SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The hackers rely heavily on social engineering tactics to distribute the malware. Once installed, GoldPickaxe can harvest facial scans and identity documents, intercept text messages, and more. The malware has been active since 2023, specifically targeting victims in Vietnam and Thailand.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2025

With the help of these documents, even inexperienced operators with limited hacking skills can quickly acquire the necessary expertise to successfully forward counterfeit EDRs.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2025

In a documented instance, attackers used a ClickFix social engineering tactic to trick users into running a PowerShell command that downloads and installs Node.js Another notable technique observed by researchers in recent campaign employs inline JavaScript execution via Node.js to deploy malicious payloads. components.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

In due course, the malicious actor was able to partially compromise our infrastructure, and gain access to document storage.” “Our security team investigated and confirmed threat actor activity, including social engineering of a limited number of GoDaddy employees. ” In the early morning hours of Nov.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 13, 2023

“Gaining access to sensitive and privileged documents, stealing and deleting documents as part of a ransomware attack or replacing real documents with malicious copies to further infect users in the organization.” ” There are at least three other vulnerabilities fixed this month that earned a collective 9.8

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2021

Abnormal Security documented how it tied the email back to a young man in Nigeria who acknowledged he was trying to save up money to help fund a new social network he is building called Sociogram. Image: Abnormal Security. .

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SecureWorld News

MAY 9, 2025

The method, known as "ClickFix," leverages social engineering to bypass traditional email-based defenses. The LOSTKEYS malware shows how attackers are getting smarter at tricking people and sneaking past basic security tools, especially by using fake websites and social engineering to get users to run harmful scripts," said J.

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Webroot

MARCH 3, 2025

Medical identity theft Medical identity theft happens when someone steals or uses your personal information like your name, Social Security number, or Medicare details, to get healthcare in your name. Social engineering attacks Social engineering attacks occur when someone uses a fake persona to gain your trust.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 9, 2024

Most of the flaws that Microsoft deems “more likely to be exploited” this month are marked as “important,” which usually involve bugs that require a bit more user interaction (social engineering) but which nevertheless can result in system security bypass, compromise, and the theft of critical assets.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 11, 2023

Intro In February 2022, Microsoft disabled VBA macros on documents due to their frequent use as a malware distribution method. OneNote documents have emerged as a new infection vector, which contain malicious code that executes when the document is interacted with. However, the best defense is always prevention.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 16, 2025

The stolen information was then used in social engineering scams that tricked users into giving away their crypto. Masked Social Security numbers (last four digits). Limited internal corporate documentation. Masked bank account details and identifiers. Government-issued ID images.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 10, 2024

Google and Apple look to give users better protections against social engineering attacks like phishing, with Google giving high-risk users access to the APP service with a passkey and Apple educating users about the threats with a detailed support document in the wake of a recent smishing campaign.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2022

“They would just keep jamming a few individuals to get [remote] access, read some onboarding documents, enroll a new 2FA [two-factor authentication method] and exfiltrate code or secrets, like a smash-and-grab,” the CXO said. ” Like LAPSUS$, these vishers just kept up their social engineering attacks until they succeeded.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The vulnerability allows attackers to craft documents that won’t get tagged with Microsoft’s “Mark of the Web,” despite being downloaded from untrusted sites. ” Speaking of malicious documents, Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative highlights CVE-2022-44713 , a spoofing vulnerability in Outlook for Mac.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This social engineering scheme has been amplified by targeted phishing, smishing, and vishing activities, with a noticeable increase around the winter holidays. In one documented call reported by Resecurity, the victim was contacted by an individual with an Indian accent and background noise typical of call centers.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 8, 2025

Xanthorox vision can analyze images and screenshots to extract sensitive data or interpret visual content useful for cracking passwords or reading stolen documents. Xanthorox reasoner advanced mimics human reasoning, helping attackers craft more believable phishing messages or manipulate targets through social engineering.

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The Hacker News

JULY 30, 2021

The attacks — dubbed "BazaCall" — eschew traditional social engineering techniques that rely on rogue URLs and malware-laced documents in favor of a vishing-like method wherein targeted users are

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The Hacker News

APRIL 23, 2025

The highly targeted social engineering operations, per Volexity, are a shift from previously documented attacks that leveraged a technique known as device code

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Penetration Testing

APRIL 1, 2025

The Gootloader malware has resurfaced with a fresh campaign that blends old-school social engineering with modern ad-based delivery. The post Gootloader Returns with Fake Legal Document Lure via Google Ads appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

Mandiant , Proofpoint and other experts say Lazarus has long used these bogus LinkedIn profiles to lure targets into opening a malware-laced document that is often disguised as a job offer. The malware was found inside of a document that offered an employment contract at the multinational bank HSBC. Microsoft Corp.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 14, 2024

“CVE-2024-30051 is used to gain initial access into a target environment and requires the use of social engineering tactics via email, social media or instant messaging to convince a target to open a specially crafted document file,” Narang said.

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Bleeping Computer

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A new iOS and Android trojan named 'GoldPickaxe' employs a social engineering scheme to trick victims into scanning their faces and ID documents, which are believed to be used to generate deepfakes for unauthorized banking access. [.]

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Security Through Education

MAY 5, 2025

To me, one the most appealing aspects of becoming a professional social engineer was red teaming on an onsite job. I finally got to go on an onsite social engineering adversarial simulation (often referred to as physical pen testing). As a team, we got together at the end of each day to ensure all details were documented.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 26, 2020

For several years beginning around 2010, a lone teenager in Vietnam named Hieu Minh Ngo ran one of the Internet’s most profitable and popular services for selling “ fullz ,” stolen identity records that included a consumer’s name, date of birth, Social Security number and email and physical address.

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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. As documented by Group-IB, the group pivoted from its access to Twilio to attack at least 163 of its customers. Twilio disclosed in Aug.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Be sure to secure server rooms, document archives, and other sensitive areas that could be involved in the incident. Social engineering techniques enable them to bypass technical security measures effectively. Physical security must also be addressed.

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Heimadal Security

JULY 15, 2022

Researchers have uncovered a new phishing kit that, under the guise of security controls, injects malware into legitimate WordPress sites and uses a fake PayPal-branded social engineering scam to trick targets into handing over their most sensitive data. This data includes government documents, photos, and even financial information.

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The program in question is a payload generation framework called MacroPack, which is used to generate Office documents, Visual Basic scripts, Windows shortcuts, and other formats for penetration testing and social engineering assessments. It was developed

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 3, 2022

PuTTY, KiTTY, TightVNC, Sumatra PDF Reader, and the muPDF/Subliminal Recording software installer have been backdoored to perform a wide range of social engineering campaigns that started in April 2022. Targets were encouraged to apply for open positions in legitimate companies. Also read: How Hackers Evade Detection.

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The Hacker News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The cyber espionage threat actor tracked as Earth Kitsune has been observed deploying a new backdoor called WhiskerSpy as part of a social engineering campaign. Previously documented intrusions have entailed the use of watering holes

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

“Another social engineering technique the threat actor uses to lure the employee into interacting with the email is giving the messages urgency, asking the recipient to review them or they will be deleted after three days.” ” continues the report.

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SC Magazine

MAY 11, 2021

AWS System Manager (SSM) misconfigurations led to the potential exposure of more than 5 million documents with personally identifiable information and credit card transactions on more than 3,000 SSM documents. AWS SSM documents contain the operations that an AWS systems manager performs on a company’s cloud assets.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In an interesting new development, AMOS is now being delivered to Mac users via a fake browser update chain tracked as ‘ClearFake’ This may very well be the first time we see one of the main social engineering campaigns, previously reserved for Windows, branch out not only in terms of geolocation but also operating system.

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Heimadal Security

JUNE 8, 2023

Kimsuky, the notorious North Korean nation-state threat actor, has been linked to a social engineering campaign targeting experts on North Korean affairs in order to steal Google credentials and deliver reconnaissance malware.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 10, 2022

By using social engineering or phishing, attackers can trick users into visiting a fake website or opening a malicious document or file and ultimately gain remote code execution on compromised systems. To read this article in full, please click here

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2023

During the reporting period, key findings include: DDoS and ransomware rank the highest among the prime threats, with social engineering, data related threats, information manipulation, supply chain, and malware following.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Great documentation and easy to learn. Provides a complete documentation. Great documentation. BeEF , or Browser Exploitation Framework, makes classic tasks such as enumeration, phishing, or social engineering seamless. Supports multiple programming and scripting languages. Easy to learn and use.

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