SecureWorld News

MARCH 1, 2023

To top it off, the average amount of money requested in wire transfer business email compromise (BEC) scams reached a whopping $93,881. For instance, when winter holidays are around the corner, it's time to be wary of scams in which criminals try to bait people with bogus promos and giveaways.

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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. Hackers are routinely attempting novel ways to infiltrate corporate networks so it’s important to ensure that your employees are aware of how their online behavior can make them – and you – more vulnerable.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

Allen said a typical voice phishing or “vishing” attack by this group involves at least two perpetrators: One who is social engineering the target over the phone, and another co-conspirator who takes any credentials entered at the phishing page and quickly uses them to log in to the target company’s VPN platform in real-time.

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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. According to Iyer, it’s relatively easy and cheap for cybercriminals set up this kind of scam. “

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

As we mentioned in a previous blog , hackers come in many forms, but their methods can generally be classified into three distinct types of cybercriminals: The Impersonator – Hackers that pretend to be others, often using social engineering and human psychology to trick users. Let’s look at a few primary examples. Who is the Impersonator?

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 30, 2023

As is the case with another notorious Google Docs phishing scam , security tools don't interpret such a message as malicious because it is sent by Google. This approach adds a layer of feigned legitimacy and obfuscation to a scam, making it very difficult for security-minded users and protection systems to identify it.

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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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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

This quirk made the attack look more trustworthy and added a layer of flexibility to these scams. The plummeting price of Bitcoin in 2018, combined with the growth of users’ overall security awareness and better protection practices, caused ransomware operators to rethink their strategies. pharma giant ExecuPharm.

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

.” If these executives are tricked into giving away their passwords via malicious phishing pages – which are hosted on legitimate sites – then the criminals can use those passwords “for the purpose of conducting additional phishing attacks, gaining access to sensitive information or conducting other social engineering attacks.”

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SC Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

Since it’s a consumer-facing industry, we can surmise that some fraud is involved, especially if domains are serving up malware or being used for social engineering…”. These scams are often designed to trick site visitors into giving up their PII, login credentials and payment information, or to deliver malware to unsuspecting victims.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 27, 2021

At the same time, seemingly endless scams can financially impact your end-users and even your personal life. If these things are true, how do we share information with others in a way that is proven to work and create a culture of security? Security awareness and how you talk about cybersecurity.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The post Emerging Technologies, Evolving Threats: Strategies for Future-Proofing Data Security appeared first on Security Boulevard. With AI's ability to learn from data and continuously refine its tactics, cybercriminals can create more sophisticated, elusive and difficult-to-detect malware.

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SC Magazine

MAY 5, 2021

The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) in March released its 2020 Internet Crime Report with updated statistics on Business Email Compromise (BEC), Email Account Compromise (EAC), and COVID-19 scams. Security pros know better. Tips for security leaders. Organizations must navigate cybercrime at all times.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 25, 2022

We repeatedly say that companies need to invest significantly in advanced protection tools and security awareness, including a Zero Trust approach. Social engineering. Social engineering is a method of attack in which a malicious person uses psychological manipulation to induce specific actions. Domain spoofing.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

This report provides intelligence and indicators of compromise (IOCs) that organizations can use to fight current attacks, anticipate emerging threats, and manage security awareness in a better way. In addition, the report highlights the threats, trends, and key takeaways of threats observed and reported into 0xSI_f33d. in Q2 2022.

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Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2022

This report provides intelligence and indicators of compromise (IOCs) that organizations can use to fight current attacks, anticipate emerging threats, and manage security awareness in a better way. In addition, the report highlights the threats, trends, and key takeaways of threats observed and reported into 0xSI_f33d. in Q1 2022.

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Webroot

JULY 6, 2022

Social engineering attacks like phishing, baiting and scareware have skyrocketed to take the top spot as the #1 cause of cybersecurity breaches. So what makes social engineering so effective? When cybercriminals use social engineering tactics, they prey on our natural instinct to help one another. How to spot social engineering.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 26, 2023

A new potential cybercrime tool called "FraudGPT" appears to be an AI bot exclusively being used for offensive purposes, such as crafting spear phishing emails, creating cracking tools, carding, and more nefarious activities. It's the cybercrime economy's version of next-gen product development for the phishing kit model.

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