Heimadal Security

JANUARY 19, 2023

MailChimp announced it has been victim to a social engineering attack that threat actors successfully performed on the company`s employees and contractors. Hackers managed to obtain employee credentials and gain access to an internal customer support and account administration tool. The attack affected the data of 133 customers.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 16, 2023

Social engineering is a type of cybersecurity attack that aims to manipulate victims into sharing personal information, revealing account login, or exposing sensitive information that compromises their personal and/or company’s security, privacy, and finances.

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Security Through Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

At Social-Engineer, LLC (SECOM), we define social engineering as “any act that influences a person to take an action that may or may not be in their best interest.” If you Google “social engineering,” you will get a very different and more negative definition. Breaking it Down. What is Vishing.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 1, 2023

In the email, Gary Bragg, then-president of Pennsylvania law firm O'Neill, Bragg & Staffin, asked Staffin to wire $580,000 to a Bank of China account. A hacker had gained access to Bragg's email account and used it, along with information they'd learned about an ongoing loan transaction, to pose as Staffin's boss.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Social engineering techniques are becoming increasingly sophisticated and are exploiting multiple emerging means, such as deep fakes. The increasing use of videoconferencing platforms and the various forms of remote work also adopted in the post-emergency covid make interpersonal collaborations increasingly virtual.

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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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Bleeping Computer

MARCH 24, 2022

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, the wealth and asset management division of Morgan Stanley, says some of its customers had their accounts compromised following vishing attacks. [.].

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 20, 2023

Popular email marketing service MailChimp recently fell victim to another data breach, this time caused by a successful social engineering attack on its employees and contractors. The company temporarily suspended access for accounts where suspicious activity was detected in order to protect user data.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This is why you should never reuse passwords.Hacking Software and ToolsWhile there are software tools for various types of cyber attacks, the one I’m going to focus on is social engineering attacks. The post No Code / Low Code for Social Engineering appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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NetSpi Executives

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Although many companies are adding new processes, technologies, and training materials to combat this, employees continue to fall victim to phishing, vishing, and other forms of social engineering attacks. For further information on each of our unique Social Engineering Pentesting solutions, check out our data sheet or contact us.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

And one of the most successful and increasingly prevalent ways of attack has come from social engineering, which is when criminals manipulate humans directly to gain access to confidential information. Social engineering is more sophisticated than ever, and its most advanced iteration is the topic of today's discussion: deepfakes.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 1, 2023

The Rise of AI Social Engineering Scams IdentityIQ In today’s digital age, social engineering scams have become an increasingly prevalent threat. In fact, last year, scams accounted for 80% of reported identity compromises to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC).

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NetSpi Executives

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Don’t be afraid of social engineering attacks this Cybersecurity Awareness Month! In the spirit of this year’s theme, we created a parody of the Monster Mash to share social engineering prevention tips far and wide. Some platforms or services require MFA while others include it as an option for user accounts.

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Security Through Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

At Social-Engineer LLC , we offer a service known as the Social Engineering Risk Assessment or SERA for short. If a target has a public social media account, this can serve as a gold mine for an attacker. At Social-Engineer , our SERA program also begins in a similar way.

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Identity IQ

AUGUST 18, 2023

IdentityIQ Scam Report Reveals Shocking Stats on AI Social Engineering IdentityIQ AI social engineering scams are on the rise, according to IDIQ Chief Innovation Officer Michael Scheumack. “AI-based AI-based social engineering scams, which were at a high percentage last year, are up 100% this year for us,” Scheumack said.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 19, 2022

Employees are increasingly accessing corporate information and accounts from their personal phones. The post Social Engineering in the News: SMiShing appeared first on Security Boulevard. As a result, SMiShing attacks now pose a serious threat to corporate information. How serious is this threat?

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Heimadal Security

APRIL 29, 2022

Account takeover, also known as ATO, is the act of hijacking an existing account and using it for criminal purposes. Account Takeover Examples The five most frequently met account takeover examples are malware replay attacks, social engineering, man-in-the-middle attacks, credential […].

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The company says an unauthorized third party socially engineered a customer support employee while talking on the phone, obtaining access to some customer support systems. 10 of these individuals had more extensive account information exposed. This allowed the unauthorized party to obtain two lists.

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Dark Reading

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Relying on passwords to secure user accounts is a gamble that never pays off.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 12, 2022

Players of smash hit gaming title FIFA 22 have become the target of a wave of attacks focused on account compromise. Up to 50 “high profile” accounts were hijacked by what may have been the same group. One may have assumed the first point of entry would be phishing gamers with fake logins and stealing their accounts.

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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. “This gave the actor the ability to change DNS records and in turn, take control of a number of internal email accounts. .” Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 25, 2022

Additional media updates also included the fact that the threat actor succeeded in digitally transferring money from the company’s account to the hacker’s account via the Zelle Payment service. The post Morgan Stanley data breach details via social engineering attack appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

What is social engineering? Social engineering is a manipulative technique used by criminals to elicit specific actions in their victims. Social engineering is seldom a stand-alone operation. money from a bank account) or use it for other social engineering types.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 1, 2022

In a short post on LinkedIn Rahul Sasi, founder and CEO of CloudSEK, explains how WhatsApp account takeovers are possible. The methods consists of several steps and it takes some social engineering skills, but it’s good to be aware of the possibility and how it works. Mitigation. Stay safe, everyone!

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SecureWorld News

MAY 17, 2021

Social engineering tricks are constantly used by threat actors to gain access to an individual's account or even an entire organization's system. SecureWorld recently wrapped up one of its Remote Sessions to talk about the issue of social engineering, including best practices and how to avoid being fooled by a cyber criminal.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 28, 2024

The post Apple OTP FAIL: ‘MFA Bomb’ Warning — Locks Accounts, Wipes iPhones appeared first on Security Boulevard. Rethink different: First, fatigue frightened users with multiple modal nighttime notifications. Next, call and pretend to be Apple support.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Business email compromise scheme and social engineering. million USD) to a bank account controlled by Alaumary and his co-conspirators. Social engineering—in person—was the next part of the scheme. Those are some of the highlights, now let's look at a few specifics. million CAD (approximately $9.4 Too many do.

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Tech Republic Security

AUGUST 27, 2021

Learn how Android users can protect themselves against such malicious apps.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 22, 2022

When she was about to enter her bank account PIN, she remembered she wasn't supposed to share it with anyone. It's only time before online criminals adopt this tactic and begin their social engineering campaign against unwary citizens. Source: Chasseur Group). She then realized she was about to be scammed.

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Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The Malware Attack Explained Threat actors use social engineering […] The post Warning! New Malware Hijacks YouTube and Facebook Accounts appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 7, 2022

consumers have their online bank accounts hijacked and plundered by hackers, U.S. But new data released this week suggests that for some of the nation’s largest banks, reimbursing account takeover victims has become more the exception than the rule. In the case of Zelle scams, the answer is yes. ” Sen.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Historically, account takeover (ATO) has been recognized as an attack in which cybercriminals take ownership of online accounts using stolen passwords and usernames. The post What You Need to Do Today to Protect Against Account Takeover Attacks appeared first on Blog. They use these credentials to deploy bots […].

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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The surge gives further credence to the idea that cybercrime is less about tech know-how and more about social engineering, according to its fraud report.

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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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Mitnick Security

APRIL 12, 2022

Additionally, a scan doesn’t account for one major vulnerability within an organization: its employees. Most organizations use security scans to protect their data and employees from threat actors, however, a simple scan may not be updated or thorough enough to catch everything.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 2, 2024

It’s a digital swindle as old as the internet itself, and yet, as the data tells us, the vast majority of security incidents are still rooted in the low-tech art of social engineering. Some 74 percent of cyber breaches are caused by human factors, including errors, stolen credentials, misuse of access privileges, or social engineering.

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Heimadal Security

AUGUST 10, 2021

FlyTrap works based on a few simple social engineering tactics used to trick victims into using their Facebook credentials to log into malicious apps that are able to collect the data associated with the social media session. The post Facebook Accounts Hijacked by FlyTrap Malware appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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