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.

Phishing 102

Phishing Social Engineering Engineering Data breaches 102

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

“At this moment in time, it looks like no emails, passwords, or any personal data were accessed, but we do suggest resetting your password and activate 2FA security,” the company wrote in a blog post. “Luckily, we fought them off well and they did not gain access to any important service. and 11:00 p.m. PST on Nov.

Cryptocurrency 364

Cryptocurrency VPN Scams Social Engineering 364

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 7, 2025

Traditional Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), while a step up from password-only security, is no longer enough to fight modern phishing schemes. Todays threat actors use AI to craft compelling phishing campaigns and advanced social engineering tactics to slip past MFA, resulting in credential theft and account takeovers.

Phishing 71

Phishing Authentication Passwords Social Engineering 71

Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2022

“They were calling up consumer service and tech support personnel, instructing them to reset their passwords. They went to a dummy site controlled by the hackers and entered their credentials in a way that served up their usernames and passwords as well as multifactor authentication codes.” “vishing”). .

Social Engineering 292

Social Engineering Phishing Engineering Accountability 292

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 15, 2019

If there ever was such a thing as a cybersecurity silver bullet it would do one thing really well: eliminate passwords. Threat actors have proven to be endlessly clever at abusing and misusing passwords. So what’s stopping us from getting rid of passwords altogether? Passwords may have been very effective securing Roman roads.

Passwords 164

Passwords Authentication Data breaches Internet 164

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Evolution of social engineering Social engineering exploits human psychology to manipulate individuals into revealing sensitive information or taking harmful actions. Incorporate additional authentication layers, such as one-time passwords (OTPs) or behavioral biometrics.

Social Engineering 86

Social Engineering Authentication Identity Theft Education 86

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 8, 2025

Called Xanthorox AI, the tool was first spotted earlier this year on darknet forums and encrypted chat groups, where its being marketed as the killer of WormGPT and all EvilGPT variants. But this isnt just another tweaked version of a chatbot. Xanthorox is something entirely different and far more advanced.

Social Engineering 109

Social Engineering Phishing Engineering Education 109

SecureList

APRIL 5, 2023

The Telegram black market: what’s on offer After reviewing phishers’ Telegram channels that we detected, we broke down the services they promoted into paid and free. We filled in the login and password fields in the screenshot below. An OTP (one-time password) bot is another service available by subscription.

Phishing 144

Phishing Marketing Scams Accountability 144

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

But one increasingly brazen group of crooks is taking your standard phishing attack to the next level, marketing a voice phishing service that uses a combination of one-on-one phone calls and custom phishing sites to steal VPN credentials from employees. A phishing page (helpdesk-att[.]com) com) targeting AT&T employees.

Phishing 363

Phishing VPN Social Engineering Media 363

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

This deal reads like to the epilogue to a book titled The First 20 Years of the Supremely Lucrative Antivirus Market. NortonLifeLock and Avast appear to be betting on the next iteration of the huge and longstanding consumer antivirus market. So NortonLifeLock has acquired Avast for more than $8 billion. billion in 2016, for instance.

Antivirus 223

Antivirus Marketing Identity Theft Social Engineering 223

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The CyberNews research team discovered an unsecured data bucket that belongs to View Media, an online marketing company. The user record files were created based on locations and ZIP codes that the marketing company’s campaigns were targeting and contained full names, addresses, zip codes, emails, and phone numbers of people based in the US.

Marketing 110

Marketing Media Advertising Identity Theft 110

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Cybersecurity awareness training helps staff recognize phishing scams , social engineering attempts, and other threats. Implement Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Multi-factor authentication provides an additional security layer beyond passwords, making it harder for unauthorized users to access sensitive systems.

Ransomware 113

Ransomware Authentication Identity Theft Penetration Testing 113

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Organizations face rising risks of AI-driven social engineering and personal device breaches. Simic Bojan Simic , CEO, HYPR The era of passwords will further decline as credential misuse rises, with AI both aiding and challenging security efforts. While fully agentic AI malware remains years away, the industry must prepare now.

Risk 173

Risk Threat Detection Technology Phishing 173

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Password-less or Multi-Factor Authentication and strong authorization prevents attackers from gaining access to corporate resources and moving laterally within a network. Multi-Factor Authentication ( MFA ) can tremendously increase their access security and prevent phishing and social engineering attacks.

CISO 245

CISO Social Engineering Authentication Risk 245

SecureWorld News

MARCH 13, 2025

Kowski also emphasizes the need for a multi-layered security approach, stating that "multi-factor authentication, strong password policies, and zero-trust architecture are essential defenses that significantly reduce the risk of AI-powered attacks succeeding, regardless of how convincing they appear."

Malware 112

Malware Cybersecurity Cyber threats Threat Detection 112

Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2025

The company operates both physical stores and online services, with a strong presence in the UK and some international markets. BleepingComputer reported that DragonForce ransomware affiliates usedScattered Spider social engineering tacticsto target Marks and Spencer.

Data breaches 61

Data breaches Cyber Attacks Passwords Social Engineering 61

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2022

Those who submitted credentials were then prompted to provide the one-time password needed for multi-factor authentication. 4 it became aware of unauthorized access to information related to a limited number of Twilio customer accounts through a sophisticated social engineering attack designed to steal employee credentials.

Mobile 340

Mobile Phishing Authentication Accountability 340

Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Example of leaked email addresses: Besides the CSV files, the bucket also contained voice recordings of several sales pitches to digital marketers about RepWatch, which appears to be a long-defunct domain reputation management tool and may or – considering when the files were uploaded – may not be related to the CSV files stored in the bucket.

Social Engineering 145

Social Engineering Passwords Marketing Phishing 145

Webroot

JUNE 2, 2022

But there are some good reasons for this trend: The global gaming market is booming—and is expected to reach $219 billion by 2024. Phishing and social engineering. Gaming is now an online social activity. Use a strong, unique password for every account that you have. Watch for phishing and social engineering.

Cyber threats 128

Cyber threats Social Engineering Accountability Malware 128

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

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. Using strong, unique passwords for dating apps and online stores is also a good idea."

Scams 74

Scams Cybercrime Social Engineering Phishing 74

BH Consulting

OCTOBER 24, 2024

That market has been growing steadily: according to Cyber Ireland, the cybersecurity sector contributed €1.2 It’s been a busy few weeks for the Data Protection Commission, which fined Meta €91 million for storing millions of user passwords in plaintext. Links we liked NIST updates and simplifies longstanding password guidelines.

Social Engineering 69

Social Engineering Passwords Cybersecurity Ransomware 69

Security Through Education

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Don’t make passwords easy to guess. Watch what you post on social media; cybercriminals often use them to gather Personal Identifying Information (PII) and corporate information. Social-Engineer, LLC saw an almost 350% increase in recognition of phishing emails when using a similar training platform in 2020.

Cybersecurity 137

Cybersecurity Social Engineering Firewall Engineering 137

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Market Growth: AI cyber security technology is projected to grow by 23.6% Generative AI Impact : Generative AI will have a big role in cyber security, especially in areas like email protection and fighting social engineering attacks. Market Size: The AI cyber security market was worth around $17.4

Social Engineering 142

Social Engineering Cyber Attacks Cyber Insurance IoT 142

Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 25, 2024

During the investigation, we discovered a wider trend: a campaign of escalated social engineering tactics originally associated with the ransomware group “Black Basta.” Following this, the Impacket module “secretsdump.py” was run, likely to capture Kerberos password hashes for lateral movement. com, marketing@domain[.]com).

Social Engineering 52

Social Engineering Engineering Phishing Accountability 52

CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Security experts say that such servers that are left unprotected could act as access points to hackers who can then siphon data and then indulge in robo-calling frauds, phishing & extortion tactics via social engineering attacks. GB data with no password protection that resulted in exposure of around 2.6

Social Engineering 115

Social Engineering Media Antivirus Marketing 115

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

It emerges that email marketing giant Mailchimp got hacked. The unknown intruders gained access to internal Mailchimp tools and customer data by social engineering employees at the company, and then started sending targeted phishing attacks to owners of Trezor hardware cryptocurrency wallets. ” SEPTEMBER.

Cryptocurrency 308

Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Scams 308

Hot for Security

MARCH 29, 2021

Email verifiers are online services that allow marketers and salespeople to verify that the email address you used to create an account, sign up for a newsletter or make an order on their website is real and valid. The company provides email validation services for marketing companies worldwide. platform or River City Media.

Data breaches 116

Data breaches Media Marketing Accountability 116

BH Consulting

MAY 28, 2025

Common ways of infiltrating victim organisations include social engineering against employees and stolen credentials. In market economies, profit is prioritised over principle, she said. One classic piece of cybersecurity advice is not to share passwords with anyone else.

Scams 59

Scams Passwords Technology Insurance 59

SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Therefore, many markets seem primed for a joint AI-VR combination to enhance products and services and improve accuracy, among other benefits. Educating users about their vulnerabilities and data sensitivity will help to prevent social engineering attacks which can deceive and manipulate them into divulging data when they don't need to.

Artificial Intelligence 109

Artificial Intelligence Technology Authentication Data preservation 109

Malwarebytes

MARCH 16, 2022

The FTC complaint also takes issue with the way CafePress handled customer information, saying that CafePress “misled users by using consumer email addresses for marketing despite its promises that such information would only be used to fulfill orders consumers had placed.” A treasure trove for social engineers. The breach.

Data breaches 131

Data breaches Passwords Authentication Social Engineering 131

Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2020

Voice phishing is a form of criminal phone fraud, using social engineering over the telephone system to gain access to private personal and financial information for the purpose of financial reward. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Social Engineering 141

Social Engineering VPN Phishing Authentication 141

Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Social Security number (SSN). Digital activities provide a fuller picture of your preferences and personality and are often used by companies for targeted marketing or to help improve user experience. Social media activity: likes, shares, comments and posts. Weak or Limited Number of Passwords. Email addresses.

Identity Theft 119

Identity Theft Passwords Data breaches Scams 119

SecureList

JANUARY 25, 2024

We expected organizations to try to reduce the impact of the human factor on data security, so as to bring down the number of insider threats and social engineering attacks. According to Statista, this market is expected to grow significantly by 2025. Other services are ditching passwords in favor of biometric authentication.

Passwords 123

Passwords Authentication Technology Insurance 123

Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2022

Threat actors gained access to internal tools of the email marketing giant MailChimp to conduct phishing attacks against crypto customers. The company was the victim of a social engineering attack aimed at its employees. Trezor WARNING: Elaborate Phishing attack. The attack resulted in the compromise of employee credentials.

Phishing 138

Phishing Data breaches Cryptocurrency Social Engineering 138

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

We also explore the kind of game-related data that ends up on the black market and the prices. According to the ad, BloodyStealer was a malicious stealer capable of fetching session data and passwords, and cookie exfiltration, and protected against reverse engineering and malware analysis in general. Background.

Accountability 137

Accountability Marketing Phishing Malware 137

Krebs on Security

JULY 22, 2020

A review of the private messages for “lol” on OGUsers provides a glimpse into the vibrant market for the resale of prized OG accounts. ” In a statement on its ongoing investigation into the July 15 incident, Twitter said it resulted from a small number of employees being manipulated through a social engineering scheme.

Hacking 348

Hacking Accountability Scams Media 348

Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2023

Popular email marketing and newsletter platform Mailchimp was hacked and the data of dozens of customers were exposed. The popular email marketing and newsletter platform Mailchimp was hacked twice in the past six months. The news of a new security breach was confirmed by the company, the incident exposed the data of 133 customers.

Social Engineering 98

Social Engineering Small Business Marketing Accountability 98