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North Korean Lazarus APT group targets blockchain tech companies

Malwarebytes

Victims are lured into downloading the malware with a variety of social engineering tactics, including spearphishing. Educate users on social engineering attacks like spearphishing. All of this is done to create an environment where the group can initiate fraudulent cryptocurrency transactions. Spearphishing campaigns.

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Story of the Year: global IT outages and supply chain attacks

SecureList

This case underscores the serious risk that social engineering and supply chain attacks pose to open-source projects. Media sources reported that explosives had been concealed within the devices. It is a critical tool in various fields, including system administration, development, and cybersecurity.

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Kimsuky APT poses as journalists and broadcast writers in its attacks

Security Affairs

Some targeted entities may discount the threat posed by these social engineering campaigns, either because they do not perceive their research and communications as sensitive in nature, or because they are not aware of how these efforts fuel the regime’s broader cyber espionage efforts. .

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The Implications of the Uber Breach

Security Boulevard

How to protect your organization from a social engineering attack. This tactic is called social engineering and is one of the key methods used in attacks that result in data breaches. One important and often overlooked element is social engineering education. dollars to remediate per incident.

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Cyber Security Awareness and Risk Management

Spinone

Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016. VoIP phishing and impersonation also victimized millions of corporate employees across the world , contributing to an even greater cyber threat.

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The Phight Against Phishing

Digital Shadows

The social engineering aspect around phishing works because humans want to be helpful, informed, paid well, get stuff for free sometimes, and generally not end up on the wrong side of management. Unfortunately, aspects of really good social engineering prey on one or more of these human traits (or faults).

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New York: Cyberattack Is Twitter's Fault, Let's Increase Regulation

SecureWorld News

It was the summer cyberattack that had social media buzzing. A group of teenagers used social engineering to breach Twitter's network and take over the accounts of a whole bunch of A-listers. New York should increase cybersecurity regulations as a result, especially for social media companies.