Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2025

Qantas has also set up a dedicated support line and webpage to keep customers informed, and will provide ongoing updates through its website and social media. “We The cybercriminals are using social engineering techniques to gain access to target organizations by impersonating employees or contractors.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

SpyLoan apps exploit social engineering to gain sensitive user data and excessive permissions, leading to extortion, harassment, and financial loss. Some of the malicious apps were promoted through deceptive advertising on social media.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 18, 2025

They can profess their empty love to you across your social media apps. They use it to check emails, browse the internet, make phone calls, scroll through social media, and text family and friends. A romance scam, similarly, can start on a social media platform but can move into a messaging service like WhatsApp.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Deepfakes involve AI-generated synthetic media that convincingly mimics real individuals' voices and faces. Evolution of social engineering Social engineering exploits human psychology to manipulate individuals into revealing sensitive information or taking harmful actions.

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Webroot

MARCH 3, 2025

March is a time for leprechauns and four-leaf clovers, and as luck would have it, its also a time to learn how to protect your private data from cybercrime. Online shopping scams An online shopping scam usually involves a fake online store or app, which appears legitimate and is promoted on social media or other authentic websites.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Last year saw a 110% rise in cybercrime in the lead up to Valentine's Day. And 2025 will be no different, as increasingly sophisticated online hackers seek to take advantage of Valentine's themed email traffic, social media advertisements, or marketing campaigns, and exploit heightened emotions and a desire to connect.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The group used the chatbot to receive support in Android malware development and to create a scraper for the social media platform Instagram. OpenAI’s report also detailed the use of ChatGPT by another Iranian threat actor, tracked Storm-0817.

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2025

Google warns that the cybercrime group Scattered Spider behind UK retailer attacks is now targeting U.S. The financially motivated group UNC3944 (also known as Scattered Spider , 0ktapus ) is known for social engineering and extortion. They exploit help desks and outsourced IT via social engineering for high-impact attacks.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 6, 2025

USB-borne threats are resurging: 13% of threats were introduced via removable media—still a glaring vulnerability in many industrial settings. USB and removable media: The forgotten threat vector Honeywell continues to track high-risk threats delivered via USB devices. OT defenders must plan for: Hybrid threats (e.g.,

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 14, 2025

The evolution of cybercrime is shifting into hyperdrive. With these insights, security personnel know which attack vectors to watch more closely, how to orchestrate the defenses, and what new phishing and social engineering trends to warn employees about.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

These agents could even hold people for ransom by matching stolen data online with publicly known email addresses or social media accounts, composing messages and holding entire conversations with victims who believe a human hacker out there has access to their Social Security Number, physical address, credit card info, and more.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

US Justice Department says cybercrime forum allegedly affected 17 million Americans Cybercrime is increasingly complex. What are the risks?

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SecureWorld News

JULY 21, 2025

The imperative for enhanced cybersecurity in Europe The digital environment in Europe is increasingly fraught with persistent threat activity, characterized by sophisticated nation-state actors from Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, as well as financially motivated cybercrime syndicates using tactics like Ransomware-as-a-Service.

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SecureList

MARCH 25, 2025

The attackers employed social engineering techniques to trick victims into sharing their financial data or making a payment on a fake page. ” scams to complex social engineering plots with fake stores and delivery tracking apps. We analyzed phishing detections separately for users of our home and business products.

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Webroot

APRIL 22, 2025

Here are some of the most likely targets for access to consumer data: Healthcare organizations : Healthcare companies are a prime target for cybercrime due to the large amounts of sensitive data they store, which includes personal information and medical records. This makes it accessible to a worldwide network of criminals.

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Zero Day

JUNE 22, 2025

In the headline for a  recent story published by Cybernews , the cybersecurity media outlet said that 16 billion passwords were exposed in a record-breaking data breach, opening access to Facebook, Google, Apple, and any other service imaginable.   Social engineering : A scammer may impersonate you to access your account.

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Hacker's King

JANUARY 5, 2025

Snapchat, one of the most widely used social media platforms, often seems like a trustworthy space where users believe they are engaging with genuine individuals. Detecting these fake accounts is vital to prevent scams, phishing, and other cybercrimes, ultimately preserving the trust of Snapchat users.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2024

CISA adds ScienceLogic SL1 flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog VMware failed to fully address vCenter Server RCE flaw CVE-2024-38812 Cisco states that data published on cybercrime forum was taken from public-facing DevHub environment Internet Archive was breached twice in a month Unknown threat actors exploit Roundcube Webmail flaw (..)

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Jane Frankland

JANUARY 12, 2025

Threat Actors Cybersecurity threats are growing more complex and persistent, driven by the heightened activities of nation-state actors and increasingly sophisticated cybercrime groups. Organised Cybercrime Groups Up Their Game Cybercriminals arent resting on old tactics with cybercrime expected to hit $12 trillion in 2025.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The proliferation of cybercrime guides on forums and a 7% rise in insider threat content, driven by significant financial incentives, highlight the growing complexity of cybersecurity challenges. This incident shows that while security tools are essential, phishing emails can still slip through.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 10, 2025

The breaches have been linked to a prolific but loosely-affiliated cybercrime group dubbed “ Scattered Spider ,” whose other recent victims include multiple airlines. His real name was omitted from a September 2024 story about the group because he was not yet charged in that incident.

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Jane Frankland

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The report explores major findings and this year it put a spotlight on the complexity of the cybersecurity landscape, which is intensified by geopolitical tensions, emerging technologies, supply chain interdependencies, and cybercrime sophistication. Nation-states and geopolitical tensions are increasingly fuelling modern cyber threats.

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2025

. “Threat actors are now using TikTok videos that are potentially generated using AI-powered tools to socially engineer users into executing PowerShell commands under the guise of guiding them to activate legitimate software or unlock premium features.” ” reads the report published by Trend Micro.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 29, 2025

Italian media reported that at least Moratti actually transferred money in response to this fake request. When Defense Minister Crosetto found out about this vishing attack, he informed Italian law enforcement and posted about the incident on social media." These new social engineering tactics don't rely on mass emails.

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Zero Day

JUNE 20, 2025

In the headline for a  recent story published by Cybernews , the cybersecurity media outlet said that 16 billion passwords were exposed in a record-breaking data breach, opening access to Facebook, Google, Apple, and any other service imaginable.   Social engineering : A scammer may impersonate you to access your account.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 12, 2025

X marks the botnet: Outage outrage was a Ukrainian cyberattack, implies our favorite African billionaire comedy villain. The post No, Elon X DDoS was NOT by Ukraine appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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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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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.

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Joseph Steinberg

OCTOBER 24, 2022

An online cybersecurity event with 2,500 people already logged in had to be cancelled after suspected cybercriminals launched a social engineering attack in the event’s chat window.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Social engineering attacks have long been a threat to businesses worldwide, statistically comprising roughly 98% of cyberattacks worldwide. Given the much more psychologically focused and methodical ways that social engineering attacks can be conducted, it makes spotting them hard to do.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Social engineering techniques are becoming increasingly sophisticated and are exploiting multiple emerging means, such as deep fakes. The increasing use of videoconferencing platforms and the various forms of remote work also adopted in the post-emergency covid make interpersonal collaborations increasingly virtual.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

For now at least, they appear to be focusing primarily on companies in the financial, telecommunications and social media industries. Zack Allen is director of threat intelligence for ZeroFOX , a Baltimore-based company that helps customers detect and respond to risks found on social media and other digital channels.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2024

A 22-year-old man from the United Kingdom arrested this week in Spain is allegedly the ringleader of Scattered Spider , a cybercrime group suspected of hacking into Twilio , LastPass , DoorDash , Mailchimp , and nearly 130 other organizations over the past two years. man arrested was a SIM-swapper who went by the alias “ Tyler.”

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 5, 2023

Specifically, the advisory highlights the utilization of social engineering techniques by DPRK state-sponsored cyber actors, with a focus on their hacking activities targeting think tanks, academia, and media organizations worldwide. At the forefront of these cyber threats is a group known as Kimusky.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

2022 that an intrusion had exposed a “limited number” of Twilio customer accounts through a sophisticated social engineering attack designed to steal employee credentials. “Brickings” are among the “violence-as-a-service” offerings broadly available on many cybercrime channels.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 16, 2023

But after the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, the focus of hackers has shifted more towards the smart phones with more phishing and social engineering attacks recorded in a 2nd quarter of 2022. The post Hackers shifting cybercrime focus towards smart phones and tablets appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

We can learn a lot from the cybercrime of the past…the history of cybercrime is a glimpse into what we can expect in the future. In the past 18 months, we’ve experienced the beginning of an era that has seen cybersecurity and cybercrime at the center of it all. Dateline Cybercrime . Robert Herjavec.

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