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. The bot allowed the attackers to use the phished username, password and one-time code to log in as that employee at the real employer website.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

million customers, including website administrator passwords, sFTP credentials, and private SSL keys; -December 2022: Hackers gained access to and installed malware on GoDaddy’s cPanel hosting servers that “intermittently redirected random customer websites to malicious sites.”

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SecureWorld News

MAY 28, 2025

In early May 2025, two of the United Kingdom's best-known grocers, Marks & Spencer (M&S) and the Co-op, as well as luxury retailer Harrods, were struck by sophisticated social-engineering attacks that tricked IT teams into resetting critical passwords and deploying ransomware across their networks.

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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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Webroot

MARCH 3, 2025

This month, take advantage of all that NCPW offers, including access to free tools and information that can help you identify and prevent online scams, fraud, and identity theft. Millions of customers were put at risk when their social security numbers, phone numbers, and other sensitive personal information were leaked.

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Duo's Security Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The email informs John that the company suffered a security breach, and it is essential for all employees to update their passwords immediately. A few days later, John finds himself locked out of his account, and quickly learns that the password reset link he clicked earlier did not come from his company. What is social engineering?

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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 If you're using a dating app or social media, watch out for people who claim to fall for you really fast but avoid video calls, meetups, or providing personal details."

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2025

The scam, which combined a phone call and a cleverly disguised email, highlights just how advanced phishing methods are becoming, even fooling seasoned tech leaders. Mosseri shared his experience in a post on Threads , the social media platform owned by Meta. one user quipped.

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Hacker's King

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Tools designed for password cracking often exploit weak security practices, but understanding these methods is vital for safeguarding your account. This guide explores Snapchat password-cracking tools while focusing on ethical ways to enhance security. Weak or simple passwords are particularly vulnerable.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 15, 2021

On a recent SecureWorld Sessions podcast episode, Social Engineering: Hacking Humans , host Bruce Sussman spoke with Christopher Hadnagy, an entrepreneur and author of five books about social engineering and hacking the human. 1 How do you define social engineering?

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Adam Levin

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In a Private Industry Notification (PIN), the FBI warned businesses that “cyber actors” had been observed, “circumventing multi-factor authentication through common social engineering and technical attacks.” The methods used were SIM swapping , phishing , and newer hacking tools such as Muraena and Necrobrowser. Read the PIN here.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2021

According to the latest figures (PDF) released by the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), the reported losses from BEC scams continue to dwarf other cybercrime loss categories, increasing to $1.86 “You can provide us accounting data for the access to any company, for example, login and password to RDP, VPN, corporate email, etc.

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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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Hot for Security

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a warning regarding the upcoming Valentine’s Day, telling people to watch out for romance scams. “CISA reminds users to be wary of internet romance scams,” says the agency. Once your heart is hooked on hope, they turn the tables.”

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 16, 2025

The stolen information was then used in social engineering scams that tricked users into giving away their crypto. No passwords, private keys, or customer funds were accessed. Extra ID checks and scam-awareness prompts for suspicious accounts. Masked bank account details and identifiers.

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Adam Levin

JULY 10, 2020

Phishing scams skyrocketed as citizens self-isolated during the lockdown, and social-engineering schemes defrauded Internet users of millions.”. Quidd (4 million records): An archive of 4 million usernames, email addresses, and hashed passwords from online marketplace Quidd were found online following an April data breach.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 12, 2022

A fake login site will ask for username and password, but then also ask the victim to enter their 2FA code on the phishing site. The other approach is to talk to customer support with no action taken beforehand, and “simply” social engineer their way into full account control. However, even with 2FA enabled, things can go wrong.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2022

In some ways, the attacks from LAPSUS$ recall the July 2020 intrusion at Twitter , wherein the accounts for Apple, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Kanye West, Uber and others were made to tweet messages inviting the world to participate in a cryptocurrency scam that promised to double any amount sent to specific wallets. “vishing”). .

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Scattered Spider members are part of a broader cybercriminal community called “The Com,” where hackers brag about high-profile cyber thefts, typically initiated through social engineering tactics like phone, email, or SMS scams to gain access to corporate networks.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 29, 2021

There are some scams on Steam which have stood the test of time. Like Steam phishing campaigns, this particular Steam scam—referred to loosely as the “I accidentally reported you” or “I accidentally reported your account” scam—has been coming and going since initial reports of it emerged in late 2018.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

2022 that an intrusion had exposed a “limited number” of Twilio customer accounts through a sophisticated social engineering attack designed to steal employee credentials. Those who submitted credentials were then prompted to provide the one-time password needed for multi-factor authentication. According to an Aug.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 7, 2022

. “Overall, the three banks that provided complete data sets reported 35,848 cases of scams, involving over $25.9 “In the vast majority of these cases, the banks did not repay the customers that reported being scammed. In the case of Zelle scams, the answer is yes. ” Sen. .

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SecureList

DECEMBER 6, 2022

There are two main types of online fraud aimed at stealing user data and money: phishing and scams. Phishers primarily seek to extract confidential information from victims, such as credentials or bank card details, while scammers deploy social engineering to persuade targets to transfer money on their own accord.

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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.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 12, 2025

Category Awareness, Social Enginering Risk Level Phishing emails are getting harder to detect. Its a cyber attack where scammers impersonate legitimate organizations or trusted individuals to steal sensitive information like passwords, financial data, or access credentials. Change your password immediately!"

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 11, 2022

Famed hacker Kevin Mitnick learned early on to use emotion to manipulate and socially engineer his targets. At the time, his targets were typically sysadmins, and the social engineering started with a phone call. If you hover over the link you'll see it goes to a scam site called mothersawakening.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 1, 2023

The Rise of AI Social Engineering Scams IdentityIQ In today’s digital age, social engineering scams have become an increasingly prevalent threat. In fact, last year, scams accounted for 80% of reported identity compromises to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC). Phishing attacks.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

Allen said a typical voice phishing or “vishing” attack by this group involves at least two perpetrators: One who is social engineering the target over the phone, and another co-conspirator who takes any credentials entered at the phishing page and quickly uses them to log in to the target company’s VPN platform in real-time.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 17, 2024

While no details were provided about the potential perpetrators, the scam highlights how threat actors exploit the authority of government agencies to trick victims into complying with illicit demands. Ezra Graziano, Director of Federal Accounts at Zimperium, emphasized the urgency for defense against such evolving social engineering tactics.

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Identity IQ

MAY 15, 2021

Passwords are your first line of defense for protecting your digital identity. As important as they are, however, about 52 percent of people still use the same passwords across multiple accounts and 24 percent use a variation of common passwords that are easy to hack. Hackers employ different strategies to steal your passwords.

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SecureList

MARCH 25, 2025

Amazon Online Shopping was mimicked by 33.19% of all phishing and scam pages targeting online store users in 2024. Financial phishing In 2024, online fraudsters continued to lure users to phishing and scam pages that mimicked the websites of popular brands and financial organizations. million detections compared to 5.84

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SecureList

JULY 5, 2023

A typical phishing scam aimed at a hot wallet user works as follows: hackers send email messages addressed as coming from a well-known crypto exchange and requesting the user to confirm a transaction or verify their wallet again. This is essentially the main password for the wallet.

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Hacker's King

MAY 24, 2025

Credential-based attacks include usernames, passwords, and tokens. In simpler terms, phishing scams, brute force attacks, and MFA bypass techniques. Recently, phishing scams have expanded and come out of emails. Accounts with easily guessable passwords fall victim to this and suffer unimaginable damage.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 19, 2023

A particularly nasty slice of phishing, scamming, and social engineering is responsible for DoorDash drivers losing a group total of around $950k. A 21 year old man named David Smith, from Connecticut, allegedly figured out a way to extract large quantities of cash from drivers with a scam stretching back to 2020.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2025

In reality, many of the most successful breaches stem from simple tactics like phishing emails, social engineering, and exploiting basic security misconfigurations. People frequently fall for scams, phishing, and other attacks due to a lack of awareness, trust in seemingly legitimate sources, or simple human error.

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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.

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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.

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