trust and threat scoring, the 2021 class of innovators predominantly addresses cloud, data, and application security. Also Read: Top 22 Cybersecurity Startups to Watch in 2021. And the 2021 RSAC Sandbox Innovation Contest winner is… Apiiro Security.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Protecting against new threats: supply chain attacks, ransomware, and deepfakes Zero Trust is built to counter modern threats like supply chain attacks, ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), and deepfake social engineering. Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS): The Kaseya ransomware attack in 2021 compromised more than 1,000 businesses.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Scattered Spider members are part of a broader cybercriminal community called “The Com,” where hackers brag about high-profile cyber thefts, typically initiated through social engineering tactics like phone, email, or SMS scams to gain access to corporate networks.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In Q3 2021 , online stores were in second place by share of recorded phishing attacks (20.63%). We analyzed the detections related to various online shopping platforms between January and September 2021; and the period from January to October 2021 for financial phishing. million in 2020 to 10 million in 2021.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

CloudPassage’s 2021 AWS Cloud Security Report found that misconfiguration of cloud platforms (71 percent), exfiltration of sensitive data (59 percent), and insecure APIs (54 percent) are the top cloud security threats facing cybersecurity professionals. Read more: Best IAM Tools & Solutions for 2021. Train your staff.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 13, 2021

A fair few cryptocurrency scams have been doing the rounds across 2021. There’s no direct social engineering aspect, because that’d give the game away. The post Crypto-scams you should be steering clear of in 2021 appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs. Here’s some of the most visible ones you should be steering clear of.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

This is our latest installment, focusing on activities that we observed during Q1 2021. In parallel, Volexity also reported the same Exchange zero-days being in use in early 2021. Use of CVE-2021-1732 peaked between June and July 2020, but the overall campaign is still ongoing. The most remarkable findings.

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CSO Magazine

JULY 30, 2021

The education sector is a top target for cybercriminals, and faces “an unusually large percentage” of social engineering attacks, according to the 2021 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. The coronavirus pandemic, which spurred many individuals to study and work remotely, added to the industry’s challenges.

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The Hacker News

AUGUST 9, 2021

A new Android trojan has been found to compromise Facebook accounts of over 10,000 users in at least 144 countries since March 2021 via fraudulent apps distributed through Google Play Store and other third-party app marketplaces.

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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. This is one of the easiest forms of impersonation for scammers, which explains the drastic increase in the number of fake social media accounts. billion fake accounts in 2021.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 10, 2025

Supply chain attacks have surged by a staggering 431% from 2021 to 2023 and continue to rise in 2025. Davis continued, "Threat actors targeting the retail industry largely obtain access to these networks through social engineering or supply chain / third-party compromises.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2021

We look at three RSAC 2021 sessions and some of the most daunting vulnerabilities presented by the SANS Institute, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Varonis Systems. Also Read: And the Winner of the 2021 RSA Innovation Contest is… SANS: Five dangerous new attack techniques and vulnerabilities.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 2, 2023

These company-specific Zoom links, which include a permanent user ID number and an embedded passcode, can work indefinitely and expose an organization’s employees, customers or partners to phishing and other social engineering attacks. Image: @Pressmaster on Shutterstock. And that was from just a few minutes of searching.

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SC Magazine

MAY 1, 2021

For 2021, the judges took on a record number of submissions, identifying which products, people and companies stood out during a tumultuous year. Click here to see the full list of 2021 SC Award finalists. His expertise is in social engineering, technology, security algorithms and business.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The company acknowledged F-Secure Labs researchers Timo Hirvonen and Alexander Bolshev for reporting the vulnerabilities on April 29, 2021. CVE-2021-39238 (CVSS score: 9.3) – A buffer overflow vulnerability impacting certain HP Enterprise LaserJet, HP LaserJet Managed, HP Enterprise PageWide, and HP PageWide Managed products.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 17, 2021

Researchers at FireEye’s Mandiant have discovered a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-28372, in a core component of the Kalay cloud platform which is used by millions of IoT devices from many vendors. The identifier could be obtained via social engineering. SecurityAffairs – hacking, CVE-2021-28372).

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SecureList

APRIL 24, 2024

High-end APT groups perform highly interesting social engineering campaigns in order to penetrate well-protected targets. While this highly targeted and interactive social engineering approach might not be completely novel, it is extraordinary. The first JiaT75 code contribution to XZ Utils occurred on October 29, 2021.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

CyberStrength knowledge assessment tool assesses user vulnerabilities beyond email and USB drives, covering critical security issues such as use of mobile devices, social engineering scams, passwords, and web browsing. The post Best Cybersecurity Awareness Training for Employees in 2021 appeared first on eSecurityPlanet.

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