Cisco Security

JULY 7, 2025

From a threat standpoint, attackers mostly used brute force to break down perimeter defenses while phishing, zero-days and other adaptive and evasive attacks weren’t on many people’s radar. Read the e-book, see the video, dive into the infographic and more. Get expert perspectives now Why Cisco Security?

Cyber Risk

SecureWorld News

MAY 29, 2025

Attackers employ smishing (SMS phishing) and vishing (voice phishing) techniques, now augmented with AI-generated content, to deceive victims. These new social engineering tactics don't rely on mass emails. They're polished, personalized, and often indistinguishable from legitimate messages.

Scams

SecureWorld News

APRIL 15, 2021

On a recent SecureWorld Sessions podcast episode, Social Engineering: Hacking Humans , host Bruce Sussman spoke with Christopher Hadnagy, an entrepreneur and author of five books about social engineering and hacking the human. 1 How do you define social engineering? And I have fallen for a phish.

Social Engineering

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Social engineering techniques are becoming increasingly sophisticated and are exploiting multiple emerging means, such as deep fakes. He is also the author of the book “La Gestione della Cyber Security nella Pubblica Amministrazione”. Deepfake technology, what’s it? Education improves awareness” is his slogan.

Social Engineering

SecureWorld News

MARCH 11, 2022

Famed hacker Kevin Mitnick learned early on to use emotion to manipulate and socially engineer his targets. At the time, his targets were typically sysadmins, and the social engineering started with a phone call. Hacker targets victims with fear. Mitnick says his favorite emotional tool was fear.

Social Engineering

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.

Social Engineering

The Hacker News

MARCH 13, 2025

Microsoft has shed light on an ongoing phishing campaign that targeted the hospitality sector by impersonating online travel agency Booking.com using an increasingly popular social engineering technique called ClickFix to deliver credential-stealing malware.

Phishing

Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2024

Adaptive phishing campaigns are emerging as an increasingly sophisticated threat in the cybersecurity landscape. The phenomenon This phenomenon represents an evolution of traditional phishing tactics, as attackers seek to overcome defenses using more personalized and targeted approaches.

Phishing

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The CERT of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned of a spear-phishing campaign targeting Ukrainian armed forces personnel. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) is warning of an ongoing spear-phishing campaign targeting private email accounts belonging to Ukrainian armed forces personnel. ua-passport[.]space space and id[.]bigmir[.]space.

Phishing

SecureWorld News

JUNE 6, 2023

In our most recent Remote Sessions webcast, Roger Grimes, computer security expert and Data-Driven Defense Evangelist for KnowBe4, gave a deep dive on phishing and how to properly mitigate and prevent phishing attacks. What is phishing? Also known as spamming, phishing is typically done through email, SMS, and phone attacks.

Phishing

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. In addition, even simple training or quizzes on how to spot a phishing attack will help individuals to avoid being caught up in a scam or a potential attack. Related: The coming of ubiquitous passwordless access.

Antivirus

Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 22, 2021

Through phishing. What’s phishing again?” Phishing is a specific type of cyber attack through which hackers and scammers use email to trick you. It’s part of a broader cyber attack called “social engineering” that includes other avenues like phone calls, text messages, and even impersonating people in real life.

Phishing

Security Through Education

MARCH 22, 2023

They all use psychology and social engineering skills to convince their victims to take an action that is detrimental to them. In his book “The Art of the Steal” Frank Abagnale said: “Hotel clerks and merchants didn’t question pilots and doctors too closely.” Impersonation is often used in phishing , SMiShing , and vishing.

Scams

SC Magazine

MAY 4, 2021

Infosec’s Choose Your Own Adventure training game “Deep Space Danger” tests employees on their knowledge of social engineering. “B” is obviously the correct choice, but not all companies succeed in motivating their workers to learn the ins and outs of phishing, social engineering and other cyber threats.

Security Awareness

Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

Category News, Social Engineering. All of the attacks were carried out with relatively simple phishing and social engineering techniques. IHG’s booking sites and apps were unavailable for several days as a result. Phishing and poor password practices. Risk Level. The common theme?

Social Engineering

Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

They can take advantage of the less secure methods of authentication, like one-time passcodes, and socially engineer a user to hand over codes or intercept them before they reach the end user. However, attackers are finding ways around MFA.

Authentication

Security Through Education

APRIL 1, 2024

I write this to highlight a key breakthrough I’ve encountered so far at Social-Engineer, LLC (SECOM), that until now, I hadn’t truly grasped at a fundamental level. All around me seemingly impossible call quotas for vishing (voice phishing) clients provided no lull in action from day one. Until now.

Social Engineering

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 13, 2022

Hotel bookings, ticketing systems, restaurant bookings will probably be the first target for hackers and so cyber security experts are taking all precautions to secure the personal data of travelers, players, event managers, organizers and such.

Cybersecurity

SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In Q3 2021 , online stores were in second place by share of recorded phishing attacks (20.63%). In this research, we analyzed various types of threats: financial malware associated with major online shopping platforms as well as phishing pages and fake websites mimicking the world’s biggest retail platforms. Methodology.

Scams

SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

As a regular attendee of security conferences and contributor to security books, it's evident to me that the field remains a hot topic. Users' susceptibility to phishing attacks and social engineering tactics remains a persistent challenge. Let's delve into six misguided notions undermining adequate computer security.

Cybersecurity

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

APT42 focuses on highly targeted spear-phishing and social engineering techniques, its operations broadly fall into three categories, credential harvesting, surveillance operations, and malware deployment. “Mandiant has observed over 30 confirmed targeted APT42 operations spanning these categories since early 2015. .

Surveillance

IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Promoting the social impact of cybersecurity can motivate individuals who want to make a meaningful contribution to society. Attacks such as hacking, phishing, ransomware and social engineering are on the rise. I wrote several books to share knowledge with those embarking on a career in cybersecurity.

CISO

Security Through Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

While usernames and passwords can be brute forced or gathered in social engineering attacks; MFA, when used properly, helps ensure that it really is YOU who is logging in. Pinpoint the Phishes As social engineering attacks become more prolific, we need to do better at identifying them.

Social Engineering

Daniel Miessler

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

You will eventually be hacked via phishing, social engineering, poisoning a site you already frequent, or some other technique. Being a member gets you access to the newsletter every week instead of just twice a month, access to the UL Slack Channel, the UL Book Club, the UL Archives, and access to future member-only content.

VPN

BH Consulting

AUGUST 16, 2023

This could include malware that antivirus and security solutions can’t detect; a secure internet connection to prevent tracing; initial access to victim companies’ networks or mailboxes (which is also key to many ransomware infections); effective social engineering content; fraudulent content hosting, and more.

Social Engineering

Security Through Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

When people hear that I get to write phishing emails and make vishing calls for a living, the first question they generally ask is, “ How did you get into that field?” The first thing I like to point people to is the social engineering framework created by Christopher Hadnagy. Hopefully you find them useful!

Risk

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 20, 2022

We saw fake missing relative notices, bogus Red Cross websites, fake charity donation sites, 419 scams , and even radiation health e-books. Phishing, social engineering, blackmail, fraud: all of these things and more could be in the running. The pilfered details could be used for all manner of scam attempts.

Scams

Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2023

Some are unaware of their involvement and fall victim to social engineering techniques like phishing scams. They might be forced to divulge information by outsiders through blackmail or bribery, or they might be tricked into disclosing their login information via social engineering.

Social Engineering

Malwarebytes

JULY 18, 2023

The fraudster has merely reserved a seat, as opposed to booking the desired ticket. They can potentially social engineer their way into accessing your account under the guise of you having “forgotten” your login details. They may even just wait a few months and then send a targeted phish.

Social Engineering

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Electronics engineer and Clusit member, for some time now, espousing the principle of conscious education, he has been writing for several online magazine on information security. Twitter @Slvlombardo. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

Malware

Malwarebytes

MAY 5, 2022

Some password managers pre-fill your usernames and passwords on websites for you, but they won’t do that if you land on a phishing page, so that gives you extra protection too. Depending on your needs, or even those of a relative, it might be that a password book fits the bill. Social engineers will trick you however they can.

Passwords

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Any message that seems to create a high pressure situation is likely some sort of spam or phishing. However, Troia actually is the founder and head of research at cybersecurity firm Shadowbyte and CEO and principal researcher at Night Lion Security. Lessons from the Breach.

Hacking

The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

And this positive upswing could be reinforced by stricter adherence to, not just the letter, but the spirit of data security laws already on the books in several nations. COVID-19 related phishing attacks and cyber scams that run the gamut have been scaling up since the beginning of the year – and this is only the beginning.

Computers and Electronics

SecureWorld News

JANUARY 28, 2021

Training must be more frequent and go beyond covering phishing and passwords. In the past 5-10 years, privacy and information security training vendors have moved to narrowing focus to largely phishing awareness and password security. Phishing and passwords are certainly important and should be covered with effective training.

IoT

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 29, 2022

Hackers, for instance, are widely recognized for using phishing emails plus social engineering techniques to acquire access to classified data. It will report if any modifications, upgrades, or revisions are authorized and booked by using a change management process. .

Cyber Risk

Security Through Education

MAY 21, 2024

Unsuspecting vacationers may book these rentals, only to find upon arrival that the property either doesn’t exist or isn’t as advertised. The urgency to secure a booking before the summer rush can also cloud judgment, making this scam particularly effective.

Scams

BH Consulting

JUNE 13, 2023

Almost three-quarters of breaches (74 per cent) involve the human element through error, social engineering, stolen credentials or misusing privileges. Half of all social engineering attacks involve ‘pretexting’, where criminals fabricate a story to trick the victim. MORE Have you signed up to our monthly newsletter?

Social Engineering