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Artificial Intelligence: The Evolution of Social Engineering

Security Through Education

In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, social engineering has undergone significant transformations over the years, propelled by advancements in technology. This article delves into the historical shifts in social engineering tactics and explores how adversaries embrace new technologies to achieve their objectives.

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Social Engineering 101: What It Is & How to Safeguard Your Organization

Duo's Security Blog

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? If it’s not, the user is stopped before they can even attempt to log in.

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Amygdala Hijacking and Social Engineering

Security Through Education

When it happens, the emotional center of the brain overreacts to stressful events which then temporarily impairs the region of the brain responsible for rational thinking. Social engineering is defined as influencing someone to take an action that may or may not be in a person’s best interest.

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Nation-state actors are using AI services and LLMs for cyberattacks

Security Affairs

Microsoft and OpenAI warn that nation-state actors are using ChatGPT to automate some phases of their attack chains, including target reconnaissance and social engineering attacks. ” reads the report published by Microsoft.

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News alert: Nerds On Site develops ‘SME Edge’ solution for small- and mid-sized enterprises

The Last Watchdog

SME Edge verifies all connections in and out of offices, disallows internet traffic that has not been approved for enterprise use, and closes all network traffic loopholes, protecting against phishing, social engineering, and zero-day attacks. SME Edge protects the Client’s traffic in real-time.

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Be Prepared for Cybersecurity Awareness Month

Security Through Education

Phones, computers, and other technology have become an integral part of many people’s lives. As October is almost upon us, we want to be prepared to take part in this important event. Pinpoint the Phishes As social engineering attacks become more prolific, we need to do better at identifying them. How can you do so?

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Most of the American office workers are vulnerable to cyber attacks

CyberSecurity Insiders

This practice is said to be leading to social engineering based cyber attacks like online fraud and phishing attacks. Dark world is filled with cyber crooks who often prey on such events to exploit executives of multi-national firms.