Malwarebytes

MAY 8, 2025

Beside stealing usernames, passwords and circumventing two factor authentication, we identified malicious code capable of performing additional nefarious actions unbeknownst to the victim. After entering their credentials, victims are social engineered by the crooks to type a security code that was sent to their email address.

Phishing 102

Phishing Authentication Engineering Banking 102

SecureList

OCTOBER 23, 2024

List of in-the-wild 0-days caught and reported by Kaspersky over the past 10 years Social activity What never ceases to impress us is how much effort Lazarus APT puts into their social engineering campaigns. On February 20, 2024, the attackers began their campaign, advertising their game on X.

Engineering 145

Engineering Accountability Social Engineering Cryptocurrency 145

Security Through Education

JUNE 2, 2025

It’s Happening Now Heres how these scams are making the rounds: In emails: You might get a message that looks like its from IT, your bank, or even HR, asking you to scan a QR code to reset a password, see a document, or verify your identity. Visit social-engineer.org for expert tips, tools, and resources to stay secure.

Scams 52

Scams Social Engineering Mobile Antivirus 52

Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

This underscores the importance of having additional compensating controls and educating employees on the risks associated with phishing and other social engineering attacks. For instance, disable password-saving in web browsers via Group Policy Management to prevent credential theft.

Cyber Attacks 59

Cyber Attacks Phishing Ransomware Cyber Insurance 59

SecureList

APRIL 21, 2025

Lumma has also been observed using exploit kits, social engineering, and compromised websites to extend its reach and evade detection by security solutions. The attackers clone these websites and inject malicious advertisements into the cloned page that redirect users to a malicious CAPTCHA.

Malware 77

Malware Cryptocurrency Software Antivirus 77

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 7, 2025

AI-powered social engineering makes scams more convincing, while stolen passwords enable criminals to log into corporate networks and move laterally unnoticed. But unlike passwords, biometric data cant be changed if stolen. Are We Sacrificing Safety for Simplicity? But at what cost?

Authentication 62

Authentication Identity Theft Digital transformation Passwords 62

Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

GB container (an Amazon S3 bucket ) did not have password-protection, and the data was left unencrypted, so anybody who stumbled on them could read the files. But with all the combined information about a person, it paints a very complete picture that insurance companies, advertisers, and even cybercriminals can use to their advantage.

Social Engineering 98

Social Engineering Insurance Risk Advertising 98

Zero Day

JULY 24, 2025

" "We must ensure that free speech flourishes in the era of AI and that AI procured by the Federal government objectively reflects truth rather than social engineering agendas," the plan says.  Privacy Policy | | Cookie Settings | Advertise | Terms of Use All rights reserved.

Artificial Intelligence 87

Artificial Intelligence Education Government Software 87

Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 25, 2024

During the investigation, we discovered a wider trend: a campaign of escalated social engineering tactics originally associated with the ransomware group “Black Basta.” Black Basta Email Spam Campaign We have observed several advertisements on the dark web offering email spam services, which are commonly sold for approximately $10–500.

Social Engineering 128

Social Engineering Engineering Phishing Accountability 128

Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2020

“When combined with timely social engineering lures, these non-sophisticated attacks continue to be successful.” ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Passwords 145

Passwords Spyware VPN Malware 145

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

Allen said a typical voice phishing or “vishing” attack by this group involves at least two perpetrators: One who is social engineering the target over the phone, and another co-conspirator who takes any credentials entered at the phishing page and quickly uses them to log in to the target company’s VPN platform in real-time.

Phishing 364

Phishing VPN Social Engineering Media 364

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 2, 2023

These company-specific Zoom links, which include a permanent user ID number and an embedded passcode, can work indefinitely and expose an organization’s employees, customers or partners to phishing and other social engineering attacks. Image: @Pressmaster on Shutterstock.

Encryption 342

Encryption Engineering Social Engineering Healthcare 342

Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2019

SocialEngineered.net is a forum dedicated to social engineering discussions, it has been compromised data of its users was leaked on a hacker forum. SocialEngineered.net, the forum dedicated to social engineering topics, announced it has suffered a data breach two weeks ago. ” states HaveIBeenPwned.

Hacking 110

Hacking Social Engineering Data breaches Engineering 110

Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The attacker gained initial access to two employee accounts by carrying out social engineering attacks on the organization’s help desk twice. Leveraging its English proficiency, the collective uses social engineering for initial access. Within six hours, the attacker began encrypting the organization’s systems.

Social Engineering 122

Social Engineering Accountability Engineering Backups 122

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2018

The man acknowledged having targeted friends, co-workers, and family members, he used social engineering tricks and also used malware to compromise victims’ systems. “Bauer, pretending to ask questions on Facebook for a class, got some victims to reveal information he used to reset their online passwords and harvest photos.

Identity Theft 111

Identity Theft Social Engineering Advertising Hacking 111

Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 25, 2024

During the investigation, we discovered a wider trend: a campaign of escalated social engineering tactics originally associated with the ransomware group “Black Basta.” Black Basta Email Spam Campaign We have observed several advertisements on the dark web offering email spam services, which are commonly sold for approximately $10–500.

Social Engineering 52

Social Engineering Engineering Phishing Accountability 52

CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 2, 2021

Meanwhile, a digital advertising company named Reindeer from New York is trending on Google for accidental data exposure. The post Data breach news trending on Google Search Engine appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders. million files from a mis-configured Amazon S3 Bucket.

Data breaches 145

Data breaches Engineering Identity Theft Social Engineering 145

Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Here are some examples of how potential attackers can use the data found in the unsecured Amazon S3 bucket against the owners of the exposed email addresses: Spamming 350 million email IDs Carrying out phishing attacks Brute-forcing the passwords of the email accounts. Change your passwords approximately every 30 days.

Social Engineering 145

Social Engineering Passwords Marketing Phishing 145

Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2020

Voice phishing is a form of criminal phone fraud, using social engineering over the telephone system to gain access to private personal and financial information for the purpose of financial reward. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Social Engineering 143

Social Engineering VPN Phishing Authentication 143

Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2020

The document is password-protected, likely to prevent analysis before it is received by the potential victim, the password is included in the content of the email. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Banking 140

Banking Malware Social Engineering Advertising 140

Krebs on Security

JULY 22, 2020

According to 4iq.com , a service that indexes account details like usernames and passwords exposed in Web site data breaches, the jperry94526 email address was used to register accounts at several other sites over the years, including one at the apparel store Stockx.com under the profile name Josh Perry. .”

Hacking 354

Hacking Accountability Scams Media 354

Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2020

The commands include instructing the malware to download and execute files, start processes, shutdown and reboot the system, and steal cookies and local passwords.” See Using Caution with Email Attachments and Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Scams for more information. states the analysis published by FireEye.

Malware 145

Malware Scams Social Engineering Phishing 145

Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2020

The second human-operated ransomware family is Doppelpaymer that in recent months targeted enterprise environments through social engineering. “There is also the lack of credential hygiene, over-privileged accounts, predictable local administrator and RDP passwords, and unattended EDR alerts for suspicious activities.”

Ransomware 144

Ransomware Cybercrime Social Engineering Banking 144

Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2019

Lyceum was observed using password spraying and brute-force attacks to compromise email accounts of targeted individuals. “LYCEUM initially accesses an organization using account credentials obtained via password spraying or brute-force attacks. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

DNS 107

DNS Penetration Testing Passwords Social Engineering 107

Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2019

Simon Hegelich, a political scientist at Munich’s Technical University, told to Bloomberg that it looks like the hackers got the passwords to Facebook accounts and Twitter profiles and worked their way up from there. It’s a very elaborately done social engineering attack,” he said Friday by phone. Pierluigi Paganini.

Social Engineering 111

Social Engineering Advertising Government Accountability 111

Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2020

The crooks exploited online tools and technology along with social engineering tactics to target the victims and steal usernames, passwords, and bank accounts. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Scams 119

Scams Social Engineering Small Business Banking 119

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

In classic social engineering attack, the phishing message presents a “one time username and password” to the victims and urges the user to click the “Login Right Here” button. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – APT, hacking). The post U.S.

Phishing 108

Phishing Social Engineering Malware Advertising 108

Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2022

RedLine Password Theft Malware. The RedLine password theft malware is a hot topic this month with Microsoft’s employee compromise. Passwords: An Easy Target. Let’s not mince words: passwords are difficult for most organizations to manage. Let’s not mince words: passwords are difficult for most organizations to manage.

Cybersecurity 98

Cybersecurity Social Engineering Passwords Malware 98

Malwarebytes

JUNE 26, 2023

Multiple passwords , reading through EULAs, website cookie notifications, and more. Many of today's most dangerous threats are delivered through social engineering, i.e., by tricking users into giving up their data, or downloading malware from an infected email attachment. Use a password mana ger.

Social Engineering 95

Social Engineering Passwords Banking Phishing 95

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

The operators are hijacking legitimate email threads as part of a social engineering attack. “One of Emotet’s most devious methods of self-propagation centers around its use of socially engineered spam emails. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Social Engineering 101

Social Engineering Malware Advertising Phishing 101

SC Magazine

APRIL 1, 2021

These programs are often riddled with malware, and Cisco Talos security researcher Holger Unterbrink said in an interview with SC Media that the attackers in this campaign deployed a number of Remote Access Trojans and other forms of malware, like password and information stealers, to infect unsuspecting victims.

Software 132

Software Malware Risk Antivirus 132

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The publicly available Amazon S3 bucket contained 5,302 files, including: 700 statement of work documents for targeted email and direct mail advertising campaigns stored in PDF files 59 CSV and XLS files that contained 38,765,297 US citizen records in total, of which 23,511,441 records were unique. What data is in the bucket?

Marketing 113

Marketing Media Advertising Identity Theft 113

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2023

Social media giants have long held too much power over our digital identities. Related: Google, Facebook promote third-party snooping Today, no one is immune to these giants’ vicious cycle of collecting personal data, selling it to advertisers, and manipulating users with data metrics.

Media 189

Media Accountability Social Engineering Hacking 189

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

The Loki Bot attacks started in July and aimed at stealing passwords from browsers, messaging applications, mail and FTP clients, and cryptocurrency wallets. Loki Bot operators employ various social engineering technique to trick victims into opening weaponized attachments that would deploy the Loki Bot stealer.

Social Engineering 75

Social Engineering Cryptocurrency Advertising Malware 75

Malwarebytes

MAY 31, 2022

From the summary: The FBI is informing academic partners of identified US college and university credentials advertised for sale on online criminal marketplaces and publicly accessible forums. Phishing, social engineering, and credential stuffing are often the end result. Data for sale is not unusual.

Education 86

Education Social Engineering Accountability VPN 86

Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2019

The main risks enumerated in the report are: Creating malicious DNS records; Obtaining SSL certificates; Transparent Proxying for traffic interception; To prevent phishing attacks, NCSC recommends using unique, strong passwords, and enabling multi-factor authentication when the option is available. gov ) to prevent DNS hijacking attacks.

DNS 109

DNS Social Engineering Accountability Advertising 109

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Hungry bots Online bots are so common that they transcend every possible industry: advertising, music and concerts, social media, games, and more. This can allow a criminal to reset as many passwords as they can get their hands on before the victim even realizes what’s happened.

Phishing 120

Phishing Scams Accountability Passwords 120