Security Boulevard

MAY 18, 2023

Experts are worried that ChatGPT’s ability to source recent data about an organization could make social engineering and phishing attacks more effective than ever. The post When ChatGPT Goes Phishing appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 6, 2023

In our most recent Remote Sessions webcast, Roger Grimes, computer security expert and Data-Driven Defense Evangelist for KnowBe4, gave a deep dive on phishing and how to properly mitigate and prevent phishing attacks. What is phishing? Social engineering has its tells, though.

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Is it just us, or is phishing everywhere right now? Social engineering techniques, such as phishing, target not the systems but the people using them. Social engineering techniques, such as phishing, target not the systems but the people using them. An emotional phish .

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SC Magazine

MAY 4, 2021

Infosec’s Choose Your Own Adventure training game “Deep Space Danger” tests employees on their knowledge of social engineering. The employees at your organization are badly in need of security awareness training. Two of them are fraudsters trying to socially engineer their way onto the station.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 14, 2021

Phishing exercises are an important tool towards promoting security awareness in an organization. Phishing is effective, simply because it works. However, any social engineer can devise a marvelously deceptive message with an irresistible link that only the most tech-savvy person would spot as a phishing test.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

What is social engineering? Social engineering is a manipulative technique used by criminals to elicit specific actions in their victims. Social engineering is seldom a stand-alone operation. money from a bank account) or use it for other social engineering types. George vs.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 21, 2024

"March Madness is a prime opportunity for cybercriminals to deploy phishing lures, malicious apps, and social engineering tactics," warns Krishna Vishnubhotla, VP of Product Strategy at mobile security firm Zimperium. Scammers may even impersonate athletes, friends, or family claiming to need money for tickets or bets."

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In our exclusive Behind the Scenes interview series, we take a deeper look at a topic that is relevant to the information security community. Today's conversation answers this question: How can threat intelligence strengthen security awareness? The pandemic is on everyone's mind, and they're using that for social engineering.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Cyber Security Awareness Month: Time to Act and Protect Trust. We’re approaching the end of Cyber Security Awareness Month , an annual event dedicated to increasing awareness of cybersecurity topics globally. Recognize phishing. Phishing is a popular tactic for cybercriminals. Tue, 10/25/2022 - 06:51.

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Pen Test Partners

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

October 2023’s Cyber Security Awareness Month led to a flurry of blog posts about a new attack called Quishing (QR Code phishing) and how new AI powered email gateways can potentially block these attacks. Currently, most initial access attempts are carried out with social engineering, commonly phishing.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2023

Spear phishing is a more targeted and effective phishing technique that attempts to exploit specific individuals or groups within an organization. While phishing uses a broader range of tactics, such as mass emailing to random recipients, spear phishing is often well-researched and tailored to high-value targets.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

A new development in phishing is the “nag attack.” The fraudster commences the social engineering by irritating the targeted victim, and then follows up with an an offer to … (more…). One must admire the ingenuity of cybercriminals. Related: Thwarting email attacks.

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Webroot

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Security awareness training is one of the most straightforward ways to improve a business’ overall resilience against cyberattacks. Thanks to the disruptions to “normal” work routines that COVID-19 has brought, launching a company-wide training program to teach end users how to avoid phishing scams and online risks is a big challenge.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 24, 2021

A California state agency was victimized by a phishing incident last week in which an employee clicked on a link that provided access to the employee’s account for some 24 hours. The post 9,000 employees targeted in phishing attack against California agency appeared first on SC Media.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Social engineering schemes continue to flourish, making their way into company inboxes with the intent to mislead employees into downloading malicious software. These schemes appear fraudulent to those familiar with phishing. The post Thwarting Phishing Threats With Simulations appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2020

GoDaddy made the headlines for an initiative that is dividing cybersecurity community, it sent phishing messages offering bonuses to its employees. The web provider apologized Thursday for the cyber security test aimed at verifying the response of its personnel to a phishing campaign. SecurityAffairs – hacking, phishing).

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 2, 2024

Lack of security awareness and education. Often, employees within organizations lack sufficient security awareness and education. This lack of knowledge makes them susceptible to phishing attacks, social engineering, and other cyber threats. Promote security awareness and education among employees.

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Webroot

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Earlier this year, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) published updated recommendations for phishing simulations in security awareness training programs. The thinking obviously being that letting users in on the phishing simulation game will heighten suspicion of their inbox and skew baseline results.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Proofpoint has announced its 2022 State of the Phish report, which is the latest in-depth look at end-user awareness, vulnerability, and resilience. The eighth annual study features an analysis of global survey responses, simulated phishing exercises, and real-world attacks. Register here!

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Phish or Be Phished. Email phishing attacks are becoming more challenging to spot. Why did the email provider’s email anti-spam and anti-phish protection layer not quarantine the message? Even with a generic greeting, you would think an AL-powered anti-phishing protection engine would have blocked the message.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

While orchestrated, targeted phishing attacks are nothing new to experienced IT and cybersecurity pros, AI has added to their ferocity and sophistication. The post How AI is Encouraging Targeted Phishing Attacks appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Reddit got hacked with a “sophisticated” spear phishing attack. The post Reddit Hacked — 2FA is no Phishing Phix appeared first on Security Boulevard. The individual victim was an employee who clicked the wrong email link.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

The COVID-19 epidemic has brought a wave of email phishing attacks that try to trick work-at-home employees into giving away credentials needed to remotely access their employers’ networks. For now at least, they appear to be focusing primarily on companies in the financial, telecommunications and social media industries.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 31, 2020

Even the title of SecureWorld's first story about the incident had questions: "Famous Twitter Accounts Hacked: Insider Threat or Social Engineering Attack?". Spear phishing: what security experts are saying. We all know how damaging a spear phishing attack can be. But now, Twitter finally has given us some answers.

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 2, 2024

The Importance of Security Education According to Proofpoint’s 2023’s Human Factor report , more than 99% of threats require human interaction to execute, such as enabling a macro, opening a file, following a link, or opening a malicious document. This means social engineering plays a crucial role in a successful attack.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 24, 2021

A recently reported phishing and vishing campaign was designed to impersonate Geek Squad. A new blog post report has shone a light on the malicious practice known as voice phishing or vishing – a social engineering tactic that some cyber experts say has only grown in prominence since COVID-19 forced employees to work from home.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 22, 2024

The post From Phishing to Friendly Fraud: Anticipating 2024’s Fraud Dynamics appeared first on Security Boulevard. Planning for emerging fraud trends can help you stay a step ahead of criminals’ new tactics, protect your revenue and customer relationships.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 22, 2023

Email impersonation threats are proving to be the most difficult to block as social engineering helps cybercriminals successfully deceive both end users and the security tools designed to protect them. Social engineering combined with advancing technology such as generative AI has made attacks more advanced and harder to spot.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 9, 2022

Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) customer data has leaked—after a simple phishing attack on employees. The post Twilio Fails Simple Test — Leaks Private Data via Phishing appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The good news is that companies today have ready access to a wide variety of tools that can simulate common types of attacks and boost employee awareness. This tool, from Cofense, proactively engages employees via simulated attacks based on real-time threats for various phishing tactics. Here’s a guide to five such services.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The post Russian FSB Targets US and UK Politicians in Sneaky Spear-Phish Plan appeared first on Security Boulevard. TA446’s new TTPs: “Star Blizzard” FSB team called out by Five Eyes governments (again).

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The post Romance Scammers are Adopting Approval Phishing Tactics appeared first on Security Boulevard. They can be lucrative, pulling in millions in stolen cryptocurrency, but they also can end up going nowhere if the targeted victim becomes suspicious or the bad actor decides there won’t be a payoff.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

Category News, Social Engineering. All of the attacks were carried out with relatively simple phishing and social engineering techniques. Phishing and poor password practices. The couple claimed that they were able to trick an employee into downloading malware from a phishing email. Risk Level.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 28, 2022

Phishing attacks have steadily been on the rise, and according to Proofpoint's 2021 State of the Phish Report , over half of all participants reported receiving a successful phishing attack in 2020. Criminals use departmental reputation to trick users into trusting phishing lures.

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Spinone

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Phishing attacks are one of the main cyber threats involving mistakes by workers. Arranging training for your employees is a great way to protect your company against phishing and its expensive and time-consuming consequences. So, let’s take a look at notable phishing awareness training providers.

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SC Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

companies as a primary target of a new phishing scheme. Cybercriminals have been using a phishing kit featuring fake Office 365 password alerts as a lure to target the credentials of chief executives, business owners and other high-level corporate leaders. The company could not be certain, however, if the V4 phishing kit was involved.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Researchers reported Tuesday that they found two email phishing attacks targeting at least 10,000 mailboxes at FedEx and DHL Express that look to extract a user’s work email account. In the FedEx attack, the final phishing page spoofs an Office 365 portal packed with Microsoft branding. Brand impersonation.

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