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Disability Access Within the Field of Social Engineering

Security Through Education

I’ve seen people with disabilities in online discussions and on the Social Engineer Slack channel exploring suitable career paths. Information Security Industry’s Flexibility for Disability Accessibility The field of information security is a massive umbrella that spans a lot of different focus areas.

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Silent Ransom Group targeting law firms, the FBI warns

Security Affairs

law firms for 2 years using callback phishing and social engineering extortion tactics. law firms using phishing and social engineering. FBI warns Silent Ransom Group has targeted U.S. The FBI warns that the Silent Ransom Group, active since 2022 and also known as Luna Moth, has targeted U.S.

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The FBI warns that Scattered Spider is now targeting the airline sector

Security Affairs

The cybercriminals are using social engineering techniques to gain access to target organizations by impersonating employees or contractors. “These actors rely on social engineering techniques, often impersonating employees or contractors to deceive IT help desks into granting access.

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Qantas confirms customer data breach amid Scattered Spider attacks

Security Affairs

The cybercriminals are using social engineering techniques to gain access to target organizations by impersonating employees or contractors. These actors rely on social engineering techniques, often impersonating employees or contractors to deceive IT help desks into granting access.

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New sophisticate malware SuperCard X targets Androids via NFC relay attacks

Security Affairs

The malware is delivered via social engineering, attackers attempt to trick victims into tapping cards on infected phones. Calls enable social engineering in a Telephone-Oriented Attack Delivery (TOAD) scenario. Analysis of the SuperCard X campaign in Italy revealed custom malware builds tailored for regional use.

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Iran and China-linked actors used ChatGPT for preparing attacks

Security Affairs

Observed ChatGPT behavior mainly involved reconnaissance, threat actors used the OpenAI’s platform to seek info on companies, services, and vulnerabilities, similar to search engine queries. They also attempted to send malware-laden emails to OpenAI employees, but the spear-phishing campaign was detected and neutralized.

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CERT-UA warned of scammers impersonating the agency using fake AnyDesk requests

Security Affairs

. “Thus, unidentified individuals send requests to connect to AnyDesk under the pretext of conducting a “security audit to check the level of security”, using the name “CERT.UA”, the CERT-UA logo, and the AnyDesk identifier “1518341498” (may change).”