Scams Social Engineering Telecommunications 
Krebs on Security
AUGUST 19, 2020
For now at least, they appear to be focusing primarily on companies in the financial, telecommunications and social media industries. Allen said it matters little to the attackers if the first few social engineering attempts fail. A phishing page (helpdesk-att[.]com) com) targeting AT&T employees. Image: urlscan.io.
Malwarebytes
JUNE 16, 2022
It involved 76 countries taking social engineers and telecommunications fraudsters to task, with multiple wins for those involved. Multiple national call centres suspected of telecommunications fraud were also raided. Interpol also mentions 8 suspects arrested in Singapore for “Ponzi-like” job scams.
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Krebs on Security
DECEMBER 29, 2022
The unknown intruders gained access to internal Mailchimp tools and customer data by social engineering employees at the company, and then started sending targeted phishing attacks to owners of Trezor hardware cryptocurrency wallets. com, which was fed by pig butchering scams. Uber blames LAPSUS$ for the intrusion.
Digital Shadows
OCTOBER 23, 2024
The attacker gained initial access to two employee accounts by carrying out social engineering attacks on the organization’s help desk twice. Scattered Spider previously targeted telecommunications firms, likely to support its SIM-swapping activities that facilitate account takeovers.
Digital Shadows
OCTOBER 23, 2024
The attacker gained initial access to two employee accounts by carrying out social engineering attacks on the organization’s help desk twice. Scattered Spider previously targeted telecommunications firms, likely to support its SIM-swapping activities that facilitate account takeovers.
Pen Test Partners
MAY 26, 2025
iPhone prize scams, ransomware attacks that weren’t, aiding the Steele Dossier case, and even a fraudulent 14 million transfer. Our analysis proved theyd been socially engineered using deepfake voice calls and spoofed emails, exonerating the staff member and aiding in Interpols ongoing investigation.
Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
First, they included an offer to use a mutually trusted “middleman” or escrow provider for the transaction (to protect either party from getting scammed). One of the groups that reliably posted “Tmo up! Allison Nixon is chief research officer for the New York City-based cybersecurity firm Unit 221B.
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