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.

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ZoneAlarm

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Throughout the hundreds … The post What Does Social Engineering Have to Do with Ransomware? appeared first on ZoneAlarm Security Blog. So how is it possible that so many people and organizations continue to fall for whatever cybercriminals throw their way?

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SiteLock

APRIL 14, 2021

Social engineering isn’t just a personal threat—it’s a corporate one. More than half of all businesses are a target of a social engineering or spear phishing attack every year. The post The Impact Of Social Engineering—And How To Defend Against Social Engineering Attacks appeared first on The SiteLock Blog.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

A massive social engineering campaign targeting banks has been delivered in the last two years in several countries. A massive social engineering campaign has been delivered in the last two years in several countries, including Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, the UK, and France. Pierluigi Paganini.

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ZoneAlarm

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The cyber landscape has recently been marred by a highly sophisticated social engineering scheme aimed squarely at Booking.com’s clientele. Active for over a year, this elaborate scam … The post Booking.com Users Targeted in Elaborate Phishing Scams appeared first on ZoneAlarm Security Blog.

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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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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. In fact, 98 percent of cyber attacks involve some form of social engineering.

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SiteLock

APRIL 14, 2021

Social engineering isn’t just a personal threat—it’s a corporate one. More than half of all businesses are a target of a social engineering or spear phishing attack every year. The post The Impact Of Social Engineering—And How To Defend Against Social Engineering Attacks appeared first on The SiteLock Blog.

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Heimadal Security

MARCH 24, 2023

Are you aware of QR code phishing or “quishing”? This form of social engineering attack is gaining popularity among cybercriminals eager to steal your data. Let’s dive in and learn about this latest threat in […] The post What Is Quishing: QR Code Phishing Explained appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Heimadal Security

JULY 15, 2022

Researchers have uncovered a new phishing kit that, under the guise of security controls, injects malware into legitimate WordPress sites and uses a fake PayPal-branded social engineering scam to trick targets into handing over their most sensitive data. Researchers from Akamai said that the attackers […].

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

What is social engineering? Social engineering is a manipulative technique used by criminals to elicit specific actions in their victims. Social engineering is seldom a stand-alone operation. money from a bank account) or use it for other social engineering types. George vs.

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Heimadal Security

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The large number of subscribers has attracted threat groups that are looking to score with a social engineering campaign. Scammers send phishing emails trying to convince Netflix users that their account is somehow in jeopardy, and […].

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 14, 2021

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. Phishing exercises are an important tool towards promoting security awareness in an organization. Phishing is effective, simply because it works. As social engineers, it is easy to play on people’s vulnerabilities; their fears, hopes, and dreams.

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Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The cybercrime gang specializes in online scams, using social engineering, phishing, and smishing to collect sensitive victim information before committing financial fraud.

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Heimadal Security

AUGUST 6, 2021

Apple ID phishing scams represent genuine danger nowadays. The concept of “phishing” stands for an advanced cyberattack form that embodies social engineering tactics. The post How to Spot and Prevent Apple ID Phishing Scams appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. It may sound familiar to you.

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Heimadal Security

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Apple users were the target of a phishing attack that used social engineering last month, during Black Friday, as threat actors managed to trick the Microsoft Office 365 email security. The post Phishing Attack Strikes Apple Users During Black Friday Sales appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

A new development in phishing is the “nag attack.” The fraudster commences the social engineering by irritating the targeted victim, and then follows up with an an offer to alleviate the annoyance. Nag attacks add to the litany of phishing techniques. Spear phishing. One must admire the ingenuity of cybercriminals.

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

Through the first two months of 2023 alone, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Scamwatch reported more than 19,000 phishing reports with estimated financial losses of more than $5.2 What is phishing? This is part of what makes phishing attacks so dangerous.

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Pen Test Partners

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

October 2023’s Cyber Security Awareness Month led to a flurry of blog posts about a new attack called Quishing (QR Code phishing) and how new AI powered email gateways can potentially block these attacks. Currently, most initial access attempts are carried out with social engineering, commonly phishing.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Phishing is one of the most common social engineering tactics cybercriminals use to target their victims. Cybersecurity experts are discussing a new trend in the cybercrime community called phishing-as-a-service. Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS). Related: Utilizing humans as security sensors. Rising popularity.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

A new development in phishing is the “nag attack.” The fraudster commences the social engineering by irritating the targeted victim, and then follows up with an an offer to … (more…). One must admire the ingenuity of cybercriminals. Related: Thwarting email attacks.

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SecureList

JULY 5, 2023

Hence, cybercriminals have little motivation to invest heavily into phishing campaigns, and so, techniques used in email attacks on hot wallets are hardly ever original or complex. Sample phishing email that targets Coinbase users After the user clicks the link, they are redirected to a page where they are asked to enter their seed phrase.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Palo Alto’s Unit 42 has investigated several incidents linked to the Luna Moth group callback phishing extortion campaign targeting businesses in multiple sectors, including legal and retail. Luna Moth removes malware portion of phishing callback attack. This malware element is synonymous with traditional callback phishing attacks.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Phish or Be Phished. Email phishing attacks are becoming more challenging to spot. Why did the email provider’s email anti-spam and anti-phish protection layer not quarantine the message? Even with a generic greeting, you would think an AL-powered anti-phishing protection engine would have blocked the message.

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Heimadal Security

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

A highly efficient phishing kit spreads the most among users from the United States and Canada. The phishing campaign was first discovered in September 2022 and its kit uses social engineering, and sophisticated evasion detection techniques. The post New Shopping Phishing Scam Uses URI Fragmentation to Target U.S.

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The State of Security

MAY 5, 2022

The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has issued updated statistics on Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks which use a variety of social engineering and phishing techniques to break into accounts and trick companies into transferring large amounts of money into the hands of criminals.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

In a blog post, Avanan said hackers are bypassing static link scanners by hosting their attacks on publicly-known services. According to Avanan blog, once the attacker publishes the lure, “Google provides a link with embed tags that are meant to be used on forums to render custom content.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 16, 2021

A phishing campaign that Microsoft security researchers have been tracking for about a year highlights not only the ongoing success of social engineering efforts by hackers to compromise systems, but also the extent to which the bad actors will go to cover their tracks while stealing user credentials. Invoice-Themed Lures.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The first known mention of the word “phishing” happened in the America Online (AOL) user group named appropriately “AOHell. Phishing has raised hell ever since. As technology has evolved so has the sophistication of targeted phishing attacks. What is spear-phishing? What happened when a popular company was breached?

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Heimadal Security

APRIL 18, 2022

A warning about a new wave of social engineering cyberattacks that distribute the IcedID malware and employ Zimbra exploits for sensitive data theft purposes has been recently issued by the Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA).

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SC Magazine

JUNE 24, 2021

A recently reported phishing and vishing campaign was designed to impersonate Geek Squad. A new blog post report has shone a light on the malicious practice known as voice phishing or vishing – a social engineering tactic that some cyber experts say has only grown in prominence since COVID-19 forced employees to work from home.

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Heimadal Security

OCTOBER 13, 2022

New research conducted by a Dutch mobile security company recently discovered a network of phishing websites targeting Italian online-banking users to get a hold of their credentials. The post New Android Banking Malware Deployed Using Vishing appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. How […].

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SC Magazine

MAY 11, 2021

Researchers last week spotted a phishing campaign that leveraged an online email authentication solution from Zix, in hopes that potential victims would be lulled into a false sense of security. But since these types of socially engineered attacks do not make use of these tactics, it evades traditional defenses,” Tobe explained.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Employees are often easy to distract and fluster, making them vulnerable to social engineering attacks. One of the most common attacks is phishing. Phishing isn’t a new phenomenon. The post How to Harden Your Workforce Against Phishing Attacks appeared first on Nuspire. Crooks and spammers have been sending….

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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. ” Group-IB dubbed the gang by a different name — 0ktapus — which was a nod to how the criminal group phished employees for credentials.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 3, 2022

PuTTY, KiTTY, TightVNC, Sumatra PDF Reader, and the muPDF/Subliminal Recording software installer have been backdoored to perform a wide range of social engineering campaigns that started in April 2022. Microsoft has published the full list of IoCs (indicators of compromise) observed during investigations in their blog post.

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Heimadal Security

AUGUST 8, 2022

Vishing, also known as voice phishing, is a type of cyberattack wherein malicious actors use phone calls in an attempt to collect confidential information from their targets. appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. The post What Is Vishing?

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