Accountability Healthcare Social Engineering 
eSecurity Planet
JULY 27, 2025
agencies have issued a joint cybersecurity alert warning about the escalating threat posed by the Interlock ransomware operation, which has increasingly targeted businesses, healthcare providers, and critical infrastructure entities across North America and Europe. Still, healthcare organizations have been frequent victims.
IT Security Guru
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Other Ways Threat Actors Exploit Human Behaviour In addition to fatigue attacks, malefactors weaponise social engineering. MFA fatigue is often coupled with social engineeringan attacker might contact the victim, masquerading as IT support, and advise them to approve the prompt to “resolve an issue.”
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SecureWorld News
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
He urges enterprises to implement Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions and multi-factor authentication (MFA) and to enforce robust password policies to reduce the risk of account compromise. Strengthening identity security Enforce phishing-resistant MFA for all privileged accounts. Develop and test ransomware response plans.
Webroot
MARCH 3, 2025
Common attacks to consumer protection Identity theft and fraud Some common types of identity theft and fraud include account takeover fraud , when criminals use stolen personal information such as account numbers, usernames, or passwords to hijack bank accounts, credit cards, and even email and social media accounts.
SecureWorld News
MAY 16, 2025
Scattered Spider is a financially motivated threat actor group known for its social engineering prowess, SIM-swapping attacks, and living-off-the-land (LOTL) techniques. The group is well known to employ social engineering tactics to gain access, so hardening your help desk is an immediate first step in defense," Staynings continued.
Hacker's King
DECEMBER 16, 2024
In 2023, major ransomware incidents targeted healthcare providers, educational institutions, and large corporations. Phishing and Social Engineering : Phishing remains a popular attack method, leveraging emails, fake websites, and social media to deceive users into providing sensitive information.
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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