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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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.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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Daniel Miessler

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Once they get in— via RDP or Phishing or Drive-bys —they are not only extorting people who want to get their data back. They’re improving their tools, they’re improving their business models, and they’re constantly evolving their techniques for getting companies to pay using social engineering.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Zigrin Security

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Phishing Attacks Phishing attacks are one of the most common and successful methods used by hackers. In a phishing attack, hackers impersonate legitimate organizations or individuals to trick employees into revealing sensitive information such as login credentials or financial details. Share it with your friends.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Security Awareness Training from Advisera Advisera offers lots of tools like books, courses, and guidelines for those who want to know more about compliance standards and become security-aware. Given that phishing accounts for 90% of data breaches , this simulation must be a part of every company’s security education.

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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.

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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.

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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. .

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Jane Frankland

APRIL 28, 2022

Targeted attacks like these, plus social engineering, specifically phishing – where attackers pose as a trusted source, prey on human vulnerability, and use email or malicious websites to gain the information they want – are effective but they aren’t the only problem. Women can enable this.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

This permission is often misused in phishing and spamming attacks. Access to Contacts: Apps with access to your contacts may misuse this information for spamming, social engineering, or selling your contact details to third parties without your consent. While some legitimate apps (e.g.,

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Jane Frankland

AUGUST 18, 2020

That could be through common hacking techniques like phishing, bait and switch, cookie theft, deep fake , password cracking , social engineering , and so on. It’s something I wrote extensively about in my book, IN Security. They make guarantees, offer support contracts, and will find a way into your organisation.

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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.

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SecureList

AUGUST 5, 2021

A fake notification about a Microsoft Teams meeting or a request to view an important document traditionally takes the victim to a phishing login page asking for corporate account credentials. Statistics: phishing. In phishing terms, Q2 2021 was fairly uneventful. Geography of phishing attacks. Top-level domains.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 30, 2023

Riccardi: My book discusses how the perception of cyberattacks shifted from being mere data breaches to having real-world consequences, especially after high-profile cases in 2021, like Colonial Pipeline and Schreiber Foods. How does your main theme of tie in? The law of large numbers favors the bad guys.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

His 1994 book detailing cryptographic algorithms ( Applied Cryptography ) was just the beginning of his contributions to technical perspectives on system design, cybersecurity, privacy, and more. Excited to announce that @codingo_ and I are currently working on “The Bug Hunter’s Methodology” book. Bruce Schneier | @schneierblog.

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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. .

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Security Through Education

JUNE 22, 2021

Not The Oldest Tricks in the Book. Government impostors call unsuspecting victims and pretend to be from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Social Security Administration, or Medicare. Phishing emails and text messages may look like they’re from a company you know or trust. billion a year to as high as $35 billion a year.

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SecureList

MARCH 7, 2024

To get access to the content (or contest), phishing sites prompted the victim to sign in to one of their gaming accounts. If the victim entered their credentials on the phishing form, the account was hijacked. Cryptocurrency scams Phishing aimed at stealing crypto wallet credentials remained a common money-making tool.

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