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.

Cryptocurrency

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 3, 2025

Notably, 79% of detections were malware-free a reminder that modern adversaries often bypass traditional antivirus defenses by leveraging innovative, non-malware techniques. The report details how threat actors harness automation, artificial intelligence, and advanced social engineering to scale their operations.

Threat Reports

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.

Cyber Attacks

SecureWorld News

JULY 17, 2025

The result is a wave of new schemes that combine social engineering with digital forgery: Executive deepfake fraud: Fraudsters impersonate senior executives (CEO, CFO, etc.) When AI can spoof those channels, the chance of social engineering success is high. It's essentially social engineering supercharged by AI.

Banking

Malwarebytes

APRIL 24, 2025

They can then focus on finding and targeting victims with social engineering attacks, which Cleafy says they’ve been doing in Italy. Most antivirus programs for Android fail to spot it, says Cleafy. How the attack works First the attackers have to get the malware onto someone’s Android phone.

Malware

Penetration Testing

JULY 28, 2025

The post Stealthy REMCOS Backdoor Delivered by LNK Files: Bypasses Antivirus with Multi-Stage PowerShell Attack appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity.

Antivirus

Security Through Education

JULY 22, 2025

Scan for Malware If you downloaded a file or suspect malware, run a full antivirus/anti-malware scan on your device. Written by Faith Kent Human Risk Analyst, Social-Engineer, LLC Enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Adding MFA gives your account an extra layer of protection.

Phishing

SecureWorld News

JULY 23, 2025

"The SarangTrap campaign is a deeply manipulative and technically sophisticated mobile malware operation that weaponizes human vulnerability through fake dating and social apps," said Nico Chiaraviglio, Chief Scientist at Zimperium. "By The campaign's operators continue to iterate. The campaign's operators continue to iterate.

Malware

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 21, 2025

According to Check Point, it also employs a sneaky method to dodge antivirus scans by temporarily making malicious memory pages inaccessible. By disguising its tools with harmless-sounding wine events and legitimate-looking software components, the group continues to blend sophistication with social engineering.

Scams

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.

Banking

SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Antivirus solutions, monitoring systems, and endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools play a critical role in combating these threats. Social engineering techniques enable them to bypass technical security measures effectively. Social engineering techniques enable them to bypass technical security measures effectively.

Data breaches

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.

Accountability

Hacker's King

MAY 24, 2025

Phishing is now done through text messages (smishing), social media (social engineering), and even voice phone calls (vishing). Stronger protection of systems can be achieved with the use of firewalls, antivirus programs, intrusion detection systems, and endpoint protection. Dont place reliance on a single defense.

Cyber Attacks

Security Through Education

JUNE 2, 2025

Use better tools: Some QR scanner apps and mobile antivirus tools, such as Sophos Mobile Security and Kaspersky’s Secure QR Scanner, can warn you if the QR code is one that takes you to a suspicious or flat-out malicious website. Visit social-engineer.org for expert tips, tools, and resources to stay secure.

Scams

Malwarebytes

JUNE 10, 2025

74% of people have encountered a social engineering scam in their lives, such as phishing attempts, fake FedEx notifications, or romance scams, and 36% have fallen victim. Only 20% of people use traditional security measures like antivirus, a VPN, and identity theft protection.

Scams

Cisco Security

JULY 7, 2025

Endpoint security still meant antivirus agents. The astonishing accumulation of personal information available from data brokers and collected from a fusion of advertising and social media has made social engineering attacks much more effective. Most applications and data still lived behind enterprise edge firewalls.

Cyber Risk

Webroot

APRIL 22, 2025

Phishing and social engineering : Using your personal information, scammers can craft more convincing phishing emails or messages to trick you into giving up even more sensitive details, like passwords and PIN numbers. Selling it on the dark web : Stolen data is frequently sold to the highest bidder on dark web marketplaces.

Data breaches

Centraleyes

MARCH 13, 2025

Endpoint Security: Utilize firewalls, antivirus software, and intrusion detection systems to prevent unauthorized access. This focus complements Part 500s principles by providing targeted strategies for areas such as AI-driven social engineering, enhanced malware attacks, and vulnerabilities introduced through supply chain dependencies.

Cybersecurity

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. Environment validation It then checks for processes from popular antivirus tools such as Avast ( avastui.exe ), Bitdefender ( bdagent.exe ), and Kaspersky ( avp.exe ).

Malware

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. This incident shows that while security tools are essential, phishing emails can still slip through.

Cyber Attacks

Security Boulevard

MARCH 5, 2025

This means a malware file might appear benign to antivirus scanners and other signature-based approaches, only fetching or creating harmful code via an AI API at runtime. This blog examines the first vector: AI-Generated Polymorphic Malware.

Malware

Hacker's King

JANUARY 1, 2025

Installing antivirus software and keeping it updated is a major step to keeping your device secure. You need to pay a lot of attention to its security because if it is compromised, then attackers can gain unauthorized access to your accounts and sensitive data.

Accountability

Webroot

JULY 21, 2025

Real-life risks in your child’s digital day Phishing & social engineering: Let’s say your teenage daughter gets a text that reads, “Your grades won’t post unless you verify your information now.” Phishing and social engineering scams use threats and a sense of urgency to get you to click links and share personal information.

Media

Malwarebytes

JULY 24, 2025

Instead, iPhone users are making worse decisions about buying things online and about staying safe from all types of cyberthreats—whether that includes phishing attempts, social engineering scams, or malware infections. Behind all of these could lie malware, data theft, and even the slow start of a social engineering scam.

Scams

SecureWorld News

JUNE 3, 2025

Phishing and social engineering : Even outdated credentials can be used to craft convincing phishing campaigns targeting individuals or organizations. Implement robust security solutions : Utilize reputable antivirus and anti-malware software to detect and prevent infections.

Malware

Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2024

Mad Liberator employs social engineering techniques to gain access to the victim’s environment, specifically targeting organizations using remote access tools like Anydesk. This decoy screen, which performs no other actions, is likely to avoid detection by most antivirus software. ” concludes the report.

Social Engineering

The Last Watchdog

MAY 1, 2019

Social engineering, especially phishing, continues to trigger the vast majority of breach attempts. Despite billions of dollars spent on the latest, greatest antivirus suites, firewalls and intrusion detection systems, enterprises continue to suffer breaches that can be traced back to the actions of a single, unsuspecting employee.

Social Engineering

Webroot

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

According to the latest ISACA State of Security 2021 report , social engineering is the leading cause of compromises experienced by organizations. Findings from the Verizon 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report also point to social engineering as the most common data breach attack method. Avoid becoming a victim.

Social Engineering

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. Interestingly, the same domain ( topsportracing[.]com

Social Engineering

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.

Data breaches

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

However, the same also goes for antivirus software and other anti-malware solutions. As long as you need employees, you will get spear-phishing campaigns and other social engineering attacks. The post Threat Group Continuously Updates Malware to Evade Antivirus Software appeared first on eSecurityPlanet.

Antivirus

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.

Antivirus

The Hacker News

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

New research has uncovered a significant increase in QuickBooks file data theft using social engineering tricks to deliver malware and exploit the accounting software. "A

Social Engineering

Spinone

JANUARY 13, 2020

Installing antivirus software (or AV) is often considered an important ransomware protection measure. It’s better to buy a subscription to antivirus software than to pay, on average, $36,295 to hackers or face significant financial and reputational damages. Antivirus users often experience ransomware attacks.

Antivirus

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 17, 2018

No one in cybersecurity refers to “antivirus” protection any more. since the nascent days of the antivirus market, I find in fascinating that the top dozen or so antivirus players have all managed to remain in the game. In the early days, antivirus suites were threat-centric and device-centric.

Antivirus

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 3, 2023

For instance, phishing, one of the most common, is a social engineering attack used to steal user data. This includes antivirus software, operating systems, and individual apps. There are many ways in which we can be exposed to potential cyberattacks. Security tools and services.

Risk

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.

Social Engineering