Adam Levin

JULY 10, 2020

A recent article released by cybersecurity and antivirus firm Bitdefender shows that 8.4 Phishing scams skyrocketed as citizens self-isolated during the lockdown, and social-engineering schemes defrauded Internet users of millions.”. For comparison, that’s a 273% increase over the first two quarters of 2019 combined.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 19, 2024

More and more, threat actors are leveraging the browser to deliver malware in ways that can evade detection from antivirus programs. Social engineering is a core part of these schemes and the tricks we see are sometimes very clever. trycloudflare[.]com Interestingly, the same domain ( topsportracing[.]com

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

This deal reads like to the epilogue to a book titled The First 20 Years of the Supremely Lucrative Antivirus Market. Way back in 1990, Symantec acquired Norton Utilities and made Norton the heart of its antivirus subscription offering. Also, one of the top ways attackers can target individuals is via social engineering or phishing.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2025

Using this social engineering trick, threats like stealers, RATs, Trojans, and crypto miners can persist undetected. The discovered infected archives contained an additional executable, with a modified start script tricking victims into disabling antivirus protections. in a temporary folder.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 3, 2023

For instance, phishing, one of the most common, is a social engineering attack used to steal user data. Even events like the World Cup are being used by cyber criminals to target unsuspecting victims through things like fake streaming sites designed to steal private information. Security tools and services.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 30, 2024

This underscores the need not only for strong preventive measures to protect critical information but also for a well-defined strategy to contain the damage if attackers successfully breach your defenses. Here, let me outline the essential steps to take if cybercriminals gain access to sensitive or confidential information.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

With 85% of campaigns targeting victims with phishing emails containing malicious links, another form of a social engineering attack, education and cyber vigiliance remain a high priority. The MGM attacks were almost identical to the social engineering attacks on Caesars, which targeted a third-party IT help desk.

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Cisco Security

JULY 7, 2025

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) , a private non-profit dedicated to providing independent, objective advice to inform policy and confront challenging issues for the benefit of society. Endpoint security still meant antivirus agents. Due to his high-profile work, Hyrum was approached by the U.S.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 10, 2025

The victims of those scams—be they people who accidentally clicked on a link, filled out their information on a malicious webpage, or simply believed the person on the other side of a social media account—also suffered serious harms to their finances, emotions, and reputations.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. Chipmaker NVIDIA says a cyberattack led to theft of information on more than 71,000 employees.

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Hacker's King

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Phishing and Social Engineering : Phishing remains a popular attack method, leveraging emails, fake websites, and social media to deceive users into providing sensitive information. Cybercriminals are also increasingly using social media to gather intelligence, exploit personal information, and initiate attacks.

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Webroot

APRIL 22, 2025

Whether its an email address, a credit card number, or even medical records, your personal information is incredibly valuable in the wrong hands. If a company you do business with becomes part of a data breach, cybercriminals may have full access to your confidential information. In 2024, more than 1.3

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 21, 2025

From there, GrapeLoader gathers basic information like username and computer name and sends it to a C2 server, where it waits for the next-stage shellcode to be delivered. According to Check Point, it also employs a sneaky method to dodge antivirus scans by temporarily making malicious memory pages inaccessible.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Once the banking Trojan is installed on the victim’s device, threat actors can steal sensitive banking information through the abuse of Accessibility Services (i.e. login credentials, personal information, current balance, etc.). SharkBot implements overlay attacks to steal login credentials and credit card information.

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Hacker's King

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Stealth Capabilities : The malware is designed to avoid detection by traditional antivirus solutions, employing techniques such as process masquerading and rootkit-like functionality. Train Employees Educating employees about phishing and social engineering tactics can reduce the likelihood of attackers gaining initial access to networks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Security experts say that such servers that are left unprotected could act as access points to hackers who can then siphon data and then indulge in robo-calling frauds, phishing & extortion tactics via social engineering attacks. GB data with no password protection that resulted in exposure of around 2.6

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 3, 2025

Fowler's analysis suggests that the data was harvested using InfoStealer malware, a malicious software designed to extract sensitive information from infected systems. To verify the authenticity of the data, Fowler contacted several individuals whose information appeared in the database.

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Hacker's King

MAY 24, 2025

Understanding the problem is the initial step towards building a strong, cybersecure external scaffolding for your files and important information. Unlike the traditional methods of sending more information about a certain service, a phishing email acts the complete opposite. Dont place reliance on a single defense.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 29, 2020

This is exacerbated by the fact that Exchange servers have traditionally lacked antivirus solutions, network protection, the latest security updates, and proper security configuration, often intentionally, due to the misguided notion that these protections interfere with normal Exchange functions. Keep antivirus and other protections enabled.

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SecureList

JANUARY 30, 2025

Introduction Since mid-2024, we’ve observed a malicious Android campaign leveraging wedding invitations as a lure to social-engineer victims into installing a malicious Android app (APK), which we have named “Tria Stealer” after unique strings found in campaign samples.

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SecureList

MAY 17, 2021

In this article we analyse the technical features of the Trojan’s components, giving a detailed overview of obfuscation techniques, the infection process and subsequent functions, as well as the social engineering tactics used by the cybercriminals to convince their victims to give away their personal online banking details.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

JULY 7, 2022

Raccoon Stealer has been around since April 2019, and was one of the most prolific information stealers in 2021. It steals the same information and still has the Malware-as-a-Service model that lets cybercriminals easily set up their attacks. DropBox and social engineering. Wait, what is Malware-as-a-Service?”

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Hot for Security

MARCH 18, 2021

CISA and FBI are aware of recent attacks that use phishing emails, claiming to contain proof of a traffic violation, to steal sensitive information. The phishing emails contain links that redirect to a website hosted on a compromised server that prompts the victim to click on photo proof of their traffic violation.

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Security Through Education

JUNE 2, 2025

Sometimes scammers cover real codes with fake ones, so you’re unknowingly sending your information to them. They may even set up a website imitating the real establishment, be it the restaurant or parking facility, to get you to submit more information or even enter your payment information.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Often, just sprinkling in a little foreknowledge of the target’s personal details — SSNs, dates of birth, addresses and other information that can be purchased for a nominal fee from any one of several underground sites that sell such data — adds enough detail to the call to make it seem legitimate. A CLOSE CALL.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 7, 2019

Human fallibility is the reason social engineering has proven to be so effective – and why phishing persists. Web-based social engineering attacks jumped 233% vs. the previous quarter. •99% Cyber criminals get this.

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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. Once provided the login credentials, the user will be informed of a pending refund and will be asked to download a document, print and sign it.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 7, 2021

The Verizon report, which gathers information on 5,358 breaches from around the world, highlights how the COVID-19 pandemic moved many business operations into the cloud and the remote work environment provided the ideal platform for cybercriminals to exploit. billion malicious login attempts last year. How to Help Protect Yourself.

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SecureList

APRIL 21, 2025

Introduction The evolution of Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) has significantly lowered the barriers to entry for cybercriminals, with information stealers becoming one of the most commercially successful categories in this underground economy. In this article, we’ll focus mainly on the fake CAPTCHA distribution vector.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

ID theft is a lucrative line of work and criminals are relentless in their pursuit of personal information. Also, don’t carry around personal information. Unless you need your card or Social Security number, there’s no need to keep them in your wallet. But it’s not just vulnerable people that get targeted by cybercriminals.

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2021

Experts pointed out that it also leverages social engineering to trick victims into downloading a mobile app. Bizarro gathers system info, including computer name, OS version, default browser name, installed antivirus software. Bizarro initializes the screen capturing module.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

“Users claim that SMSRanger has an efficacy rate of about 80% if the victim answered the call and the full information (fullz) the user provided was accurate and updated.”. The caller then follows a script to get the victim to provide sensitive information, like an ATM PIN, OTP and a card verification value (CVV).

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SC Magazine

APRIL 1, 2021

The attackers used a new cryptor to obfuscate the malware code they hid in seemingly legitimate files and evade detection from antivirus software. First, it provides a plausible excuse to urge users to disable their antivirus software, since that is often the first step to installing a cheating mod.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 13, 2023

Data Level: Encrypting sensitive data at rest and in transit is crucial to securing information. A prime example is the healthcare sector, where the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) mandates encryption to protect patient health information.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 7, 2022

The products in question are Heimdal Threat Prevention, Patch & Asset Management, Ransomware Encryption Protection, Antivirus, Privileged Access Management, Application Control, Email Security, and Remote Desktop. Application security, information security, network security, disaster recovery, operational security, etc.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2023

They may incorporate tools such as firewalls or antivirus software , which are helpful, but not the only tactics that can keep a network secure. Threat actors will still use social engineering tactics like phishing or ransomware to target businesses, steal data and earn a significant payday.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

David Balaban is a computer security researcher with over 17 years of experience in malware analysis and antivirus software evaluation.

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