SecureWorld News

AUGUST 7, 2025

The recent wave of attacks, attributed to the financially motivated threat group ShinyHunters (also tracked by Google as UNC6040), serves as a powerful case study in the effectiveness of sophisticated social engineering. Implement a zero trust model: The attacks highlight the risk of implicit trust.

Social Engineering

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

SecureWorld News

JANUARY 7, 2025

Beware the Poisoned Apple: Defending Against Malware and Social Engineering Just like Snow White was tricked into accepting a poisoned apple from the Evil Queen, malware and social engineering attacks exploit trust to deliver harmful payloads. Ensure your organization builds a "brick house" of security to stay protected!

Cybersecurity

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

One of the report's most pressing concerns is the role of Generative AI in social engineering attacks. From the report: "Generative AI is being used to create highly convincing phishing emails, fake voices, and even deepfake videosmaking social engineering attacks more difficult to detect.

Cybersecurity

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Grubhub recently confirmed a data breach stemming from a third-party vendor, exposing the ongoing risks associated with supply chain security. While these measures contained the incident, the breach underscores the risks inherent in outsourcing critical functions to external vendors. What data was compromised? How did this happen?

Data breaches

Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2025

Guidebooks are also available to instruct on how to exploit the information obtained, in order to more effectively target victims through social engineering and doxxing campaigns. The lack of a robust verification process, combined with the trust placed in authorities, increases the risk to users’ digital security and privacy.

Cybercrime

IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Other Ways Threat Actors Exploit Human Behaviour In addition to fatigue attacks, malefactors weaponise social engineering. MFA fatigue is often coupled with social engineeringan attacker might contact the victim, masquerading as IT support, and advise them to approve the prompt to “resolve an issue.”

Social Engineering

Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2025

The cybercriminals are using social engineering techniques to gain access to target organizations by impersonating employees or contractors. These actors rely on social engineering techniques, often impersonating employees or contractors to deceive IT help desks into granting access.

Data breaches

SecureWorld News

APRIL 22, 2025

This attack represents a notable shift in tactics used by cybercriminals targeting the cryptocurrency sector and highlights the risks posed by commonly used communication tools like Zoom. According to Security Alliance's findings, the campaign relied on social engineering and Zoom's remote control feature to infect targets with malware.

Cryptocurrency

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.

Risk

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 8, 2025

The post Insecure Medical Devices Illumina DNA Sequencer Illuminates Risks appeared first on Security Boulevard. IEI-IEI, Oh: Running an obsolete OS, on obsolete hardware, configured with obsolete settings.

Risk

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.

Ransomware

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

Retail

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape.

Malware

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Cybercriminals employ social engineering techniques to trick you into believing you must resolve fictitious technical issues. The hallmark of ClickFix campaigns is their clever use of social engineering. Legitimate companies rarely ask users to run scripts or share sensitive information via email.

Scams

Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2025

The cybercriminals are using social engineering techniques to gain access to target organizations by impersonating employees or contractors. “These actors rely on social engineering techniques, often impersonating employees or contractors to deceive IT help desks into granting access.

Social Engineering

Security Boulevard

JUNE 10, 2025

When effort is misapplied to low-risk areas, higher-risk areas are left exposed. Risk management is a zero-sum game where every dollar, hour, or tool directed to one area means less for another. The Missing Piece: Threat Agents Most cybersecurity risk assessments focus on vulnerabilities, assets, controls, and potential impacts.

Risk

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.

Social Engineering

SecureWorld News

MARCH 24, 2025

The update also includes new protections for AI workloads across multi-cloud environments and tools to manage the risks of "shadow AI." Automation without guardrails can amplify risk As AI speeds up how fast systems can act, it also raises the stakes if something goes wrong. "An

Social Engineering

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Tim Mackey, Head of Software Supply Chain Risk Strategy at Black Duck, explains: "Attacks on legacy cyber-physical, IoT, and IIoT devicesparticularly in an OT environmentare to be expected and must be planned for as part of the operational requirements for the device. Enforce DMARC, DKIM, and SPF to prevent spoofing.

Ransomware

Hacker's King

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Instagram has revolutionized the way we share our lives online, but with its growing popularity comes an increased risk of cyber threats. Educate Yourself on Social Engineering Tactics Hacking isnt always about code; social engineeringmanipulating users into sharing sensitive informationis one of the most effective tools for cybercriminals.

Accountability

SecureWorld News

JUNE 9, 2025

Additionally, a distributed workforce, ranging from remote maintenance technicians to cabin crews, multiplies entry points for social-engineering tactics like phishing. Aircraft themselves are nodes on data networks, constantly transmitting telemetry, engine performance metrics, and passenger connectivity data.

Cybersecurity

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. We dont just report on threatswe remove them Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline. If it doesn’t look real then don’t click on it.

Phishing

Digital Shadows

JANUARY 22, 2025

In this blog, well preview the reports highlights and give insights into social engineering campaigns leveraging impersonating domains and our predictions for the threats shaping 2025. Organizations should implement domain monitoring, enforce DMARC policies, and train employees to recognize social engineering methods.

Insurance

SecureWorld News

MARCH 20, 2025

Phishing plays straight out of the cybercrime playbook "March Madness brings heightened cybersecurity risks this year, especially with the expansion of sports gambling beyond traditional office pools creating new attack vectors for credential harvesting and financial fraud," warns J.

Scams

SecureWorld News

MAY 16, 2025

Scattered Spider is a financially motivated threat actor group known for its social engineering prowess, SIM-swapping attacks, and living-off-the-land (LOTL) techniques. The group is well known to employ social engineering tactics to gain access, so hardening your help desk is an immediate first step in defense," Staynings continued.

Retail

IT Security Guru

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The risk posed by these actors continues to grow as nations rely increasingly on interconnected digital infrastructure. Phishing and Social Engineering: These tactics manipulate individuals to disclose sensitive information. Conclusion The scope of national security threats today is broader and more complex than ever.

Technology

eSecurity Planet

JULY 14, 2025

Scattered Spider is known for using clever social engineering to trick IT help desks into bypassing security protocols, especially multi-factor authentication (MFA). The FBI recently warned that a notorious hacker collective known as Scattered Spider is “expanding its targeting to include the airline sector.”

Insurance

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.

Phishing

Malwarebytes

APRIL 1, 2025

Even though scammers can use Artificial Intelligence to create convincing emails that appear to come from the IRS, there are often some tell-tale signs of social engineering attempts: Too good to be true: Huge, unexpected tax returns are usually just an incentive to get you to surrender private information in the hopes of obtaining that sum.

Scams

SecureWorld News

JULY 17, 2025

Together, the two series illustrate a clear positive correlation between incident frequency and monetary loss, underscoring the growing risk and economic burden posed by AI‑driven fraud schemes. Consumer and retail banking frauds: It's not only big corporations at risk. in live video calls or voicemails. In 2025, numerous U.S.

Banking

Webroot

MARCH 3, 2025

The growing risks to your data During the third quarter of 2024, data breaches exposed more than 422 million records worldwide. Millions of customers were put at risk when their social security numbers, phone numbers, and other sensitive personal information were leaked.

Consumer Protection

SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Proposing phased adoption : Conducting a cost-benefit analysis: Start with high-risk areas handling sensitive data, then expand organization-wide. Deepfake social engineering: Deepfakes can mimic legitimate users to manipulate access. These evolving threats often exploit gaps in traditional security.

Social Engineering

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2025

Using a very clever social engineering attack that exploits trusted domains, the adversary can then further escalate the profile hijacking attack to steal passwords from the victims browser. For more information about the browser syncjacking attack, additional findings from this research are available at sqrx.com/research.

Social Engineering

SecureWorld News

JULY 29, 2025

The root cause of the Allianz Life breach was a social engineering attack launched on one of its cloud vendors on July 16th, according to the company's filing with the Maine Attorney General's office. It's part of a disturbing trend of social engineering attacks specifically targeting the insurance sector and other industries.

Data breaches

Hacker's King

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Phishing and Social Engineering : Phishing remains a popular attack method, leveraging emails, fake websites, and social media to deceive users into providing sensitive information. This significantly reduces the risk of unauthorized access to accounts and systems.

Cyber Attacks

SecureList

DECEMBER 9, 2024

This incident serves as a stark reminder of the critical risks posed by global IT disruptions and supply chain weaknesses. This case underscores the serious risk that social engineering and supply chain attacks pose to open-source projects. million systems worldwide. Why does it matter? Why does it matter?

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