NetSpi Executives

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Although many companies are adding new processes, technologies, and training materials to combat this, employees continue to fall victim to phishing, vishing, and other forms of social engineering attacks. For further information on each of our unique Social Engineering Pentesting solutions, check out our data sheet or contact us.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 12, 2021

The post Propaganda as a Social Engineering Tool appeared first on Security Boulevard. Now, the mantra should be, “don’t automatically believe what you see.” Deep fakes, propaganda, misinformation and disinformation campaigns are.

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Security Through Education

AUGUST 9, 2023

As a professional social engineer, it’s always interesting when I get asked, “What do you do for work?” Can you get people’s social security numbers?” However, an ethical social engineer must adhere to scope. Social engineering engagements involve human vulnerability. What is Scope?

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Security Through Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Every year companies lose thousands and even millions of dollars due to security breaches. They may upgrade company software or increase security awareness training. With all this effort though, many security executives wonder if their resources are well spent. It also reinforces the need for secure work practices.

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Tech Republic Security

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

A security awareness program backed by multi-factor authentication can help protect your critical assets, says NordVPN Teams.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 18, 2021

The post The Business Value of the Social-Engineer Phishing Service appeared first on Security Boulevard. Phishing attacks continue to plague organizations across the globe with great success, but why? Cybercriminals are targeting the human element of organizations. Additionally, they are developing techniques to use an.

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Mitnick Security

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Organizations around the world are enrolled in security awareness training programs and taught to look out for cybercriminals who are using a hacking technique called social engineering.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

A new report by Mutare reveals costly and pervasive shortcomings in enterprise security protections against voice network attacks, such as […]. The post Vishing (Voice Phishing) in Social Engineering News appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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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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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 4, 2022

At Social-Engineer, we define impersonation as the “practice of pretexting as another person with the goal of obtaining information or […]. The post Impersonation Scams: Social Engineering News appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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LRQA Nettitude Labs

MARCH 22, 2023

This article provides an introduction to covert entry assessments, and will address the many factors to consider when deciding on a pretext for physical social engineering. It also includes a story from a real engagement focusing on both the human side of physical security and how a common vulnerability can be exploited and remediated.

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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.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 17, 2021

Social engineering tricks are constantly used by threat actors to gain access to an individual's account or even an entire organization's system. Sometimes they are easily spotted by the trained security professional, but even the best of us can fall for a sophisticated scheme. Examples of social engineering tricks.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 7, 2021

The post Jayson Street – Hacking and Social Engineering and Why There are No ‘Black Hat’ Hackers appeared first on TechSpective. The post Jayson Street – Hacking and Social Engineering and Why There are No ‘Black Hat’ Hackers appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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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. Cybercriminals increasingly employ social engineering tactics because they are effective.

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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. To help you get started, here are our top 5 recommendations for starting your security awareness program so you can maximize the impact of your efforts. That is, when you get it just right.

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Social engineering techniques, such as phishing, target not the systems but the people using them. After all, it’s called social engineering for a reason. Education and awareness are powerful weapons against scammers. The Health Service Executive is warning of fake contact tracing calls. Use common sense.” .

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Security Weekly

DECEMBER 29, 2020

The post Security Awareness Training – Time for a Change in Philosophy? appeared first on Security Weekly.

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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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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.

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Dark Reading

AUGUST 7, 2020

Approaches based on questionnaires and self-evaluation are not always a good indicator of how well a user can mitigate social engineering threats.

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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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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Fraud often takes place through social engineering against customers logging in from where they always log in, from a device they have always used. The post Fraud Detection: Time is Not on Our Side appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Through Education

MARCH 4, 2024

In prepping for my speech, I realized that the techniques I daily use as a certified social engineer equipped me more than I realized. Influence Techniques At Social-Engineer, you may often hear or read about us referring to “Influence Techniques.” Written by: Josten Peña Human Risk Analyst at Social-Engineer, LLC

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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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Security Through Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Julie has spent the last 10 years building and enhancing Fortune 500 enterprise Security Awareness programs. Listen as they discuss using empathy to improve security awareness and the flaws in the “stupid user” philosophy. 140 – Empathetic Security with Julie Rinehart. – Feb 15, 2021. The post Ep.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 6, 2023

These attacks can come from malicious instructions, social engineering, or authentication attacks, as well as heavy network traffic. Defending against phishing The general defense methods for protecting oneself against an attack can be thought of as the pillars that support your overall security online.

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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. The hacker used another “easy” technique that goes after the weakest link in any company’s security - the employee. Risk Level. The common theme?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 14, 2021

Phishing exercises are an important tool towards promoting security awareness in an organization. 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. This blog was written by an independent guest blogger.

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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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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016. To pursue cybersecurity culture change, we recommend you to institute a cost-effective, company-wide security awareness training for your employees.

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Architect Security

AUGUST 4, 2019

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Social engineering attacks have long been a threat to businesses worldwide, statistically comprising roughly 98% of cyberattacks worldwide. Given the much more psychologically focused and methodical ways that social engineering attacks can be conducted, it makes spotting them hard to do.

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 17, 2021

In our first Security Awareness episode, Chris Hadnagy and Ryan MacDougall are joined by industry professional , Marcus Sailler to discuss his experience as the red team i nformation s ecurity m anager at Capital Group. 138 – Security With Marcus Sailler of Capital Group . Get Involved. Enjoy the Outtro Music?

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 29, 2023

As attacks continue to evolve, harnessing AI and advanced social engineering techniques for increasingly sophisticated, stealthy attacks, many. The post We’ve Been Using Email Since 1971—It’s Time We Make it Secure appeared first on Security Boulevard. Email is one of the most important communication tools used today.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2020

Two days later, the employees were informed by email of the ongoing security test, the message received by the ones that opened the email states: “You’re getting this email because you failed our recent phishing test,” the company’s chief security officer Demetrius Comeswrote. Pierluigi Paganini.

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