CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 17, 2022

The aim behind the said social engineering attack is simple, one to trap employees with fake job offers and second to lure customers in signing up the page and then steal their currency. NOTE – Lazarus is also known in the world of cybercrime as Guardians of Peace and is being run and funded by the government of North Korea.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Phishing is one of the most common social engineering tactics cybercriminals use to target their victims. Cybersecurity experts are discussing a new trend in the cybercrime community called phishing-as-a-service. Businesses must prioritize education for employees so they can act as the company’s first defense.

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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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SecureWorld News

JULY 3, 2023

As we rely increasingly on digital technologies for our work, communication, entertainment, and education, we also expose ourselves to more and more cyber risks. According to PurpleSec, 98% of cybercrime relies on social engineering to accomplish it. Cybercrime is a highly profitable business. million by 2022.

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 13, 2023

Stay informed about the latest cyber threats, such as phishing, malware, ransomware, and social engineering attacks. Educate Yourself: Take the time to educate yourself about basic cybersecurity con-cepts and best practices. Additionally, consider using a firewall to add an extra layer of pro-tection to your network.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 19, 2022

These days, financial cybercrimes often involve Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Victims are lured into downloading the malware with a variety of social engineering tactics, including spearphishing. Educate users on social engineering attacks like spearphishing. Spearphishing campaigns.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 13, 2023

The economic impact of cybercrime on business across the globe continues to reach new levels, with the cost predicted to reach US$10.5 The data shows how perceptions around cyber and technology risks, from ransomware and other cyber-attacks to the threats posed by AI, are changing the global business risk landscape.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Ongoing education and skill development requires educating teams and ensuring employees become proactive contributors to organizational defense. They’ll make adept use of social engineering, leverage insider knowledge of systems and workflows and exploit weak cloud configurations and porly implemented multi-factor authentication.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Criminals tweaked existing forms of cybercrime to fit the pandemic narrative, abused the uncertainty of the situation and the public’s need for reliable information. In many cases, COVID-19 caused an amplification of existing cybercrimes, exacerbated by a significant increase in the number of people working from home.”.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 14, 2021

This gang of cybercriminals targets individuals within an organization with social engineering tactics designed to fool them into opening a document from a ZIP file attached to an email. How do hackers use social engineering? Employee education is a critical element of phishing prevention and threat detection.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 6, 2020

This can make them particularly susceptible to social engineering trickery, the trigger for online extortion and fraud campaigns, Bastable told me. BEC campaigns accounted for an estimated $26 billion in cybercrime-related losses reported to the FBI over a three year period. These are soft targets,” he says. It’s simple fraud.”

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Business Email Compromise (BEC), a type of phishing attack, results in the greatest financial losses of any cybercrime. Phishing attackers are increasingly using social engineering techniques to personalize their attacks and target specific individuals or organizations. billion USD globally.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Data from mental health apps will be used in accurately targeted social engineering attacks. Armed with details on the victim’s mental state, the attacker is likely to launch an extremely precise social engineering attack. Education platforms and the learning process. Gamification of education.

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Hacker's King

JULY 20, 2023

A simple definition of Denial Of Services (DOS) is a cybercrime attack in which the attacker floods the web server with internet traffic and it results in a server being down and prevents others from accessing that server or site. Follow the instructions and commands given below: git clone [link] cd quack && chmod +x install.sh

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2024

In an adaptive phishing campaign, attackers gather specific information about victims through various sources, such as social media, public websites, and previous data breaches. One of the key elements of these campaigns is social engineering, which aims to psychologically manipulate victims.

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IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

This can be done through educational programs at schools, colleges, and universities. Attacks such as hacking, phishing, ransomware and social engineering are on the rise. In the eyes of many, the war on cybercrime is being lost. Ransomware, identity theft, and other cybercrime is on the rise.

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Herjavec Group

MAY 19, 2022

Conduct regular social engineering tests on your employees to actively demonstrate where improvements need to be made. Build security awareness training modules to educate your employees on how to spot phishing emails or business-related scams. Subscribe to the US-CERT and to Herjavec Group’s Threat Advisory communications.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

He previously chronicled the emergence of cybercrime while covering Microsoft for USA TODAY. Byron: Companies often underestimate threats, neglect basic cyber hygiene, and fail to educate employees on cybersecurity. Erin: What are some of the most common social engineering tactics that cybercriminals use?

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IT Security Guru

DECEMBER 1, 2022

During the last few years, we have all become witnesses to intense cybercrime and sophisticated cyberattacks. As cybercrime continues to increase, the human element can play the most important role in cybersecurity posture and hygiene. These training programs imitate cyberattacks and educate people about existing malware.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 31, 2024

Social engineering: Deepfakes can impersonate celebrities, extract sensitive information from fans, or manipulate public opinion. Media literacy: Educating the public on how to identify deepfakes is crucial to mitigate their impact. Legal frameworks: The U.S.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

We can therefore expect that cybercrime groups from either block will feel safe to attack companies from the opposing side. We expect cyberthreats to rise in 2023, as unrest in the world contributes to an increase in cybercrimes. I believe cybercrime is the biggest threat to end-users, but mainly in an indirect fashion.

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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.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Social engineering. Malware, social engineering , and cyber attacks. Types of cyber threats There are multiple ways to categorize cybersecurity threats. By source: Physical damage. For example, a natural disaster destroys the company’s hardware causing data loss. Cyberattack.

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This signals a new era of cybercrime where private data becomes prized currency, putting every email address and credit card number at risk. Major Breaches of 2023 Casino operator attacks: Casino giants MGM and Caesars were hit by disruptive cyberattacks in September involving concerning tactics such as social engineering.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 25, 2022

Social engineering. Social engineering is a method of attack in which a malicious person uses psychological manipulation to induce specific actions. Unlike other hacking attacks, this method does not use engineered systems or state-of-the-art software. Educating the end-user . Domain spoofing.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Increased risk of cyberattacks The rising cost of living can lead to an increase in cybercrime, as people become more desperate to make money. Educate employees about cybersecurity Employees are often the first line of defense against cyberattacks. Investing in security awareness training has a bottom line impact. trillion by 2025.

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 29, 2023

If season 4 was a nod to 2021’s Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, season 5 takes a stab at the more political side of cybercrime. The season’s antagonist, Cyrus, sums the season – and his intentions – up perfectly: ‘Money? You think this is about money? The Verdict Season 5 of The Inside Man is well worth a watch.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Alyssa Miller, Business Information Security Officer (BISO) for S&P Global Ratings, presented on the importance of threat modeling at the 2021 Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) Conference, and the quote below is one that consistently rings true about education and collaboration to get ahead of security risks. "I Ransomware.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

As the reports covering all of 2022 start trickling in, we can see that cybercrime and other types of fraud had a major impact last year. Businesses Many financials not only carry the burden of protecting their customers, but are also at risk of falling victim to cybercrime themselves. Delivering customer education campaigns.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 24, 2021

A new blog post report has shone a light on the malicious practice known as voice phishing or vishing – a social engineering tactic that some cyber experts say has only grown in prominence since COVID-19 forced employees to work from home. (Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons).

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Shared service providers are being increasingly targeted by cybercrime cartels to manifest island hopping," he said. Educate your staff. Staff should be taught social engineering tactics and red flags of a system attack, so they can alert the right personnel quickly should an attack occur.

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Social engineering techniques, such as phishing, target not the systems but the people using them. So with European Cybersecurity Month here, now’s a good time to familiarise ourselves again with a popular cybercrime tactic. After all, it’s called social engineering for a reason. The song remains the same.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

The rise of cybercrime has only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, with Interpol describing the advance of cyberattacks coming at "an alarming pace." Cybercrime has evolved—and so has cybersecurity. It is certainly the case that specific industries are more likely to be targeted with specific types of cybercrime.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2022

In November 2019, Europol announced to have dismantled the global organized cybercrime ring behind the Imminent Monitor RAT. According to the Australian police, the RAT cost about AUD$35 (US$25) and was allegedly advertised on a cybercrime forum. ” reads a press release published by the Australian Federal Police (AFP).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2023

This certainly necessitates a significant amount of social engineering. This certainly necessitates a significant amount of social engineering. This increasingly popular scam is often run by criminal gangs in Southeast Asia, where the affair is called “Sha Zhu Pan,” a Chinese phrase that means “ pig butchering.”

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Security Through Education

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In fact, cybercrime was reported as “thriving during the pandemic,” especially driven by a surge in phishing attacks and ransomware. In a recent UK survey , one in five workers report feeling more vulnerable to cybercrime since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Security Impact of Burnout. Don’t Suffer in Silence.

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