SecureWorld News

JULY 10, 2025

The National Crime Agency (NCA) announced the arrests on July 10th following a coordinated operation that targeted suspected members of the notorious hacking group known as Scattered Spider. retail sector, raising urgent questions about the cyber resilience of even the country's most established brands.

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Hacker's King

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Train Employees Educating employees about phishing and social engineering tactics can reduce the likelihood of attackers gaining initial access to networks. Incident Response Planning Financial institutions must have a robust incident response plan in place, including regular drills to test readiness for cyber attacks.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2025

House banned WhatsApp on government devices due to security concerns Russia-linked APT28 use Signal chats to target Ukraine official with malware China-linked APT Salt Typhoon targets Canadian Telecom companies U.S.

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Hacker's King

MAY 24, 2025

In the contemporary and advanced society, cyber threats are on the rise in both quantity and sophistication. While these octopi of terror could spring from many sources, do you know what the very wellspring of most cyber attacks is? The threat lies in how real these messages seem, which is why education becomes important.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2025

The company banned a small network of accounts linked to “VAGue Focus,” a likely China-origin operation blending social engineering and influence tactics. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, ChatGPT accounts) . and Europe. .

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Zero Day

JUNE 22, 2025

And while financial costs may be a factor, individual victims may face targeted phishing campaigns, social engineering schemes, identity theft, and damage to credit.   Social engineering : A scammer may impersonate you to access your account.   Think you've been involved in a data breach?

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Hacker's King

JANUARY 5, 2025

You may also like to read: How Fake Account Detection Can Save You From Cyber Threats How Snapchat Fake Account Detection Works Snapchat employs various methods for fake account detection to uphold the integrity of its user base.

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Jane Frankland

JANUARY 12, 2025

These groups are also shifting toward more human-centric exploits , like social engineering and insider assistance. Insider threats are particularly insidious, as attackers increasingly rely on employeesmalicious or unwittingas entry points. But it doesnt stop there.

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Jane Frankland

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Nation-states and geopolitical tensions are increasingly fuelling modern cyber threats. According to Microsoft’s Digital Dfense Report 2024 , 37% of the 600 million attacks they face daily can be attributed to nation-state threat actors.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

While cybersecurity has its bad side (breaches, hacks, AI); it also has a good side (good practitioners and vendors fighting the good fight, AI). Ken Dunham, Cyber Threat Director at Qualys Threat Research Unit: Domestic and foreign adversaries, particularly from China, Russia and Iran, will escalate cyberattacks on critical U.S.

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Zero Day

JUNE 20, 2025

And while financial costs may be a factor, individual victims may face targeted phishing campaigns, social engineering schemes, identity theft, and damage to credit.   Social engineering : A scammer may impersonate you to access your account.   Think you've been involved in a data breach?

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Security Boulevard

JULY 10, 2025

Alleged arachnid arrests: Three teenage males and a young woman hauled away by cops, suspected of hacking huge retailers. The post 4 Arrests in Dawn Raid of Scattered-Spider Suspects appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 18, 2025

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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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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Acohido to share his ideas about the current cyber threat landscape, the biggest threats for businesses today, the role of AI and machine learning in cyberattacks and cyberdefence, and the most effective methods for companies to protect themselves. Erin: What are some of the biggest cyber threats that businesses face today?

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 5, 2023

United States and South Korean government agencies have jointly released a cybersecurity advisory shedding light on the cyber threat posed by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). At the forefront of these cyber threats is a group known as Kimusky.

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Tech Republic Security

JULY 28, 2023

Security experts from HackerOne and beyond weigh in on malicious prompt engineering and other attacks that could strike through LLMs.

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The Hacker News

MAY 17, 2023

A hacking group dubbed OilAlpha with suspected ties to Yemen's Houthi movement has been linked to a cyber espionage campaign targeting development, humanitarian, media, and non-governmental organizations in the Arabian peninsula.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Ransomware is undoubtedly one of the most unnerving phenomena in the cyber threat landscape. In many cases, the crooks hack managed service providers (MSPs) first and then use this access to compromise the partnering organizations. inch diskettes.

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Digital Shadows

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Russian-government–backed APT groups have waged a range of cyber attacks against Ukrainian targets since the beginning of 2022. The social engineering campaigns would have aimed to secure initial network access and extract sensitive information. Cybercriminals are no longer focused solely on chasing the money.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

While developing the insurance program the two companies have scored more than 20 crypto exchanges and crypto wallets providers using both open-source information, available on exchanges’ websites and analytical capabilities of Group-IB’s Threat Intelligence (TI) system. During this period, at least 13 crypto exchanges were hacked.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 5, 2023

North Korea has established a hacking group named APT43 to fund its cybercrime activities, aimed at advancing Pyongyang’s geopolitical interests. Since September 2021, the group of cyber criminals has shifted its focus to the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Telecom Adoption: 80% of telecom companies now use AI-powered cyber security tools to protect their networks, showing how AI is becoming more common in keeping complex systems safe. Executive Opinion: Nearly 70% of top executives see AI as crucial for tackling cyber threats, indicating a growing trust in AI to strengthen online defenses.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Gary Perkins, Chief Information Security Officer Social engineers rely on two key psychological triggers: urgency and empathy. Attackers don’t just hack systems; they hack people, and they’re exceptionally good at it.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Below is the list of the top threats during the reporting period of the ETL 2022: Ransomware: 60% of affected organisations may have paid ransom demands. Social engineering: Phishing remains a popular technique but we see new forms of phishing arising such as spear-phishing, whaling, smishing and vishing. social nature.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

Category News, Social Engineering. Several large companies were hacked in the first half of September. All of the attacks were carried out with relatively simple phishing and social engineering techniques. So far in September, IHG , Uber , and Rockstar Games have all been victims of major independent cyber attacks.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 10, 2025

The post Huge Food Wholesaler Paralyzed by Hack — is it Scattered Spider Again? UNFInished business: We were warned this would happen. And now here we are. appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2019

I’m proud to present you the ENISA Threat Landscape Report 2018 , the annual report published by the ENISA ETL group that provides insights on the evolution of the cyber threats in 2018. 2018 was characterized by significant changes in the cyber threat landscape especially for TTPs associated with threat agent groups.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2023

You may have all the recommended security controls and your employees may be well-trained when it comes to avoiding social engineering attacks. You cannot truly be prepared, however, until you test your defenses.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

In a concerning development for the cybersecurity community, researchers at ReversingLabs have uncovered a new campaign by the notorious North Korean hacking group, Lazarus. Use of sandbox environments: Balazs Greksza, Threat Response Lead at Ontinue, said, "It is recommended to use a sandbox environment for situations such as this."

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 13, 2023

The report outlines how cyber hacking groups are becoming more specialised and diversified, with some groups now using SME’s security systems as a training ground for new hackers to learn their trade. But worryingly they appear less concerned by cyber risk than a couple of years ago.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Retailers are becoming more vulnerable to cyber threats, especially as the industry continues to digitize and more e-commerce businesses emerge. More technology being used to increase operational efficiency means retailers face a higher risk of cyber incidents. Here’s how to stay ahead of the curve this holiday season.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Frank Abagnale, one of the world's most respected authorities on forgery, embezzlement, secure documents, cybercrime, and scams—and subject of the 2002 movie Catch Me If You Can — kicked off Vision 2023: Looking Ahead at Cyber Threats , a half-day educational event held live and recorded on December 13th.

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Hacker's King

JANUARY 3, 2025

By identifying and addressing these fraudulent profiles, you can protect your digital presence and minimize your exposure to cyber threats. YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO READ ABOUT: How Hackers Spy On Hacked Phone? With these technologies, fake account detection becomes more effective, reducing the risk of cyber threats.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2024

However, while companies struggle to stay ahead of emerging threats, there are several tools and approaches they can adopt to bolster their cybersecurity strategies. A Dynamic, Complex Threat Landscape Today’s cyber threat landscape is characterized by its dynamic and complex nature. She is also a regular writer at Bora.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 23, 2022

North Korea Cyber Threat Group ‘Lazarus’ Targets M1 Mac with Signed Executables. The post North Korea Cyber Threat Group ‘Lazarus’ Targets M1 Mac with Signed Executables appeared first on Security Boulevard. brooke.crothers. Tue, 08/23/2022 - 18:01. M1 MacBook and Intel. UTM Medium. UTM Source. UTM Campaign.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 3, 2023

New AI-powered cybercrime tools suggest that the capability of AI hacking tools may be evolving rapidly. In his blog post , Kelley shared a video from CanadianKingpin12 that suggests DarkBERT will go well beyond the social engineering capabilities of the earlier tools with new “concerning capabilities.”

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