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CrowdStrike Security Report: Generative AI Powers Social Engineering Attacks

Tech Republic Security

Trends in cybersecurity across 2024 showed less malware and phishing, though more social engineering. CrowdStrike offers tips on securing your business.

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Social Engineering: Back to the Basics

Security Through Education

When I first heard of social engineering, about 6 years ago, I couldnt define it clearly and concisely if you had offered me millions of dollars. ’ Lets re-visit what social engineering really means, how people use it, and how you can start protecting yourself from it. Either way, lets refresh and learn together!

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Microsoft: Happy 2025. Here’s 161 Security Updates

Krebs on Security

Tracked as CVE-2025-21186 , CVE-2025-21366 , and CVE-2025-21395 , these are remote code execution bugs that are exploitable if an attacker convinces a target to download and run a malicious file through social engineering. was also credited with discovering a flaw in the December 2024 Patch Tuesday release ( CVE-2024-49142 ).

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Patch Tuesday, May 2024 Edition

Krebs on Security

CVE-2024-30051 is an “elevation of privilege” bug in a core Windows library. ” CVE-2024-30040 is a security feature bypass in MSHTML , a component that is deeply tied to the default Web browser on Windows systems. . First, the zero-days.

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Brazil Arrests ‘USDoD,’ Hacker in FBI Infragard Breach

Krebs on Security

TV Globo didn’t name the man arrested, but the Portuguese tech news outlet Tecmundo published a report in August 2024 that named USDoD as 33-year-old Luan BG from Minas Gerais, Brazil. 22, 2022, in which they offered the email address and password for 659 members of the Brazilian Federal Police. Image: Hackread.com.

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Happy 15th Anniversary, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

Maybe it’s indelicate to celebrate the birthday of a cybercrime blog that mostly publishes bad news, but happily many of 2024’s most engrossing security stories were about bad things happening to bad guys. In case you missed any of them, here’s a recap of 2024’s most-read stories.

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A Day in the Life of a Prolific Voice Phishing Crew

Krebs on Security

This domain was featured in a writeup from February 2024 by the security firm Lookout , which found it was one of dozens being used by a prolific and audacious voice phishing group it dubbed “ Crypto Chameleon.” Before we get to the Apple scam in detail, we need to revisit Tony’s case. ” Image: Shutterstock, ssi77.

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