SecureWorld News

JUNE 6, 2025

These threats often bypass traditional perimeter defenses due to: Legacy systems with poor EDR/AV coverage Air-gapped environments with outdated patching Insider mishandling or social engineering The report stresses implementing secure media transfer protocols and advanced scanning stations as part of basic hygiene for critical environments.

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Webroot

MARCH 3, 2025

Medical identity theft Medical identity theft happens when someone steals or uses your personal information like your name, Social Security number, or Medicare details, to get healthcare in your name. Social engineering attacks Social engineering attacks occur when someone uses a fake persona to gain your trust.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 14, 2024

“CVE-2024-30051 is used to gain initial access into a target environment and requires the use of social engineering tactics via email, social media or instant messaging to convince a target to open a specially crafted document file,” Narang said.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Octo Tempest is believed to be a group of native English speaking cybercriminals that uses social engineering campaigns to compromise organizations all over the world. This can be done in a number of ways, but the most common ones involve social engineering attacks on the victim's carrier. Create offsite, offline backups.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Implement Data Encryption & Backup Protocols Encrypting sensitive data adds a layer of protection by ensuring that even if data is accessed, it remains unreadable without proper decryption keys. Cybersecurity awareness training helps staff recognize phishing scams , social engineering attempts, and other threats.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 11, 2022

“Exploitation would require social engineering to entice a victim to open an attachment or visit a malicious website,” he said. So do yourself a favor and backup before installing any patches. “Thankfully the Windows preview pane is not a vector for this attack.”

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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. This concealed their attack until the environment was encrypted and backups were sabotaged. Leveraging its English proficiency, the collective uses social engineering for initial access.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

If we assume a determined attacker will be able to infect a victim’s device through social engineering or other techniques, I would argue that patching these is even more important than patching some other Remote Code execution vulnerabilities.” So do yourself a favor and backup before installing any patches.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2020

That, of course, presents the perfect environment for cybercrime that pivots off social engineering. Social engineering invariably is the first step in cyber attacks ranging from phishing and ransomware to business email compromise ( BEC ) scams and advanced persistent threat ( APT ) hacks. Always remember.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 30, 2024

IT Specialist - focuses on technical containment, investigation, and remediation, such as isolating affected systems, analyzing the breach, maintaining data backup independence , and implementing fixes. Social engineering techniques enable them to bypass technical security measures effectively.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 4, 2025

While the company emphasized that no financial data or passwords were exposed, the incident raises concerns about the potential for highly targeted phishing and social engineering , particularly given the brand's clientele of high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs).

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 5, 2022

Back up your data and secure your backups in an offline location. Fun fact: 80% of these breaches occur at the endpoint , often via phishing or social engineering. As an enterprise security team, you could restrict internet access at your egress points, but this doesn’t do much when the workforce is remote.

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Jane Frankland

MAY 3, 2025

While details remain sparse, reports suggest social engineering tactics like phishing, SIM swapping, and multi-factor authentication (MFA) fatigue attacks may have been used to infiltrate systems. These backups must be secured against unauthorised access and tested frequently to ensure they function as intended.

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IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

These assaults specifically focus on compromising data repositories, backup systems, and vital records that are essential for recovery without capitulating to the attackers’ demands, thus increasing the likelihood of organisations acquiescing. Turn off services sc.exe – Stop backup software from creating recoverable copies.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Focus on implementing robust backup and disaster recovery plans, user training, and the sharing of threat intelligence. They’ll make adept use of social engineering, leverage insider knowledge of systems and workflows and exploit weak cloud configurations and porly implemented multi-factor authentication.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 16, 2022

Vincent (Vince) Moore, Senior Network Engineer at OPSWAT, has dabbled in the IT field since he took computer programming classes in high school (COBOL, Fortran, GWBASIC, and Pascal). Those tools used to mitigate risks include perimeter defense, firewalls, security software, backups, etc. employees,?and

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Webroot

MARCH 5, 2021

The attack likely began as a malicious email using social engineering to trick users into clicking links. These contained sensitive information that could be used to launch further social engineering attacks, endangering the identities of thousands of clients. Telemarketer leaves thousands of records exposed.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 3, 2024

Social engineering. Create offsite, offline backups. Keep backups offsite and offline, beyond the reach of attackers. Users searching for software were directed to malicious landing pages via search ads mimicking legitimate vendors. Teams messages. Don’t get attacked twice.

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IT Security Guru

JUNE 13, 2024

This is an urgent notice to inform you that your data has been compromised, and we have secured a backup.” Adversaries are consistently employing tried-and-true methods of social engineering to gain personal and professional information or manipulate individuals into granting access to sensitive systems.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 23, 2023

Introduction Veeam has recently released an advisory for CVE-2023-27532 for Veeam Backup and Replication which allows an unauthenticated user with access to the Veeam backup service (TCP 9401 by default) to request cleartext credentials. Other’s have provides insight into this vulnerability including Huntress, Y4er, and CODE WHITE.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Due to their network engineers' lack of understanding of how the network functions, network access was problematic on Saturday. As with so many break ins, this begins with a social engineering attack. Create offsite, offline backups. Keep backups offsite and offline, beyond the reach of attackers.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Based on recent cybercriminal activity, businesses should expect increased social engineering and train employees to recognize the signs of such attacks. And with new social engineering trends like “callback phishing” on the rise, it’s not just businesses that should be concerned.

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IT Security Guru

JUNE 7, 2024

Enhancing your physical security can prevent hackers and social engineers from obtaining the information they need to access and steal card data. An effective disaster recovery plan and comprehensive data backups ensure your business can restore data efficiently and minimize downtime.

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SC Magazine

MAY 11, 2021

This not only serves as a basis for social engineering attacks, but can lead to the exposure of additional resources. An SSM document can provide an attacker an initial foothold into the victim’s environment and sometimes even grant a view into the account’s deployment processes, resources, and backup procedures.

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IT Security Guru

JUNE 6, 2023

With the proliferation of social engineering attacks, employees continue to be the biggest risk factor,” said Stu Sjouwerman, CEO, KnowBe4. However, according to IDC, less than 3% of IT spending is allocated to help secure the human layer.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Scattered Spider, on the contrary, highlights the peril posed when ready-made RaaS software merges with seasoned experience: In both of their casino breaches, the group employed advanced tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), including in-depth reconnaissance, social engineering, and advanced lateral movement techniques.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 24, 2022

In a blog post detailing its efforts to track and contain the breach, Microsoft described LAPSUS$ as a “large scale social engineering and extortion campaign.” LAPSUS$ doesn’t appear to be using overtly sophisticated intrusion methods but instead relying on social engineering and purchased accounts.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

CISA and the FBI consider Scattered Spider to be experts that use multiple social engineering techniques, especially phishing, push bombing, and SIM swap attacks, to obtain credentials, install remote access tools, and bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA). Create offsite, offline backups. Don’t get attacked twice.

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IT Security Guru

MAY 20, 2024

Backup Data Regularly There are several effective backup methods to consider. It includes cloud backups, which offer scalability and remote access. Meanwhile, offsite backups provide additional security by storing data away from your central location. It ensures you stay one step ahead of potential security breaches.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 29, 2021

There are rootkits, Trojans, worms, viruses, ransomware, phishing, identity theft, and social engineering to worry about. It is highly recommended that you backup to an external device such as a USB drive for all of your essential data, and do not keep the backup drive connected to the system all the time. Security tips.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 7, 2021

The Google blog cites the security check-up page, but that simply lists: Devices which are signed in Recent security activity from the last 28 days 2-step verification, in terms of sign-in prompt style, authenticator apps, phone numbers, and backup codes Gmail settings (specifically, emails which you’ve blocked).

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Hacker Combat

APRIL 1, 2021

However, social engineering is the most common. Backup Your Data To Protect From Ransomware. As a business, one of the most important methods to protect from ransomware is a backup. Make sure to backup your data as often as possible. Hackers have embraced social engineering in making ransomware attacks successful.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 4, 2022

There are rootkits, Trojans, worms, viruses, ransomware, phishing, identity theft, and social engineering to worry about. Back up your data frequently and check that your backup data can be restored. Backup to an external device and disconnect it when the backup is complete. Backup your data [link].

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 25, 2024

Reconnaissance and social engineering are specific fields where AI can be deployed. Create offsite, offline backups. Keep backups offsite and offline, beyond the reach of attackers. The impact is expected to grow for several reasons: AI already helps cybercriminals to compose more effective phishing emails.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 18, 2022

The same symptoms will occur in your IT environment as the malware spreads downloading data and expanding across your global network corrupting backups and leaving little options. Social engineering. Social engineering is the most prevalent way threat actors find their way into your environment.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Distracted workers are particularly vulnerable to social engineering attacks, but thorough training can mitigate these risks. Response plans should include communication protocols, backups, business continuity measures and containment strategies. Better Supply Chain Security Mitigates Shipping Challenges.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Create offsite, offline backups. Keep backups offsite and offline, beyond the reach of attackers. It can even hurt companies with enterprise grade security. The security of your private accounts matters to the company you work for. Test them regularly to make sure you can restore essential business functions swiftly.

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