The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2020

That, of course, presents the perfect environment for cybercrime that pivots off social engineering. Social engineering invariably is the first step in cyber attacks ranging from phishing and ransomware to business email compromise ( BEC ) scams and advanced persistent threat ( APT ) hacks.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Spear phishing is a targeted form of cybercrime that focuses on specific individuals or organizations. The selection process involves meticulous research and social engineering to help identify potential targets. It adds an extra layer of security beyond passwords. What Is Spear Phishing? Keep software updated.

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Phishing Identity Theft Social Engineering Scams 94

Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2023

Xplain hack impacted the Swiss cantonal police and Fedpol Zyxel published guidance for protecting devices from ongoing attacks Kimsuky APT poses as journalists and broadcast writers in its attacks New Linux Ransomware BlackSuit is similar to Royal ransomware CISA adds Progress MOVEit Transfer zero-day to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (..)

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

Rapid7 found a bypass for the recently patched actively exploited Ivanti EPMM bug Russian APT29 conducts phishing attacks through Microsoft Teams Hackers already installed web shells on 581 Citrix servers in CVE-2023-3519 attacks Zero-day in Salesforce email services exploited in targeted Facebook phishing campaign Burger King forgets to put a password (..)

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 16, 2021

A phishing campaign that Microsoft security researchers have been tracking for about a year highlights not only the ongoing success of social engineering efforts by hackers to compromise systems, but also the extent to which the bad actors will go to cover their tracks while stealing user credentials. Invoice-Themed Lures.

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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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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2024

Victims are tricked into installing this fake app under the guise of confirming their OTP (One-Time Password), which is then intercepted and transmitted to a command-and-control (C2C) server managed by the attacker. The use of Artificial Intelligence in cybercrime is not a completely novel concept.

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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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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2020

Voice phishing is a form of criminal phone fraud, using social engineering over the telephone system to gain access to private personal and financial information for the purpose of financial reward. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

According to the post created on September 4, the database also contains profiles of users who don’t have Clubhouse accounts, whose phone numbers might have been acquired by threat actors due to the company’s past insistence that users share their full contact lists with Clubhouse to use the social media platform. Is this a big deal?

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Cybercrime is a growth industry like no other. Often, a scammer will simply target the people in a company and fool them into giving up their personal details, account passwords, and other sensitive information and gain access that way. Social Tactics. In 2021 alone, IC3 received 847,376 complaints which amounted to $6.9

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SecureWorld News

JULY 27, 2023

Some highlights include: Stealers are primarily sold on cybercrime forums. Zero-Day attacks get the headlines when they happen, but users falling for phishing attacks or other social engineering attacks happen every day without fail. Their logs are sold on instant messaging platforms such as Telegram and Discord.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 10, 2021

Malware authors and social engineers have relied on shame and the threat of exposure for years. This threat comes from old passwords taken from password dumps—which have probably long since changed—which could lend some believed credibility to the threat. Shaming victims into action.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 23, 2021

The goal is to either score an executive password that will provide them with easy entry into business systems and data or facilitate BEC fraud – 72% of whaling attacks impersonate a trusted source. Business email compromise is a sticky, multifaceted cybercrime that almost inevitably starts with a phishing attack. Whale Phishing.

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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?

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Security Boulevard

JULY 19, 2023

Particularly in the workplace, staff can become overwhelmed with security warnings, IT alerts, cybersecurity policy documents, password change requests, or even media consumption of stories about data breaches at other companies. If employees aren't careful, they can fall for this social engineering tactic.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The multinational media conglomerate Thomson Reuters left a database with sensitive customer and corporate data exposed online. Thomson Reuters, a multinational media conglomerate, left an open database with sensitive customer and corporate data, including third-party server passwords in plaintext format. Media giant with $6.35

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 20, 2023

Executives have access to some of the company’s most sensitive information, and they’re increasingly being targeted by hackers looking to steal company secrets or to perpetrate cybercrimes. Executives also face risks from social media, where they are more visible and accessible than ever before.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

These developments would have, over the next decade or so, steadily and materially reduced society’s general exposure to cybercrime and online privacy abuses. Add to that widespread warnings to use social media circumspectly. Then COVID-19 came along and obliterated societal norms and standard business practices.

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

Cybercriminals have been using a phishing kit featuring fake Office 365 password alerts as a lure to target the credentials of chief executives, business owners and other high-level corporate leaders. Here, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos speaks about a recent development by Blue Origin, the space company he founded. Mark Wilson/Getty Images).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

“For instance, a “premium” page may include elements of social engineering, such as an appealing design, promises of large earnings, an anti-detection system and so on.” One-time password (OTP) bots. ” continues the report.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Phishing is a type of social engineering scam most commonly hidden in a fraudulent email but sometimes via text message, website, or phone call where a criminal posing as a legitimate institution, such as a bank or service, tries to obtain sensitive information from a target victim. Social Media Phishing. Voice Phishing.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Last year, we foresaw the APT and cybercrime worlds becoming more porous on an operational level. The targets included government and military agencies, defense contractors, political parties and consultancies, logistics companies, energy firms, universities, law firms and media companies.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 23, 2022

Microsoft and identity management platform Okta both this week disclosed breaches involving LAPSUS$ , a relatively new cybercrime group that specializes in stealing data from big companies and threatening to publish it unless a ransom demand is paid. ” LAPSUS$ leader Oklaqq a.k.a.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. It can be through email, placing them on file-sharing sites, or removable media such as USB sticks.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

When downloading the games from untrustworthy sources, players may receive malicious software that can gather sensitive data like login information or passwords from the victim’s device; and in an attempt to download a desired game for free, find a cool mod or cheat, gamers can actually lose their accounts or even money.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

That’s a crazy long time for an independent media outlet these days, but then again I’m bound to keep doing this as long as they keep letting me. Here’s a look at some of the more notable cybercrime stories from the past year, as covered by KrebsOnSecurity and elsewhere. KrebsOnSecurity turns 13 years old today.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

As shared in real-time with SC Media, Schrader used Shodan.io As Schrader explained, a malicious actor could take the data corresponding to patient, provider and radiology service provider to infer the location of the individual, which can easily be paired with data from other public sources and social media.

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Jane Frankland

AUGUST 18, 2020

That could be through common hacking techniques like phishing, bait and switch, cookie theft, deep fake , password cracking , social engineering , and so on. Typically, this way is supported by the media, regulators, investors, training companies and certifying bodies. Security intelligence comes with a high pay off.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Lazarus Group delivered additional malware such as a keylogger and password-dumping tool to collect more information. The threat actor behind the attacks contacted potential victims via social media or email and sent the initial malware through Skype. Final thoughts.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 29, 2022

There is a terrifying and highly effective “method” that criminal hackers are now using to harvest sensitive customer data from Internet service providers, phone companies and social media firms. ” On April 5, 2021, Everlynn posted a new sales thread to the cybercrime forum cracked[.]to

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SecureList

AUGUST 23, 2021

When trying to download something from the site, a chain of redirects lands the user on a download page and finally, drops a ZIP archive containing another password-protected ZIP and a text file with the key to unpack that. All they ask for is to share your social media handle or email and complete a couple of assignments.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In each case, the goal of the attackers was the same: Phish T-Mobile employees for access to internal company tools, and then convert that access into a cybercrime service that could be hired to divert any T-Mobile user’s text messages and phone calls to another device.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The email body employs social engineering techniques, for instance, to convince the user that they need to update their payment data, or that a lucrative deal awaits them on the phishing site. However, there are other ways of delivering phishing links, such as instant messages, social media, or SMS.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 22, 2020

According to The Times , Kirk first reached out to the group through a hacker who used the screen name “ lol ” on OGusers , a forum dedicated to helping users hijack and resell OG accounts from Twitter and other social media platforms. The account “@shinji,” a.k.a.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

????????Fifteen years after the launch of the microblogging social media platform, Twitter remains a dominant public forum for instant communication with individuals and organizations worldwide on a universe of topics, including #cybersecurity. Brian Krebs | @briankrebs. — Dave Kennedy (@HackingDave) July 15, 2020.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Phishers primarily seek to extract confidential information from victims, such as credentials or bank card details, while scammers deploy social engineering to persuade targets to transfer money on their own accord. Social engineering elements. The history of scams and phishing. URL shorteners.

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