Penetration Testing

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

LastPass, a leading password management platform, has issued a critical warning to users about a social engineering campaign targeting its customer base through deceptive reviews on its Chrome Web Store... The post Warning: LastPass Alerts Users to Phishing Scam Using Fake Support Reviews on Chrome Web Store appeared first on Cybersecurity (..)

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 17, 2022

In what appears as an operation first of its kind, Interpol has arrested over 2000 criminals who launched social engineering attacks worldwide. Usually, in such scams, cybercriminals manipulate victims in the disguise of company employees or individuals. More details about the scam will be updated shortly! .

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 7, 2025

Before we get to the Apple scam in detail, we need to revisit Tony’s case. Each participant in the call has a specific role, including: -The Caller: The person speaking and trying to social engineer the target. The Owner: The phishing panel owner, who will frequently listen in on and participate in scam calls.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 18, 2024

More importantly, Tony recognized the voice of “Daniel from Google” when it was featured in an interview by Junseth , a podcaster who covers cryptocurrency scams. “No one gets arrested,” Daniel enthused to Junseth in the May 7 podcast, which quickly went viral on social media.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2025

Deception is a core component of many cyberattacks, including phishing, scams, social engineering and disinformation campaigns. The post Intro to Deceptionology: Why Falling for Scams is Human Nature appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 22, 2021

This is a longish video that describes a profitable computer banking scam that’s run out of call centers in places like India. One, it illustrates the complex business nature of the scam: there are a lot of people doing specialized jobs in order for it to work. I found it interesting for several reasons.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

First-person account of someone who fell for a scam, that started as a fake Amazon service rep and ended with a fake CIA agent, and lost $50,000 cash. And this is not a naive or stupid person. The details are fascinating. And if you think it couldn’t happen to you, think again. Given the right set of circumstances, it can.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2024

In January, KrebsOnSecurity told the story of a Canadian man who was falsely charged with larceny and lost his job after becoming the victim of a complex e-commerce scam known as triangulation fraud. In this scam, you receive what you ordered, and the only party left to dispute the transaction is the owner of the stolen payment card.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 30, 2025

The three-part suspicion, cognition, and automaticity model (SCAM) is one way to think about this. Current phishing attacks have evolved from those older Nigerian scams filled with grammar mistakes and typos. Text message, voice, or video scams are even harder to detect. The second is habits: people doing what they always do.

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Dark Reading

JUNE 13, 2023

Threat actors have grown increasingly sophisticated in applying social engineering tactics against their victims, which is key to this oft-underrated cybercriminal scam's success.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 9, 2025

Unfortunately, people getting scammed online is a frequent event. Scammers are getting better at social engineering and are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to sound more authentic and eliminate any spelling errors. It really can happen to anyone, so there’s no need to feel embarrassed if you have been scammed.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 14, 2025

See how multi-channel scams target new hires through fake texts and emails, and learn practical steps to protect your organization from persistent social engineering attacks. The post ScrapedIn: How Bots Turn Social Media into Advanced Social Engineering appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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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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Duo's Security Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

But as it turns out, John was a victim of a phishing scam, a type of social engineering attack where the cybercriminal impersonated John’s IT department to gain his trust and trick him into revealing his login credentials. What is social engineering? So clearly, John isn’t alone.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 23, 2025

Bacon Redux: Pig butchering and other serious scams still thriving, despite crackdowns in Dubai and Myanmar The post Asian Scam Farms: Industrial Scale, Warns UN Report appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Google Security

MARCH 4, 2025

Product Manager Google Messages and RCS Spam and Abuse Google has been at the forefront of protecting users from the ever-growing threat of scams and fraud with cutting-edge technologies and security expertise for years. Were now introducing Scam Detection to detect a wider range of fraudulent activities.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The post Scam Kit Maker Rebuilding Business After Telegram Channel Shut Down appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 27, 2025

The post Hackers Use Malicious PDFs, pose as USPS in Mobile Phishing Scam appeared first on Security Boulevard. Postal Service, in phishing campaign targeting mobile device users in hope that victims will divulge credentials and personal information, Zimperium researchers say.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The Russian-speaking Crazy Evil group runs over 10 social media scams, tricking victims into installing StealC, AMOS, and Angel Drainer malware. Security experts identified six Crazy Evil’s subteams, called AVLAND, TYPED, DELAND, ZOOMLAND, DEFI, and KEVLAND, which are running targeted scams for specific victim profiles.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 10, 2025

According to new research conducted by Malwarebytes, 44% of people encounter a mobile scam every single day, while 78% encounter scams at least weekly. As Malwarebytes learned, 25% of scam victims were harassed or blackmailed, 19% had private info exposed, and 15% permanently lost their money. You can read the full report below.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 19, 2025

.” Whether it’s a so-called “subsidy program,” a “government grant,” or a “relief card,” these scams all share the same underlying goalto manipulate people into giving away their personal information, orworsetheir hard-earned cash. ” Urgency and exclusivity are classic scam tactics.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Most of us have been trained to be wary of clicking on links and attachments that arrive in emails unexpected, but it’s easy to forget scam artists are constantly dreaming up innovations that put a new shine on old-fashioned telephone-based phishing scams. Think you’re too smart to fall for one? A CLOSE CALL.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

GoDaddy described the incident at the time in general terms as a social engineering attack, but one of its customers affected by that March 2020 breach actually spoke to one of the hackers involved. One multifactor option — physical security keys — appears to be immune to these advanced scams.

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2025

“Contact information acquired through social engineering schemes could also be used to impersonate contacts to elicit information or funds.” ” reads the alert issued by the FBI.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 1, 2024

Scammers tricked a company into believing they were dealing with a BBC presenter. They faked her voice, and accepted money intended for her.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

And one of the most successful and increasingly prevalent ways of attack has come from social engineering, which is when criminals manipulate humans directly to gain access to confidential information. Social engineering is more sophisticated than ever, and its most advanced iteration is the topic of today's discussion: deepfakes.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2020

In almost every category — from epic breaches and ransomware to cybercrime justice and increasingly aggressive phishing and social engineering scams — 2020 was a year that truly went to eleven. Who’s Behind the ‘Web Listings’ Mail Scam? Would You Have Fallen for this Phone Scam?

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2025

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned of cyber scams involving threat actors impersonating the agency by sending fraudulent AnyDesk connection requests under the guise of security audits. CERT-UA warned of scammers impersonating the agency, using fake AnyDesk requests to conduct fraudulent security audits.

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Penetration Testing

MAY 13, 2024

AhnLab’s Mobile Analysis Team has issued an alarm about an insidious new breed of romance scams specifically targeting cryptocurrency enthusiasts.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

The attacks were facilitated by scams targeting employees at GoDaddy , the world’s largest domain name registrar, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. In March, a voice phishing scam targeting GoDaddy support employees allowed attackers to assume control over at least a half-dozen domain names, including transaction brokering site escrow.com.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 28, 2025

The phishing game has evolved into synthetic sabotage a hybrid form of social engineering powered by AI that can personalize, localize, and scale attacks with unnerving precision. At the heart of many of these kits are large language models (LLMs) trained or fine-tuned specifically for social engineering tasks.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The targeted SMS scams asked employees to click a link and log in at a website that mimicked their employer’s Okta authentication page. Some SMS phishing messages told employees their VPN credentials were expiring and needed to be changed; other phishing messages advised employees about changes to their upcoming work schedule. .”

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 18, 2025

In recent months, a sophisticated scam has emerged, targeting drivers across the United States with fraudulent text messages about unpaid road tolls. Smishing scams like these follow a predictable yet highly effective, nefarious behavioral blueprintleveraging urgency, impersonation, and fear to manipulate victims into compliance.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Once a conversation starts and a personal connection is established, scammers behind a screen can lure their targets into video call scams utilizing high-quality deepfake technology The post Law Enforcement Cant Save You From Romance Scams appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Phishing scams are no longer just poorly written emails full of typos. Todays sophisticated back-end technologies take phishing and social engineering to the next level. The era of messages from long-lost, wealthy relatives leaving fortunes to unknown heirs has passed its peak.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Be wary of romance scams "People can be vulnerable on February 14th," said Dave Machin , Partner at The Berkeley Partnership. "If Protect your personal information Valentine's Day scammers take advantage of social engineering and people letting their guard down around February 14th.

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