Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The Russian-speaking Crazy Evil group runs over 10 social media scams, tricking victims into installing StealC, AMOS, and Angel Drainer malware. Security experts identified six Crazy Evil’s subteams, called AVLAND, TYPED, DELAND, ZOOMLAND, DEFI, and KEVLAND, which are running targeted scams for specific victim profiles.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 10, 2025

According to new research conducted by Malwarebytes, 44% of people encounter a mobile scam every single day, while 78% encounter scams at least weekly. As Malwarebytes learned, 25% of scam victims were harassed or blackmailed, 19% had private info exposed, and 15% permanently lost their money. You can read the full report below.

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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 Protect your personal information Valentine's Day scammers take advantage of social engineering and people letting their guard down around February 14th.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 9, 2025

Unfortunately, people getting scammed online is a frequent event. Scammers are getting better at social engineering and are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to sound more authentic and eliminate any spelling errors. It really can happen to anyone, so there’s no need to feel embarrassed if you have been scammed.

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Duo's Security Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

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? So clearly, John isn’t alone.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 20, 2025

March Madness is here, and while fans are busy filling out brackets and making last-minute bets, cybercriminals are running their own full-court presstargeting unsuspecting fans with phishing scams, fake betting apps, and credential-harvesting schemes.

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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. The growing risks to your data During the third quarter of 2024, data breaches exposed more than 422 million records worldwide.

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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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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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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Shashanka Dr. Madhu Shashanka , Chief Data Scientist, Concentric AI Generative AI in 2025 will bring transformative opportunities but heightened cybersecurity risks, including data exposure, AI misuse, and novel threats like prompt injection attacks. Organizations face rising risks of AI-driven social engineering and personal device breaches.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 13, 2025

A smishing (SMS phishing) campaign is targeting iMessage users, attempting to socially engineer them into bypassing Apple’s built in phishing protection. How to avoid smishing scams Never reply to suspicious messages, even if its only a Y or 1. If it doesn’t look real then don’t click on it.

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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. Key risks posed by deepfakes Deepfake attacks can be broadly classified into three categories.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

And one of the most successful and increasingly prevalent ways of attack has come from social engineering, which is when criminals manipulate humans directly to gain access to confidential information. Social engineering is more sophisticated than ever, and its most advanced iteration is the topic of today's discussion: deepfakes.

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Trend Micro

JULY 2, 2025

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Measuring factors that differentiate risk” looked at more than a billion mails. However, the highest risk countries are in Africa and Europe. According to the study, 16 countries exhibited a higher risk on average than the US. English: the international language of scamming. Previous data breaches bump up the risk.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Protecting Retailers Against Cyber Risks on Black Friday and Cyber Monday josh.pearson@t… Tue, 11/26/2024 - 08:01 As Black Friday and Cyber Monday loom, the stakes for retailers extend far beyond enticing deals and record sales. trillion, the risk of a data breach extends beyond immediate financial losses. trillion and $5.28

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 3, 2023

For example, ReasonLabs researchers recently uncovered a scam that used stolen credit cards and fake websites to skim monthly charges off of unsuspecting consumers. For instance, phishing, one of the most common, is a social engineering attack used to steal user data.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 8, 2024

A beleaguered health care industry that already is a top target of cybercriminals is under attack again, with bad actors recently using social engineering techniques in calls to IT helpdesks to gain access into the systems of targeted organizations.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The stolen data reportedly includes highly personal information — names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, bank account details, and even records of residents’ interactions with city services. Businesses that handle customer data or interact with city networks are now faced with heightened risks.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 17, 2024

The San Francisco Chronicle tells a story about a family that almost got scammed when they heard their son’s voice telling them he’d been in a car accident and hurt a pregnant woman. The FBI says it has received more than 195 complaints about this type of scam that it refers to as “grandparent scams.”

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 12, 2022

Utilizing threats and other “social engineering” methods, individuals acting maliciously were able to exploit human error within our customer experience team and bypass two-factor authentication to gain access to player accounts. Tricky, but not impossible, and a lot of it comes down to staff training. Damage done, and further steps.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

Zack Allen is director of threat intelligence for ZeroFOX , a Baltimore-based company that helps customers detect and respond to risks found on social media and other digital channels. Allen said it matters little to the attackers if the first few social engineering attempts fail. A phishing page (helpdesk-att[.]com)

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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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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 12, 2025

Category Awareness, Social Enginering Risk Level Phishing emails are getting harder to detect. Todays phishing scams are sophisticated, tailored for you, and often indistinguishable from real communications. These tactics, called spear phishing , make it incredibly hard for even tech-savvy users to spot a scam.

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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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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. Distribution.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In the digital age, the quest for love has moved online, but so have the fraudsters, with romance scams reaching record highs. These scams don’t just harm individuals financially and emotionally; they can also pose significant risks to businesses.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 6, 2020

This can make them particularly susceptible to social engineering trickery, the trigger for online extortion and fraud campaigns, Bastable told me. These scams rely on the failure of a subordinate employee to recognize a cleverly spoofed email directive. The total stolen: $2.3 The FBI is investigating. No arrests have been made.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The research found a sharp rise in mobile phishing attacks, with cybercriminals moving away from traditional email scams in favor of SMS-based attacks. Strengthening mobile security also requires enforcing strict access controls to limit exposure and continuously educating employees on the latest social engineering tactics.

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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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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This social engineering scheme has been amplified by targeted phishing, smishing, and vishing activities, with a noticeable increase around the winter holidays. Cybercriminals quickly took advantage of this festive period when citizens were relaxed, and less vigilant at home, resulting in financial losses.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The same is true for all text-based social engineering tricks, as AI chat tools can write alluring direct messages for romance scams and craft urgent-sounding texts that can fool people into clicking on links that carry malware. Importantly, the attack methods here are not new.

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Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 19, 2024

Of course, scam calls warning about the termination of utility service if a payment is not made immediately are nothing new. Criminals know that having one’s gas and electric service cut off when the temperature outside is below freezing outside is not something that most people want to risk.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 16, 2023

Ben is disappointed: FBI reports huge rise in cryptocurrency investment scams. The post Scams Lost US $10 BILLION in 2022 — Crypto Fraud Grows Fast appeared first on Security Boulevard. Why am I not surprised?

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 2, 2024

It’s a digital swindle as old as the internet itself, and yet, as the data tells us, the vast majority of security incidents are still rooted in the low-tech art of social engineering. Related: AI makes scam email look real Fresh evidence comes from Mimecast’s “The State of Email and Collaboration Security” 2024 report.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 7, 2021

Roughly 2% of the top-grossing apps in Apple’s store are, in some way, “scams,” claims the Daily Bezos. The post Is Apple’s App Store ‘Teeming’ with Scams? appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 10, 2025

I realize that may sound like something trivial to steer clear from, but apparently its not because the social engineering behind it is pretty sophisticated. Use a browser extension that blocks malicious domains and scams. We dont just report on threatswe remove them Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline.

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