Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2025

officials to build trust and access personal accounts. Threat actors send malicious links posing as messaging platform invites to access officials’ accounts, then exploit contacts to impersonate and extract data or funds. ” reads the alert issued by the FBI.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The threat actors were able to modify DNS settings by tricking GoDaddy employees into handing over the control of the targeted domains with social engineering attacks. ” states a security notice published by the company. ” states a security notice published by the company. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2025

Cybercriminals exploit compromised accounts for EDR-as-a-Service (Emergency Data Requests – EDR), targeting major platforms According to a detailed analysis conducted by Meridian Group, an increasingly complex and structured phenomenon, commonly referred to as EDR-as-a-Service, is taking hold in the cybersecurity landscape.

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Webroot

MARCH 3, 2025

During this time, many government agencies and consumer protection organizations come together to help educate consumers on how to keep their personal and financial information secure. Social engineering attacks Social engineering attacks occur when someone uses a fake persona to gain your trust.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2025

The malware is delivered via social engineering, attackers attempt to trick victims into tapping cards on infected phones. Calls enable social engineering in a Telephone-Oriented Attack Delivery (TOAD) scenario. Analysis of the SuperCard X campaign in Italy revealed custom malware builds tailored for regional use.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 20, 2025

Attackers are mimicking tournament brackets, betting promotions, and registration formstricking users into handing over credentials or linking bank accounts to fraudulent sites. This intersection of sports, money, and digital activity makes for a perfect storm of social engineering attacks. Awareness and vigilance.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Software development company Retool was the victim of a smishing attack that resulted in the compromise of 27 accounts of its cloud customers. Software development company Retool revealed that 27 accounts of its cloud customers were compromised as a result of an SMS-based social engineering attack.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2024

These scripts sometimes leveraged publicly available pentesting tools and security services to programmatically find vulnerable infrastructure.” ” reads the OpenAI’s report. They also attempted to send malware-laden emails to OpenAI employees, but the spear-phishing campaign was detected and neutralized.

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Social engineering has become a larger threat to the healthcare industry in recent years. Clearly, we need to take notice of how social engineering attacks are targeting our vital healthcare systems. So, what exactly is social engineering? What is Social Engineering? In one case, $3.1

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The researchers identified around 15,000 actor accounts, most of which were created for this campaign. Once delivered on the targets’ systems, the malware was used to steal their credentials and browser cookies which allowed the attackers to hijack the victims’ accounts in pass-the-cookie attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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. ” reads the press release published by DoJ.

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Adam Levin

AUGUST 13, 2020

Describing itself as “the most trusted and by far the largest source for information security training in the world,” SANS stated in their announcement of the breach on August 6 that they “identified a suspicious forwarding rule” in their email configuration. 513 emails were forwarded to a suspicious external email address.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 4, 2023

Therefore, computer admins are being warned to be aware of phishing emails, malicious downloads, and be wary of other social engineering attacks. Primary analysis made by the technology giant stated that the malware was being distributed via browser extensions and fake ads running on compromised business accounts.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2021

Experts spotted a new Android trojan, dubbed FlyTrap, that compromised Facebook accounts of over 10,000 users in at least 144 countries since March 2021. Zimperium’s zLabs researchers spotted a new Android trojan, dubbed FlyTrap , that already compromised Facebook accounts of over 10,000 users in at least 144 countries since March 2021.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a notification warning of ongoing vishing attacks attempting to steal corporate accounts. ” Once gained access to the network, crooks expand their network access, for example, escalating privileges of the compromised employees’ accounts. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 25, 2024

TraderTraitor activity is often characterized by targeted social engineering directed at multiple employees of the same company simultaneously.” The company assured customers their Bitcoin (BTC) deposits would be fully guaranteed. dollars from the Japan-based cryptocurrency company DMM by North Korean cyber actors in May 2024.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Russia-linked threat actors exploit Signal ‘s “linked devices” feature to hijack accounts, per Google Threat Intelligence Group. Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) researchers warn of multiple Russia-linked threat actors targeting Signal Messenger accounts used by individuals of interest to Russian intelligence.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Human-driven targeted attacks accounted for 43% of high-severity incidents 74% more than in 2023 and 43% more than in 2022. A significant number of incidents are linked to unauthorized changes, such as adding accounts to privileged groups or weakening secure configurations. Human-driven targeted attacks are increasing.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2025

Threat actors distribute malware in archives with fake installation instructions, urging users to disable security tools to allow their execution. Using this social engineering trick, threats like stealers, RATs, Trojans, and crypto miners can persist undetected. Its configuration is Base64-encoded and encrypted with AES-CBC.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 30, 2024

This may involve identifying compromised servers, web applications, databases, or user accounts. Disable compromised accounts or restrict their permissions immediately, update passwords for authorized users to prevent further unauthorized access. Introduce MFA for all corporate accounts.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Yandex, a European multinational technology firm best known for being the most-used search engine in Russia, has revealed it had a security breach, leading to the compromise of almost 5,000 Yandex email accounts. The company says it spotted the breach after a routine check by its security team.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

In many cases, the phony profiles spoofed chief information security officers at major corporations , and some attracted quite a few connections before their accounts were terminated. We learned some remarkable new details this week about the recent supply-chain attack on VoIP software provider 3CX. Microsoft Corp.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

He is also looking for opportunities to collect additional access parameters (usernames and passwords), elevate privileges, or use already existing compromised accounts for unauthorized access to systems, applications, and data. Security vulnerabilities. Social engineering. Reaching the goal of the attack. Malicious code.

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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. A month earlier, Dubai and Abu Dhabi Police warned citizens not to share their confidential information, including their account, card details or online banking credentials.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2024

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) recently observed threat actors using sophisticated social engineering tactics to target IT help desks in the health sector. Then they used compromised employee email accounts to hijack payments. bank accounts.” bank accounts.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2025

Sophos first observed a STAC5143 attack in November 2024, it began with spam emails followed by a Teams call from an account named “Help Desk Manager.” Organizations should also raise employee awareness of these types of tacticsthese arent the types of things that are usually covered in anti-phishing training.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2023

The portal allows law enforcement agencies to request data relating to users (IP, phones, DMs, device info) or request the removal of posts and the ban of accounts. The threat actor is offering access for $700, and it appears it can have more than one existing account for the portal. ” Gal told Security Affairs.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 13, 2025

While the AI-generated malware in this case required manual intervention to function, the fact that these systems can produce even semi-functional malicious code is a clear signal that security teams need to adapt their strategies to account for this emerging threat vector."

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2022

Microsoft has now confirmed that the attackers have compromised the account of one of its employees gaining limited access to source code repositories. Our investigation has found a single account had been compromised, granting limited access. No customer code or data was involved in the observed activities. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2024

Then they used the access to download a set of MFA SMS message logs belonging to customers’ Duo accounts. “More specifically, the threat actor downloaded message logs for SMS messages that were sent to certain users under your Duo account between March 1, 2024 and March 31, 2024. ” continues the notification.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2024

Our National Security Cyber Section remains focused on disputing these cross-border hacking schemes and holding those responsible to account.” In one case, the hackers successfully compromised an administrator email account associated with a defense contractor. ” continues the DoJ. ” continues the DoJ.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

.” Crazy Evil is referred as a traffer team, which is a group of social engineering specialists tasked with redirecting legitimate traffic to malicious landing pages. Active since 2021, the group amassed over 3,000 followers on its public Telegram CrazyEvilCorp channel.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2024

The group also relied on social engineering efforts in attacks against organizations in the higher education, satellite, and defense sectors through LinkedIn. Microsoft has notified affected organizations and disrupted the fraudulent Azure infrastructure and accounts associated with this activity.”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2021

The exposed records include email addresses full names, phone numbers, physical addresses, geolocation records, LinkedIn username and profile URL, personal and professional experience/background, genders, and other social media accounts and usernames. Passwords are not included in the archive. ” reported RestorePrivacy.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

“Another social engineering technique the threat actor uses to lure the employee into interacting with the email is giving the messages urgency, asking the recipient to review them or they will be deleted after three days.” “The overlay itself is attempting to prompt the user to sign in to access the company account.”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2024

“Currently, it is estimated that hundreds of cybercriminals are using this kit to commit fraud, leaving victims with empty bank accounts. Their Telegram channel has over 1,255 members, a significant indicator of the scale and scope of the malicious activity being promoted by the group. ” reads the report published Resecurity.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

MongoDB on Saturday announced it is investigating a cyberattack that exposed customer account metadata and contact information. The cyber attack was discovered on December 13, 2023, and led to the exposure of customer account metadata and contact information. We detected suspicious activity on Wednesday (Dec.

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