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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NopSec

AUGUST 16, 2022

Most cyber attacks are carried out using a combination of social engineering, phishing emails, and vulnerabilities — Java, Adobe Flash and Acrobat, Firefox and Chrome plugins, 0-day client-side / browser vulnerabilities. This can help organizations prevent sensitive information from falling into the wrong hands.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

Phishing is a type of social engineering attack in which bad actors pose as a trustworthy entity via phone, email, or text message in order to steal personal information from the recipient. Attackers may try to get their victims to reveal their date of birth, social security number, credit card information, or account passwords.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 7, 2023

There are multiple other attack angles to test, including: Network compromises Social engineering (e.g., The root account grants the highest privileges, allowing pretty much any operation while remaining undetected, which is perfect for post-exploitation. If such a shell can be opened as a privileged user (e.g.,

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 11, 2023

There are crawlers that can search your phone for personally identifiable information (PII), account credentials, banking-related or credit card data in seconds. Instead, hackers know that our mobile devices store a lot of PII, which can be sold on the dark web for profit or re-used in social engineering campaigns.

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Kali Linux

DECEMBER 5, 2022

As a recap: Facebook: facebook.com/KaliLinux NEW Instagram: instagram.com/KaliLinux NEW Mastodon: @kalilinux@infosec.exchange Twitter: twitter.com/KaliLinux As a reminder, we don’t use social networks for technical support - you can receive community support via discord or our forums and bug reports should go to the bug tracker !

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Spinone

OCTOBER 10, 2019

DarkReading Twitter account has more than 200k followers, a very solid number for the cybersecurity industry. In this blog, you can find detailed info about ransomware protection, wireless security, and much more. The main focus here is the social side of data loss.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

By opening a backdoor, they were able to hijack the institution’s wireless connection and target ATMs at will. With the patch in place, the malware collects the data from TRACK2, such as the account number and expiration date, in addition to other cardholder information needed to perform fraudulent transactions.

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NopSec

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Then Burger King admitted that its Twitter account was hacked (see picture above) and its logo was substituted with that of McDonald’s. If you read most forensic reports nowadays most of the intrusions happen through a combination of “spear-phishing / social engineering” attacks and technical exploits.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

This means that stealing someone’s phone number often can let cybercriminals hijack the target’s entire digital life in short order — including access to any financial, email and social media accounts tied to that phone number. KrebsOnSecurity shared a large amount of data gathered for this story with T-Mobile.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

“Kerberoasting” and “Golden Ticket” attacks were both introduced in 2014 and yet enterprises continue to have hundreds of accounts configured with unconstrained delegation. Most recently the FCC adopted new rules for wireless carriers aimed at enhancing security measures for cell phone accounts.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 20, 2023

and different types of penetration tests (black box, gray box, white box, social engineering, etc.). Number of people: If an organization decides to pursue social engineering tests, the organization may be charged by the number of people in the organization (unless flat-rate or hourly charges are used).

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NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

Penetration testing is required to demonstrate cybersecurity and achieve compliance with regulations and industry standards, such as the payment card industry (PCI) security standard and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Or a security gap exists, but the test results lack key information to enable remediation.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Social engineering attacks: These involve manipulating individuals to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information or systems. MiTM attacks allow attackers to eavesdrop, modify, or steal sensitive information, such as financial account information or login credentials.

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Spinone

MARCH 20, 2019

The best technology cannot account for the actions and specifically the mistakes that humans can make which may totally undermine the solution that technology provides. Wireless networks by their very nature are less secure than wired networks since wireless network communication is literally sent “over-the-air” for anyone to see.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

And when I got there, I was so inspired by the whole hacker culture that surrounded DEF CON and Black Hat and, I more or less kind of social engineer myself into a Hacker One Live Hacking Event, which used to be at the bar, and I saw these amazing hackers there that that were sitting at their Macbooks. So I saved a lot of money to go.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

And when I got there, I was so inspired by the whole hacker culture that surrounded DEF CON and Black Hat and, I more or less kind of social engineer myself into a Hacker One Live Hacking Event, which used to be at the bar, and I saw these amazing hackers there that that were sitting at their Macbooks. So I saved a lot of money to go.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

And when I got there, I was so inspired by the whole hacker culture that surrounded DEF CON and Black Hat and, I more or less kind of social engineer myself into a Hacker One Live Hacking Event, which used to be at the bar, and I saw these amazing hackers there that that were sitting at their Macbooks. So I saved a lot of money to go.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 9, 2023

The platform helps you determine threat exposure so you can identify and categorize risky accounts, assets, and software. Most cyber attacks start from within, via email through phishing and social engineering attacks, so vulnerability management tools also plug the holes that allow lateral movement inside your network too.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Many of the contact tracing scams of 2020 similarly followed social engineering scripts that have been used in taxpayer identity theft schemes since the 1990s as well. This represents an evolutionary step beyond credential stuffing (a crime where the target’s passwords are used to access other accounts).

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Social engineering attacks soon found use in the digital space. It could install a keylogging program, allowing the hacker to gain access to sensitive information like bank account details, passwords, and physical addresses as long as the victim typed that information into their computer at any point.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1903 — Wireless Telegraphy — During John Ambrose Fleming’s first public demonstration of Marconi’s “secure” wireless telegraphy technology, Nevil Maskelyne disrupts it by sending insulting Morse code messages discrediting the invention. They hack into their teacher’s account and leave messages making fun of him.

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