CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Famous hacker Kevin Mitnick helped popularize the term 'social engineering' in the '90s, although the idea and many of the techniques have been around as long as there have been scam artists. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

MAY 15, 2023

It can seem like cybercriminals are running rampant across the world's digital infrastructure, launching ransomware attacks, scams, and outright thefts with impunity.

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

And a bitcoin scam on Twitter started with spear phishing attacks on Twitter employees. Hackers used a compromised password to access the company network via a virtual private network in the May 2021 Colonial Pipeline attack. A widely known vulnerability that hadn’t yet been patched was the entry point for the 2017 Equifax attack.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2022

Many of the suspects are thought to be members of SilverTerrier , a network known for BEC scams that have impacted thousands of companies globally. The results are the latest example of industry and law enforcement efforts to thwart BEC activity, the most common and costly cyberthreat facing organizations.

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Then the criminals used a convincing-looking holograph of me in Zoom calls to try and scam several representatives of legitimate cryptocurrency projects,” he says. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Oh, and the bad guys go looking for these open doors using automated scanning tools, software exploits, social engineering scams, or anything else that works. Because every IT widget represents a potential entry point for cyber-adversaries. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 11, 2022

A recent Bloomberg piece highlighted how Meta Platforms, Inc., parent company of Facebook) and Apple, Inc., had been successfully socially engineered into providing customer data in response to “emergency data requests” to individuals who they believed to be representing the U.S. government.

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CSO Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Here are four examples of how fraudsters targeted the 2021 holiday shopping season with scams and attacks, along with insight into how retailers can prevent and defend against such activity moving forward. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The threat landscape is highly diverse and attacks range in sophistication from the most basic scams to nation-state-level cyberespionage. However, companies need to prioritize their defenses against the most common threats that are likely to impact them and their employees.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The fear of not being able to get what they want may lead to emotionally driven “too good to be true” purchases on scam websites and impulsive clicking (or tapping) of links in emails and texts. In fact, the situation is likely to be worse due to the impact supply chain issues are having on retailers and their customers.

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Losses to imposter scams based on synthetic identities—identities that only exist as figments in a credit reporting bureau’s records—will rise from a reported $1.2 billion in 2020 to $2.48 billion by 2024 in the US, according to an analysis published Thursday by identity verification vendor Socure.

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Security Through Education

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Expert Chris Hadnagy advises us, “Unless you’re in the security business or law enforcement, you won’t be familiar with every new scam that pops up. Typically, corporate networks are equipped with firewalls, a Chief Security Officer (CSO), and a whole cybersecurity department to keep them safe.

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The findings follow recent research which showed how attackers can use ChatGPT to significantly enhance phishing and business email compromise (BEC) scams. In fact, almost half (48%) predicted that a successful cyberattack will be credited to the technology within the next 12 months. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Cybercriminals are increasingly shifting from automated scam-as-a-service to more advanced info stealer malware distributors as the competition for resources increases, and they look for new way to make profits, according to a report by Group-IB.

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Comparitech’s cryptocurrency heists tracker indicates that since 2011, hackers have stolen $7.9 billion in cryptocurrency worth about $45.5 billion in today’s value.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 19, 2023

Use cases for the Darwinium platform include account security, scam detection, account takeover, fraudulent new accounts, synthetic identities, and bot intelligence. The company claims that the update ensures customers remain in control of users’ data while also preventing Darwinian from becoming a target of cybercrime.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 30, 2022

Since the day we started receiving email, we have failed at protecting recipients from scams, phishes and other email messages that they don’t want. Every day, I see the failure in our technology. I’m sure you see it as well.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 16, 2021

When people come to us looking for help, one of the number one places they say they were scammed was on social media. These includes finance, education and social media giants. Social media… is one of the largest threat vectors,” said Judge. So there is a large role for social media to play in this space.”.

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Ransomware started out many years as scams where users were being tricked into paying fictitious fines for allegedly engaging in illegal online behavior or, in more serious cases, were blackmailed with compromising videos taken through their webcams by malware.

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The threat landscape is highly diverse and attacks range in sophistication from the most basic scams to nation-state-level cyberespionage. However, companies need to prioritize their defenses against the most common threats that are likely to impact them and their employees.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 3, 2022

of spam and scam.". In our transparency report we share how our teams plus automated systems are stopping the vast majority of fraudulent activity we detect in our community—around 96% of fake accounts and around 99.1% KrebsOnSecurity makes a few suggestions as to what LinkedIn could do to stop these fraudulent profiles from popping up.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

For more information about protecting your organization against deepfakes: “ How to prevent deepfakes in the era of generative AI ” (TechTarget) “ Deepfake scams escalate, hitting more than half of businesses ” (Cybersecurity Dive) “ The AI Threat: Deepfake or Deep Fake? critical infrastructure Boost the integrated cyber defenses of the U.S.

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2021

These scams exploit the fact that many businesses and organizations use cell phones to identify individuals for a host of accounts aside from mobile phone service. Last week the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) put out for comment its first set of consumer cybersecurity protection rules under the Biden administration.

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