CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 16, 2023

But after the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, the focus of hackers has shifted more towards the smart phones with more phishing and social engineering attacks recorded in a 2nd quarter of 2022. All these days, we have seen cyber criminals infiltrating networks and taking down computers.

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Webroot

JANUARY 5, 2022

In fact, COVID-19, Zoom meetings, vaccination recommendations and travel warnings all provide ample and unique precedent for social engineering attacks. This could be those without antivirus protection, young internet users or, unfortunately, your elderly loved ones. Don’t wait until it’s too late.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 17, 2023

Ransomware threat actors are highly skilled at social engineering to achieve their goals: say, by posing as their target’s friend, colleague, or boss. Unfortunately, as everyday users grow more sophisticated on noticing social engineering, the bad guys refine their tools in turn.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Underground services are cropping up that are designed to enable bad actors to intercept one-time passwords (OTPs), which are widely used in two-factor authentication programs whose purpose is to better protect customers’ online accounts. By using the services, cybercriminals can gain access to victims’ accounts to steal money.

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Security Through Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

At Social-Engineer, we define impersonation as “the practice of pretexting as another person with the goal of obtaining information or access to a person, company, or computer system.” In some cases, an actual high-ranking employee’s account may have been compromised already.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Even with a generic greeting, you would think an AL-powered anti-phishing protection engine would have blocked the message. Of course, there is a PDF attachment showing my receipt of payment. ** Please do not open these files unless you want to test your antivirus and anti-malware software loaded on your device!

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Identity IQ

MAY 13, 2024

Breaches can occur due to various reasons, including cyberattacks, hacking, employee negligence, physical loss of devices, and social engineering to name a few. This can include information such as Social Security numbers, birth dates, credit card numbers, and bank account details.

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SecureList

MAY 17, 2021

In this article we analyse the technical features of the Trojan’s components, giving a detailed overview of obfuscation techniques, the infection process and subsequent functions, as well as the social engineering tactics used by the cybercriminals to convince their victims to give away their personal online banking details.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The trojan allows to hijack users’ mobile devices and steal funds from online banking and cryptocurrency accounts. At the time of writing, SharkBot appears to have a very low detection rate by antivirus solutions since. login credentials, personal information, current balance, etc.). ” concludes the report.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 13, 2023

Stay informed about the latest cyber threats, such as phishing, malware, ransomware, and social engineering attacks. Implement Strong Password Practices: Passwords serve as the first line of defense against unauthorized access to your online accounts. Utilize a password manager to securely store and generate strong passwords.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 24, 2021

A new blog post report has shone a light on the malicious practice known as voice phishing or vishing – a social engineering tactic that some cyber experts say has only grown in prominence since COVID-19 forced employees to work from home. (Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons).

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2023

of polled executives report that their organizations' accounting and financial data were targeted by cyber adversaries.” ” And, “Nearly half (48.8%) of C-suite and other executives expect the number and size of cyber events targeting their organizations’ accounting and financial data to increase in the year ahead.”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

So, to make sure yours don’t get snatched, here are a few tips and tricks we learned from cybersecurity experts: #1: Safeguard your Accounts. Add an extra layer of security to your bank and other accounts by choosing an identity theft service that monitors online activity and sends notifications as soon as suspicious activity is detected. .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Phishing is the most formidable social engineering tactic that cybercriminals use to persuade employees to disclose sensitive information, whether it be clicking a suspicious link, downloading an attachment or visiting a malicious website – not to mention simply providing credential information outright.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 7, 2021

Misrepresentation, a form of social engineering that occurs when a hacker poses as a trusted source – such as a member of an organization’s executive team – to convince people to give up their credentials was also 15 times higher last year compared to the year before. billion malicious login attempts last year.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Since endpoints are the biggest entry point for breaches , businesses need to make sure they are protected with comprehensive endpoint security that includes next generation antivirus, endpoint protection, and endpoint detection and response. Mobile Threat Defense solutions are designed to protect mobile devices and these unique needs.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

According to Cleafy, the victim’s Android device is factory reset after the attackers siphon money from the victim’s bank account. According to Cleafy , the caller’s first job is therefore to use social engineering tactics to convince victims to install it. Out with the old. How BRATA is spread.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 19, 2022

Theft of valid accounts is often combined with remote corporate services like VPNs or other access mechanisms. Valid accounts. These may be obtained by phishing, social engineering, insider threats, or carelessly handed data. Anything internet-facing can be a threat if not properly patched and updated.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The researchers said the attackers have encoded the final payload with several layers, requiring several loops of decoding before it gets deployed, making it impossible to detect by signature-based antivirus solutions. Two of them regard the current user and the rest are for the root account. Five Scripts Provide Persistence.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 4, 2022

There are rootkits, Trojans, worms, viruses, ransomware, phishing, identity theft, and social engineering to worry about. Use multi-factor authentication ( MFA ) to help protect your accounts wherever it’s offered. That risk still exists, but we all face many other threats today too. So how can you avoid becoming a victim?

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Major Breaches of 2023 Casino operator attacks: Casino giants MGM and Caesars were hit by disruptive cyberattacks in September involving concerning tactics such as social engineering. This signals a new era of cybercrime where private data becomes prized currency, putting every email address and credit card number at risk.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 29, 2023

Phishing is a type of social engineering attack that tricks victims into disclosing personal information or downloading malicious software. Recommended mitigation steps were: Resetting the account password to a stronger one Removing the email and email attachments Enabling Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). of cases in 2020.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2023

This method involves using emails, social media, instant messaging, and other platforms to manipulate users into revealing personal information or performing actions that can lead to network compromise, data loss, or financial harm. social engineering tactics and strange sender behaviors), they also use artificial intelligence algorithms.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 29, 2021

There are rootkits, Trojans, worms, viruses, ransomware, phishing, identity theft, and social engineering to worry about. Use a strong and unique password for all accounts and sites. When possible, you should use multi-factor authentication (MFA) to help protect your accounts. And that’s not a comprehensive list.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 1, 2022

They should account for training and tracking travelers and reporting security incidents. The same social engineering tactics hackers use to target workers are used by other scammers and criminals. Instead, effective travel policies and cybersecurity measures can help mitigate the security risks travel may pose.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Ransomware accounted for over half of all malicious mailings in H1 2019, Troldesh aka Shade being the most popular tool among cybercriminals. To bypass antivirus systems, hackers send out malicious emails in non-working hours with delayed activation. Links account for 29%, while attachments—for 71%. rar archive files.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2020

The second human-operated ransomware family is Doppelpaymer that in recent months targeted enterprise environments through social engineering. In many cases, some machines run without standard safeguards, like security updates and cloud-delivered antivirus protection.” ” continues Microsoft.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In actuality, hackers tend to employ methods that take advantage of individual users, often in tandem with some form of social engineering. During a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack, a user can be tricked into giving up sensitive information about themselves and their account. How does CSRF work? Is my site vulnerable to CSRF?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Although this transaction was absolutely transparent and traceable, it did not allow the account holder to be traced, precisely because of the typical peculiarities of digital currency: anonymity, transparency, speed and non-repudiation. In fact, the familiar red lock screen launched by the @WanaDecryptor@.exe How did the contagion stop?

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Vipre

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Most antivirus and cybersecurity solutions tell you that they protect your attack vectors. Other paths and scenarios begin with social engineering. Attack Vector – Social Media. In a famous example, celebrity accounts were used to swindle folks. However, most people aren’t cybersecurity professionals.

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Identity IQ

APRIL 12, 2023

Furthermore, identity thieves can take out personal loans, open credit card accounts, and commit other fraud crimes in your name. Social Engineering Identity thieves manipulate victims’ emotions to get them to compromise their personal information. This could mean an identity thief has opened new accounts in your name.

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Zigrin Security

OCTOBER 11, 2023

As we mentioned in the previous part, there are six major data types; credit card and payment information, credentials of accounts, government secrets, personally identifiable information (PII), corporate intellectual Property (IP), and critical infrastructure data. The second scenario is about account credentials.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 10, 2019

DarkReading Twitter account has more than 200k followers, a very solid number for the cybersecurity industry. The main focus here is the social side of data loss. This blog educates about social engineering attacks and ways to prevent them. Antivirus Software 2019 The primary focus of this blog is antivirus software.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 1, 2018

A review of his account showed that there were indeed two fraudulent charges on his account from earlier that day totaling $3,400, but neither charge was from Ohio. After the unauthorized charges, he had just $300 remaining in his account. ” Sure enough, that was correct. But something still seemed off.

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

.” If these executives are tricked into giving away their passwords via malicious phishing pages – which are hosted on legitimate sites – then the criminals can use those passwords “for the purpose of conducting additional phishing attacks, gaining access to sensitive information or conducting other social engineering attacks.”

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

In case you want to train your employees, you may need to use a company account to be able to set scheduled lessons for your staff. to $199 for business accounts. There are two types to choose from: an individual account and a company account. But it works only for individual users.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

antivirus) require this access, malicious apps could abuse it to take full control of your device. Access to Contacts: Apps with access to your contacts may misuse this information for spamming, social engineering, or selling your contact details to third parties without your consent. While some legitimate apps (e.g.,

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