NetSpi Executives

OCTOBER 15, 2024

TL;DR Don’t wait for a breach to happen before you pursue social engineering testing. Get the most value out of your social engineering testing by asking the questions below to maximize results. 73% of Breaches Are Due to Phishing and Pretexting Social engineering remains a prevalent threat.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 28, 2023

Password Security: Investigate different password security techniques, such as password hashing algorithms, two-factor authentication (2FA), and biometric authentication. Social Engineering: Investigate the human element of cybersecurity by exploring social engineering techniques and tactics used to manipulate individuals.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Collect and safeguard critical artifacts such as event logs, system logs, and authentication records from corporate systems. Social engineering techniques enable them to bypass technical security measures effectively. Establish a clear timeline and recreate the sequence of events leading to the data leak.

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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. Turn on Multifactor Authentication Even strong, secure passwords can be exposed by attackers.

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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. Use of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) : MFA adds an extra layer of security by requiring users to provide two or more verification methods.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

The attacker claims to have compromised an end-of-lifed GPRS system that was exposed to the internet and was able to pivot from it to the internal network, where they were able to launch a brute force authentication attack against internal systems. Most immediately is the ubiquity of 2-factor authentication.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 8, 2025

Penetration Testing Frameworks: Frameworks like Metasploit simulate real-world attacks to identify security weaknesses. Social Engineering Tactics: These tactics exploit human psychology to manipulate individuals. Attackers use them for reconnaissance, identifying open ports, operating systems, and vulnerabilities.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Threat actors used employees’ publicly-available Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and social engineering techniques to impersonate victims and obtain access to files, healthcare portals, payment information, and websites. Use multi-factor authentication for all accounts and login credentials to the extent possible.

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NetSpi Technical

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

To understand the vulnerability, there are a few things to understand about the Entra ID authentication flow. Within any Entra ID environment, there are numerous cloud applications that are leveraged when a user authenticates. This odd load-time behavior is what alerted me to the potential for an MFA bypass.

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Centraleyes

APRIL 21, 2025

Phishing and Social Engineering: Train employees on how to identify and report phishing attempts and other forms of social engineering. Implement a system for regular testing and evaluation, which should include: Vulnerability Scans: Regularly scan your network and systems for vulnerabilities.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

What are the results of the provider’s most recent penetration tests? What authentication methods does the provider support? Additionally, multi-factor authentication (MFA) can further reduce the risk of malicious actors gaining access to sensitive information, even if they manage to steal usernames and passwords.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 28, 2022

Social engineering avoidance should be part of all workers’ onboarding processes. Training should cover best practices like using multifactor authentication and strong, unique passwords. Penetration Test Regularly. Informing patients of these steps in telemedicine apps is also important.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 19, 2022

These may be obtained by phishing, social engineering, insider threats, or carelessly handed data. Multifactor authentication (MFA) is not enforced. Use antivirus solutions : Workstations require security solutions capable of dealing with exploits that require no user interaction and attacks reliant on social engineering.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 13, 2022

I reviewed the techniques that Matt Nelson mentioned could be used to coerce authentication from the client push installation account and found that when the “Clear Install Flag” site maintenance task is enabled, SCCM will eventually initiate client push installation if you simply remove the client software from a system. Background.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 9, 2023

The following tools provide strong options to support vulnerability scanning and other capabilities and also offer options specifically for service providers: Deployment Options Cloud-based On-Prem Appliance Service Option Carson & SAINT Yes Linux or Windows Yes Yes RapidFire VulScan Hyper-V or VMware Virtual Appliance Hyper-V or VMware Virtual (..)

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 30, 2022

I recently learned that you can coerce NTLM authentication from SCCM servers using any Windows SCCM client when automatic site-wide client push installation is enabled and NTLM has not been explicitly disabled. Next, we need to set up ntlmrelayx to capture and relay NTLM authentication received from our target computers.

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Digital Shadows

JANUARY 27, 2025

AI-Enhanced Pentesting Tools: Threat actors are using AI to boost the capabilities of penetration testing (pentesting) tools, allowing them to identify flaws in victim systems faster. Zabbix, an open-source IT monitoring tool, oversees networks and servers.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

Encryption Product Guides Top 10 Full Disk Encryption Software Products 15 Best Encryption Software & Tools Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) Breach and attack simulation (BAS) solutions share some similarities with vulnerability management and penetration testing solutions.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 30, 2024

This betrays a lack of preparation for disaster recovery and ineffective penetration testing of systems. Known Disruption & Damages Ransomware attackers used stolen credentials to access a Change Healthcare Citrix portal setup without any multi-factor authentication (MFA) protection. Ascension lost $2.66

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Phishing attackers are increasingly using social engineering techniques to personalize their attacks and target specific individuals or organizations. For example, attackers may research their victims on social media or other online sources to gather personal information that can be used to make their phishing emails more believable.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Last Wednesday, an anonymous individual published a file online containing the entirety of twitch.tv’s source code, information about twitch’s internal services and development tools, penetration testing reports and tools, and payouts to prominent Twitch streamers. The zero trust principle means not to trust devices by default.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 13, 2025

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) and role-based access controls are your best friends here. Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): Require MFA for accessing critical systems and sensitive data. Schedule periodic penetration testing and vulnerability assessments to identify weaknesses before attackers do.

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NetSpi Executives

OCTOBER 31, 2023

First Things First: Understanding the Most Common Attack Surfaces In our report, NetSPI analyzed over 300,000 anonymized findings from thousands of pentest engagements spanning more than 240,000 hours of testing. Remediation Tip “Ensure that all cloud services are restricted to internal, authenticated access if public access is not required.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

We will group these technical controls into: User Access Controls Asset Discovery Controls Traffic Monitoring Controls Resilience, Maintenance & Testing Controls These tools rely heavily on the effective determination of administrative controls that define and determine the policies that will be implemented through the technical controls.

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Hacker's King

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Yes, cybersecurity experts can hack your phone—but with good intentions. Ethical hackers perform what is called penetration testing or pen testing. For instance, companies might hire ethical hackers to test the security of their employees' smartphones.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Penetration testing and red teamers are critical for remaining vigilant in an ever-changing threat environment and catching the vulnerabilities otherwise missed. Phishing and social engineering are common ways threat actors can obtain a symmetric key, but cryptanalysis and brute force attempts can also break symmetric key ciphers.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 23, 2023

Implement phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all services, particularly for email, VPNs, and accounts that access critical systems. Create policies to include cybersecurity awareness training about advanced forms of social engineering for personnel that have access to your network. Drive-by-downloads.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

Making matters worse, the cameras employ facial recognition technology, which leads to questions as to whether an attacker could actually identify individuals caught on camera and then pursue them as targets for social engineering schemes or something even more nefarious. When surveillance leads to spying.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 8, 2024

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) cards are ubiquitously used to authenticate using a physical token. This technology is often embedded in […] The post How Hackers Steal Your RFID Cards appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureList

APRIL 15, 2024

Somehow, they were able to obtain the administrator password – we believe that it may have been stored in plain text inside a file, or that the attacker may have used social engineering. See below the evidence found on one host of remote service creation by PsExec with authentication completed from multiple infected hosts.

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IT Security Guru

MAY 12, 2024

Use Strong Passwords and Authentication Ensure that all users, especially administrators, use strong, unique passwords. Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) to add an additional layer of security. Regular training sessions can help individuals recognize phishing attempts, social engineering attacks, and other common threats.

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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. They are usually the only way to determine whether the host has been compromised.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2023

Common Types of Cyber Attacks Common techniques that criminal hackers use to penetrate systems include social engineering, password attacks, malware, and exploitation of software vulnerabilities. Software Vulnerabilities Exploiting software vulnerabilities is one of the most common ways that hackers penetrate systems.

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NopSec

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

If you read most forensic reports nowadays most of the intrusions happen through a combination of “spear-phishing / social engineering” attacks and technical exploits. Authenticated scans help figuring out how many versions of outdated Java or Adobe Reader softwares are present in the user’s workstations.

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NopSec

JULY 18, 2017

CSC7 – Email and Web Browsers Protections How Unified VRM Helps: Either with native scan or import, by performing authenticated scans or by performing configuration module scans, vulnerabilities and misconfigurations are reported for both email and web browsers, including patch and configuration management gaps.

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Zigrin Security

OCTOBER 11, 2023

For a detailed threat actor description do not forget to check out our blog article about selecting between black-box, white-box, and grey-box penetration tests and also you would know which pentest you need against a specific threat actor. Additionally, consider using a password manager to securely store and manage your passwords.

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Responsible Cyber

JULY 13, 2024

Social Engineering Techniques Social engineering is different—it’s about manipulating people instead of hacking technology. Here are some common social engineering techniques: Phishing: Sending fake emails that look real to trick users into clicking on bad links or sharing sensitive info.

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