SecureList

APRIL 24, 2024

High-end APT groups perform highly interesting social engineering campaigns in order to penetrate well-protected targets. While this highly targeted and interactive social engineering approach might not be completely novel, it is extraordinary. Our pDNS confirms this IP as a Witopia VPN exit. What NeXZt?

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2022

In August 2020, KrebsOnSecurity warned that crooks were using voice phishing to target new hires at major companies, impersonating IT employees and asking them to update their VPN client or log in at a phishing website that mimicked their employer’s VPN login page. ” SMASH & GRAB. .” ” SMASH & GRAB.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Generative AI Impact : Generative AI will have a big role in cyber security, especially in areas like email protection and fighting social engineering attacks. Reducing Risky Behavior: AI adoption in security policies has led to a 68% drop in risky user actions, proving its effectiveness in promoting safer online habits.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 23, 2022

Microsoft says LAPSUS$ — which it boringly calls “ DEV-0537 ” — mostly gains illicit access to targets via “social engineering.” ” This involves bribing or tricking employees at the target organization or at its myriad partners, such as customer support call centers and help desks.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2021

. “For decades, West African scammers, primarily located in Nigeria, have perfected the use of social engineering in cybercrime activity.” “You can provide us accounting data for the access to any company, for example, login and password to RDP, VPN, corporate email, etc. Open our letter at your email.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2020

Voice phishing is a form of criminal phone fraud, using social engineering over the telephone system to gain access to private personal and financial information for the purpose of financial reward. . Restrict VPN access hours, where applicable, to mitigate access outside of allowed times.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 16, 2021

Synology NAS devices are under attack from StealthWorker PrintNightmare and RDP RCE among major issues tackled by Patch Tuesday Thief pulls off colossal, $600m crypto-robbery…and gives the money back If a QR code leads you to a Bitcoin ATM at a gas station, it’s a scam Twitter says it out loud: removing anonymity will not stop online abuse Microsoft’s (..)

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Please note that the majority of the indicators are commercial VPN nodes according to our enrichment information.” In earlies September, Okta warned customers of social engineering attacks carried out in recent weeks by threat actors to obtain elevated administrator permissions. ” concludes the advisory.

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Security Through Education

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Connect to a secure network and use a company-issued Virtual Private Network (VPN). Social-Engineer, LLC saw an almost 350% increase in recognition of phishing emails when using a similar training platform in 2020. It is to these carefully crafted campaigns that Social-Engineer, LLC can attribute their success.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 3, 2023

For instance, phishing, one of the most common, is a social engineering attack used to steal user data. You can also invest in a virtual private network (VPN) for use when you are connected to a public network. VPNs route your data through secure servers and networks to protect your personal information from prying eyes.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 2, 2024

This past year set a profound stage, from the advent of stringent cyber regulations to the convergence of generative AI, social engineering, and ransomware. Last year, we witnessed the fast-evolving nature of social engineering attacks, and this evolution poses greater challenges for detection and defense.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 23, 2021

“Historically, ransomware has been delivered via email attachments or, more recently, using direct network access obtained through things like unsecure VPN accounts for software vulnerabilities,” Crane Hassold, director of threat intelligence at Abnormal Security, wrote in a blog post. But this is just the start.”.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 28, 2020

Vishing is another form of social engineering that targets users via telephone calls to landlines, cell phones, Voice Over IP (VOIP) phone systems and applications, and potential POTS (plain old telephone system) home phones. SMishing is social engineering in the form of SMS text messages.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2022

A little more than a week later, cybersecurity firm Armorblox outlined an account takeover attack that leveraged malicious phishing and social engineering. Secure Access for Remote Workers: RDP, VPN & VDI. In Armobox’s research, hackers used email with a socially engineered payload. Spoofed Zoom email.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 8, 2021

Source: BleepingComputer) Socially engineered attacks surfaced in maritime cybersecurity. Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, our podcast featured Eva Galperin who talked to us about defending online anonymity and speech. Source: Wired) A bug in a shared SDK can let attackers join calls undetected across multiple apps.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 28, 2022

Possible physical security and network-based attack scenarios: - physical device compromise . A possible device compromise through device stealing or actually obtaining a physical copy of the device for digital forensic examination by third-parties.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 24, 2020

In the case of e-hawk.net, however, the scammers managed to trick an OpenProvider customer service rep into transferring the domain to another registrar with a fairly lame social engineering ruse — and without triggering any verification to the real owners of the domain. ” REGISTRY LOCK.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 22, 2022

In most cases, this involved social engineering employees at the targeted firm into adding one of their computers or mobiles to the list of devices allowed to authenticate with the company’s virtual private network (VPN). T-Mobile currently has approximately 75,000 employees worldwide.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 17, 2023

1) Vulnerabilities Allowing Intruders into Networks According to Securin’s research, services such as external remote services, VPN, and public-facing applications contain 133 vulnerabilities associated with ransomware that could be exploited for initial access.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Experts pointed out that Iranian threat actors operators are more patient and persistent with their social engineering campaigns, however, they continue to conduct aggressive brute force attacks on their targets. ” reads the post published by Microsoft. ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2021

Social Engineering It’s been found that almost one-fourth of the data breach is carried out by using social engineering. method used for social engineering is phishing, wherein cybercriminals send legitimate- looking malicious emails intended to extort sensitive financial data. One common.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 5, 2021

Lil’ skimmer, the Magecart impersonator What is the WireGuard VPN protocol ? Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Is it Game Over for VR Advergaming ?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 21, 2021

The vast majority of cyberattacks rely on social engineering – the deception and manipulation of victims to coerce them into either opening malware or voluntarily providing sensitive information. Know how to identify a phishing attack.

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Daniel Miessler

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Example 2: Using a VPN. A lot of people are confused about VPNs. If you log in at the end website you’ve identified yourself to them, regardless of VPN. VPNs encrypt the traffic between you and some endpoint on the internet, which is where your VPN is based. This is true. So, probably not a win.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2022

The VPN credentials for initial access are said to have been obtained from illicit websites like Russian Market with the goal of gaining control of T-Mobile employee accounts, ultimately allowing the threat actor to carry out SIM swapping attacks at will. ” wrote Krebs. – Source KrebsOnSecurity. “Our

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2020

Experts found new variants of Agent Tesla Trojan that include modules to steal credentials from popular web browsers, VPN software, as well as FTP and email clients. “Agent Tesla is now able to harvest configuration data and credentials from a number of common VPN clients, FTP and Email clients, and Web Browsers.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 31, 2022

Phishing, social engineering, and credential stuffing are often the end result. January 2022 : “Russian cyber criminal forums” were offering network and VPN credentials, both for sale or free to access. Implement user training to reduce the risk of phishing and social engineering.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Growing security risks have prompted companies to move away from virtual private networks (VPNs) in favor of a zero-trust model. Most organizations, 72 percent, plan to ditch VPNs , according to Zscaler’s 2021 VPN Risk Report , which found that 67 percent of organizations are considering remote access alternatives.

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

Accounting for nearly a quarter of reported incidents in Australia, phishing is a broad category of social engineering with several variations. These social engineering techniques tricked employees into revealing their login credentials, which allowed attackers to access additional systems and data. What is phishing?

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Connect to your office with a Virtual Private Network (VPN). Using a work-supplied VPN makes your computer part of the work network, keeping data safe as it travels over the Internet. Unsocial networks There's quite a bit of advice in relation to social networks and social engineering.

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Instead, using a virtual private network, also known as a VPN, when connecting to public networks can help encrypt data. Protect Social Media Profiles The amount of personal information shared on social media should be limited, especially for military personnel. This opens the door to potential sharing of personal information.

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Pen Test Partners

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Currently, most initial access attempts are carried out with social engineering, commonly phishing. Consider your VPN solution, many have moved to using M365 authentication to protect this. If an attacker can get credentials or even session information using an Attacker in The Middle (AiTM) attack your VPN is now accessible.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2022

virtual private network (VPN), remote desktop protocol (RDP), virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) including Citrix, or Identity providers (including Azure Active Directory, Okta)). The threat actors used the compromised credentials and/or session tokens to access the target networks through internet-facing systems and applications (i.e.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In other news, both LockBit and the Akira ransomware gang, the latter of which has tallied 125 victims since we first began tracking them in April 2023, were confirmed last month to be exploiting a specific zero-day flaw ( CVE-2023-20269 ) in Cisco VPN appliances.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

a demo for anti-virus software, VPN, music players, photo editing or online games) to hijack the channel of YouTube creators. According to Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) researchers, who spotted the campaign, the attacks were launched by multiple hack-for-hire actors recruited on Russian-speaking forums.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2020

The memo invited NASA personnel to use VPN and regularly visit a dedicated website that provides information related to working during the COVID-19 outbreak. Below the list of suggestions included in the agency’s memo: Use the NASA VPN, prior to beginning to work.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Instead of arguing about MFA strength, VPN vendor, or nation-state treat actors, let’s finish our conversation about using dedicated administrator accounts and unique passwords. In 2024 we’ll see more of the same. As we shift to hybrid workloads, identity is becoming more complex.

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