Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2021

According to the latest figures (PDF) released by the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), the reported losses from BEC scams continue to dwarf other cybercrime loss categories, increasing to $1.86 billion in 2020. .

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 18, 2023

Impersonation Scams. These range from simple to sophisticated scams to convince you they are genuine, in hopes that you feel comfortable sharing personal or financial information whether on the phone, via email, or text. Although BEC attacks may be targeted at business, they can also be used to scam individual people.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2020

As coronavirus-themed cyber attacks ramp up, consumers and companies must practice digital distancing to keep themselves protected. That, of course, presents the perfect environment for cybercrime that pivots off social engineering. Sadly, coronavirus phishing and ransomware hacks already are in high gear.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The vast majority of cyber attacks against organizations pivot off the weakest security link: employees. The good news is that companies today have ready access to a wide variety of tools that can simulate common types of attacks and boost employee awareness. It follows a four-step cycle for each attack-vector individually.

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Appknox

JUNE 23, 2022

More threats were detected on iOS than Android devices; 68% of Australian CISOs expect their organization to suffer a material cyber-attack within the next year. Apple iOS users often fall prey to mobile scams; around 30.1% Anti-virus giant, Kaspersky, blocked 6,463,414 mobile malware, adware, and risk-ware attacks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 16, 2023

School districts are constantly being targeted by cyber attacks, leading to data breaches and information misuse. Following basic cybersecurity hygiene by students and staff while sharing the data is also important, as it avoids being targeted by phishing scams or other type of social engineering attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

As a matter of fact, the most-reported crime in the 2021 Internet Crime Report report was phishing , a social engineering scam wherein the victim receives a deceptive message from someone in an attempt to get the victim to reveal personal information or account credentials or to trick them into downloading malware.

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Security Through Education

MARCH 3, 2021

Many Corporations are taking extensive measures to protect themselves from cyber-attacks. However, they often overlook the role of social engineering in cyber security. Indeed, even the most experienced IT professional can be a victim of this type of attack. Knowledge is power.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

There are simple steps consumers can take today, for free, to lower their overall risk of a cyber attack, including using multi-factor authentication for their accounts and using strong passwords. Also, one of the top ways attackers can target individuals is via social engineering or phishing.

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Security Through Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

This was the case with the recent MGM cyber-attack , during which the hackers reportedly gained access to MGM’s internal systems by calling the company’s help desk and asking for a password reset. The truth is, even if we’re aware of these scam calls, we can still fall for them. It’s easy to think: “I would never fall for that.”

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In this case, though, while the news that 10 million JD Sports customers may have been impacted by a cyber attack has only just arrived, the data potentially accessed in that attack is already several years old. Fake parcels and deliveries, in particular, are wonderfully sneaky scam tactics and very successful.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Security firm Group-IB has estimated that in H2 2017-H1 2018 cyber attacks caused $49.4 Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks, has estimated that in H2 2017-H1 2018 cyber attacks caused $49.4 million (2.96 billion rubles) of damage to Russia’s financial sector.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 1, 2021

It is an online scam attack quite similar to Phishing. It is a type of social engineering cyberattack in which the website’s traffic is manipulated to steal confidential credentials from the users. Pharming is one of the dangerous cyber attacks as it requires minimal user intervention. A few more tips.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

How to protect your organization from a social engineering attack. At the root of many of these attacks is a malicious actor masquerading as a corporate IT manager or other technical role. This tactic is called social engineering and is one of the key methods used in attacks that result in data breaches.

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SC Magazine

JULY 9, 2021

While voice fraud isn’t new, this is the first reported example of an audio deepfake scam, and although some doubt the veracity of this story , it highlights the potentially massive threat that deepfakes pose to businesses. Faced with more advanced scams, employees will find it even more difficult to tell what’s real from what’s fake.

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Security Through Education

DECEMBER 21, 2022

An attacker can easily find these types of automatic replies by means of mass phishing campaigns. This time of year also brings a surge of promotional scams. With the increase of malware related scams mentioned at the outset, it is important to be on guard when searching through our inbox. Beware of Delivery Scams!

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Staying safe online is not just a worry for parents of young children and teenagers – organizations are also constantly at risk from cyber-attacks, which is why training staff to reduce the likelihood of any such attack is crucial. The rise of cyber-attacks and phishing. Remote working risks.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 3, 2022

The CRI study noted five major cyber threats: Social engineering and phishing attacks that gain entrance to networks via scam emails with malicious attachments or links. Fileless attacks that take over legitimate system tools. Fileless attacks that take over legitimate system tools. Ransomware.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This could help improve the scammers in writing better and much more convincing scam emails than we are used to.". One potential use of a language model in infosecurity is to generate phishing emails or social engineering attacks that are difficult for humans to distinguish from genuine communication.

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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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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2019

As long as cyber attacks continue, financial institutions will remain a prime target, for obvious reasons. Yet, they are much less well equipped to detect and repel cyber attackers, who are relentlessly seeking out and exploiting the fresh attack vectors spinning out of expansion of mobile banking.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Social engineering attacks are becoming more robust, so retailers must follow some of these tips when forming a cybersecurity plan for their brick-and-mortar or online businesses. Hackers may target those who may not know how to fend off a cyber attack or scam. Train staff members.

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Cytelligence

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Ransomware attacks, where hackers encrypt critical data and demand a ransom for its release, have become alarmingly common. In addition, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, Business Email Compromise (BEC), and phishing scams continue to pose significant threats.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 18, 2022

She said the first documented attack was in 1989 via a floppy disk, with the cyber attacker asking for a $189 ransom to be sent to a P.O. By 2031, damages from ransomware attacks will cost $265 billion in U.S. dollars; by 2035, there will be about one attack every two seconds. Box in Panama.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Cyber threat actors, with varying resources and motivations, are highly interested in these eye-catching events too. Scams could present themselves in many forms. 100% NOT a pyramid scheme Social media pages are not the only concern when it comes to brand and logo theft.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

This quirk made the attack look more trustworthy and added a layer of flexibility to these scams. The main reason why these campaigns exploded so dramatically was that they used previously leaked NSA exploits called EternalBlue and DoublePulsar, which made the attacks absolutely inconspicuous and therefore almost impossible to prevent.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 22, 2021

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. Through phishing. Who’s at risk?”

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

When the pandemic struck, online bad actors took it as an opportunity to double-down on their attacks through ransomware, malware, and social engineering. The Rising Risks The widespread shift to a work-from-home (WFH) economy left countless networks vulnerable to cyber attacks. Article by Beau Peters.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

In a typical BEC scam , an imposter carries out a con to persuade a subordinate employee to wire funds directly into a bank account controlled by the fraudsters. 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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Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Here are only seven out of 26 topics: Insider threats Passwords Security of mobile devices Social engineering Viruses Email security Human error To start the course, you need to register and choose the type of account you need. In case of falling for a scam, you or your staff are getting an email with a related lesson.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Still, little was reported about the details of the cyber incident, including who the attackers are, how the cyberattack happened, and the social engineering methods used to make the email look official. Monadnock Ledger-Transcript , a local newspaper, provided an update about recouping the costs.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

This new model of hyper-distributed data creates a much broader attack surface than existed before. In addition, telemedicine has generated a larger pool for potential phishing scams as well as other socially-engineered, and technically based, attacks (e.g., ransomware). Sensitive medical data is not protected.

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Herjavec Group

DECEMBER 15, 2021

For cyber actors, it’s a lucrative cyber attack option that can be delivered in various ways. On top of this, the consequences of rapid digital transformation due to the COVID-19 Pandemic created the perfect storm for successful ransomware attacks.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

DDoS (denial-of-service attack) – a type of a cyber attack which makes the site user wants to visit unusable by flooding it with malicious traffic. Hacking and Social Engineering Attack vector – a specific method used by a hacker to accomplish his malicious goal.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Threat actors are continually looking for better ways to target organizations, here are the top five attack vectors to look out for in 2022. Malicious actors are continually looking for better ways to carry out successful cyber attacks. Phishing scams remain such a widely used attack vector because of their efficiency.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 25, 2022

The cyber attack succeeded when one of Sequoia’s employees fell victim to a phishing attack. Social engineering. Social engineering is a method of attack in which a malicious person uses psychological manipulation to induce specific actions. Phishing and spear-phishing are types of scams.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 10, 2023

The consistent implementation of firewall best practices establish a strong defense against cyber attacks to secure sensitive data, protect the integrity and continuity of business activities, and ensure network security measures function optimally. Why It Matters Preventing social engineering attacks requires user awareness.

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