Identity IQ

JUNE 20, 2023

What Are Social Engineering Scams? Thanks, Your CEO This common scenario is just one example of the many ways scammers may attempt to trick you through social engineering scams. Read on to learn how to recognize social engineering attacks, their consequences, and tactics to avoid falling for them.

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NetSpi Executives

OCTOBER 25, 2024

In this article, we will dive deep into the sea of phishing and vishing, sharing real-world stories and insights we’ve encountered during social engineering tests to highlight the importance of awareness. After entering their username and password, I asked if they had received an MFA code.

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Webroot

MARCH 3, 2025

Common attacks to consumer protection Identity theft and fraud Some common types of identity theft and fraud include account takeover fraud , when criminals use stolen personal information such as account numbers, usernames, or passwords to hijack bank accounts, credit cards, and even email and social media accounts.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

. “A domain hosting provider ‘GoDaddy’ that manages one of our core domain names incorrectly transferred control of the account and domain to a malicious actor,” Liquid CEO Kayamori said in a blog post. ” In the early morning hours of Nov. GoDaddy said the outage between 7:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. PST on Nov.

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IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

A prime example is multi-factor authentication (MFA), a security process that requires users to verify their identity in two or more ways, such as a password, a code sent to their phone, or a fingerprint. Other Ways Threat Actors Exploit Human Behaviour In addition to fatigue attacks, malefactors weaponise social engineering.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 28, 2025

AI significantly exacerbates the situation by amplifying the scale, speed and sophistication of account takeover attacks, enabling automated and highly adaptive social engineering techniques. Complete Passwordless: Eliminating passwords from enrollment and fallback, so users never have to rely on outdated, insecure credentials.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2022

Microsoft blogged about its attack at the hands of LAPSUS$, and about the group targeting its customers. “They were calling up consumer service and tech support personnel, instructing them to reset their passwords. ” Like LAPSUS$, these vishers just kept up their social engineering attacks until they succeeded.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

2022 that an intrusion had exposed a “limited number” of Twilio customer accounts through a sophisticated social engineering attack designed to steal employee credentials. Those who submitted credentials were then prompted to provide the one-time password needed for multi-factor authentication. According to an Aug.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 16, 2025

In a new blog post by Google's Threat Intelligence team, security analysts outline a concerning evolution in the group's tactics and raise red flags for U.S. Scattered Spider is a financially motivated threat actor group known for its social engineering prowess, SIM-swapping attacks, and living-off-the-land (LOTL) techniques.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2022

Those who submitted credentials were then prompted to provide the one-time password needed for multi-factor authentication. In a blog post earlier this month, Cloudflare said it detected the account takeovers and that no Cloudflare systems were compromised. Image: Cloudflare.com. On that last date, Twilio disclosed that on Aug.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 11, 2022

A few things that are involved in most attacks include social engineering, passwords, and vulnerabilities. At the macro level, password hygiene is abysmal. Avoiding password reuse and using strong hard to guess passwords goes a long way. Vulnerability management with proper prioritization is also a must.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 16, 2025

The stolen information was then used in social engineering scams that tricked users into giving away their crypto. These insiders abused their access to customer support systems to steal the account data for a small subset of customers, Coinbase said in a blog post. No passwords, private keys, or customer funds were accessed.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 24, 2023

Accessing vital information to complete day-to-day tasks at our jobs still requires using a password-based system at most companies. Today, bad actors are ruthlessly skilled at cracking passwords – whether through phishing attacks, social engineering, brute force, or buying them on the dark web.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 20, 2024

In Social Engineering 101 , we shared the story of John, the well-meaning employee who fell victim to a phishing attack. In this scenario, John was tricked into resetting his password by a bad actor pretending to be the IT team, which gave away access to his account.

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Javvad Malik

APRIL 9, 2021

If someone knows what your pattern is to set passwords e.g. FacebookPassword1, TwitterPassword1, then you can easily guess what your other passwords are. Yes, social engineering is a real thing and we need to be wary of it. Social engineered Graham into telling us what time the recording was taking place.

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Hacker's King

MAY 24, 2025

Credential-based attacks include usernames, passwords, and tokens. In this blog, we'll delve into the attack vectors and their intricate workings alongside evolving tactics used to safeguard data. Phishing is now done through text messages (smishing), social media (social engineering), and even voice phone calls (vishing).

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Security Through Education

JUNE 10, 2025

Helpful Resource: This website supplies links to all of the parental control options, and how to use them, for the various social media apps. Helpful Resource: The Innocent Lives Foundation has a blog on how to spot behavioral signs of online enticement in your kids. Model Healthy Digital Habits Your example matters.

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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. Use Strong Passwords and a Password Manager In 2022, threat actors leaked more than 721 million passwords.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 9, 2024

Most of the flaws that Microsoft deems “more likely to be exploited” this month are marked as “important,” which usually involve bugs that require a bit more user interaction (social engineering) but which nevertheless can result in system security bypass, compromise, and the theft of critical assets.

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Duo's Security Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

In Verizon’s 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) , although the category of “Social Engineering” has gone down from 2021 for “External” threats, the “Hacking” category from “External” threats for both the “Person and User Device” category has doubled from the previous year. The world has changed.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 1, 2023

The Rise of AI Social Engineering Scams IdentityIQ In today’s digital age, social engineering scams have become an increasingly prevalent threat. Social engineering scams leverage psychological manipulation to deceive individuals and exploit the victims’ trust. Phishing attacks.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In the first part of this three-part blog series , we discussed the various methods available to MFA users. However, some security keys do not support biometrics, while many authenticators fall back to passwords or passcodes when biometrics fail. Phone call authentication is vulnerable to MFA fatigue attacks.

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

According to Gartner , 40% of all help desk calls are related to password resets — and those calls are expensive, with Forrester finding each password reset call costs an organization $70. So it comes as no surprise that most businesses want to improve the productivity of their IT help desks and address the password reset cost problem.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 22, 2025

This is my completely informal, uncertified, unreviewed and otherwise completely unofficial blog inspired by my reading of our next Threat Horizons Report, #11 ( full version ) that we just released ( the official blog for #1 report , my unofficial blogs for #2 , #3 , #4 , #5 , #6 , #7 , #8 , #9 and #10 ).

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

No matter how many letters, numbers, or special characters you give them and no matter how many times you change them, passwords are still @N0T_FUN! Using strong passwords and a password manager 2. Past When the use of passwords began, they were a “good enough” method to control user access to digital systems.

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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. Use strong, unique passwords: Strong, unique passwords are a simple, yet powerful security tool.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Such lures are used as social engineering schemes by threat actors; in this case, the malware was targeted at security researchers. We have recently observed other instances of threat actors targeting security researchers with social engineering techniques. TeamViewer password. Threat attribution.

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Webroot

JUNE 2, 2022

Phishing and social engineering. Gaming is now an online social activity. If you have a gaming account with Steam, Epic, or another large gaming platform, take steps to keep it safe just as you would a banking or social media account. Use a strong, unique password for every account that you have. Account takeovers.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Password-less or Multi-Factor Authentication and strong authorization prevents attackers from gaining access to corporate resources and moving laterally within a network. Multi-Factor Authentication ( MFA ) can tremendously increase their access security and prevent phishing and social engineering attacks.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Editor’s note: James Xiang and Hayden Evans contributed to this blog. 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.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Historically, account takeover (ATO) has been recognized as an attack in which cybercriminals take ownership of online accounts using stolen passwords and usernames. Cybercriminals purchase a list of account credentials from the dark web that are usually compiled by hackers through social engineering, data breaches, and phishing attacks.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 9, 2023

On Friday October 6, 2023, 23andMe confirmed via a somewhat opaque blog post that threat actors had "obtained information from certain accounts, including information about users’ DNA Relatives profiles." It works because users often use the same password for multiple websites. It's good in theory but fails in practice.

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Duo's Security Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

Complete passwordless authentication Passwords are the weakest link in the authentication chain, and attackers know it. That’s why Duo is committed to eliminating passwords entirely, even at the most challenging stages like enrollment and fallback. It’s simple, seamless, and highly secure—just the way it should be.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

“Eventually, the threat actor was able to compromise both the Windows and macOS build environments,” 3CX said in an April 20 update on their blog. which owns LinkedIn, said in September 2022 that it had detected a wide range of social engineering campaigns using a proliferation of phony LinkedIn accounts.

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Anton on Security

JANUARY 22, 2025

This is my completely informal, uncertified, unreviewed and otherwise completely unofficial blog inspired by my reading of our next Threat Horizons Report, #11 ( full version ) that we just released ( the official blog for #1 report , my unofficial blogs for #2 , #3 , #4 , #5 , #6 , #7 , #8 , #9 and #10 ).

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SecureWorld News

MAY 21, 2025

The attack involved the bribery of third- party customer service contractors, enabling unauthorized access to user names, addresses, email addresses, and partial Social Security numbers. No passwords, private keys, or funds were compromised, according to the company.

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Security Through Education

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Don’t make passwords easy to guess. Watch what you post on social media; cybercriminals often use them to gather Personal Identifying Information (PII) and corporate information. Social-Engineer, LLC saw an almost 350% increase in recognition of phishing emails when using a similar training platform in 2020.

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