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Gen Z’s Rising Susceptibility to Social Engineering Attacks

Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2025

Gen Z, or individuals born between 1997 and 2012, have certain types of lifestyles, upbringings and character traits that make them ideal for social engineering exploitation. The post Gen Zs Rising Susceptibility to Social Engineering Attacks appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SHARED INTEL: How ransomware evolved from consumer trickery to deep enterprise hacks

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

FBI spoofs 2012 – 2013. This quirk made the attack look more trustworthy and added a layer of flexibility to these scams. It surfaced in November 2012 and was making thousands of victims a day. None of these early threats went pro. The FBI-themed ransomware was one of the most prolific infections at the time.

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Securing Corporate Philanthropy on Giving Tuesday

Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The Giving Tuesday movement came into being in 2012 to encourage generosity and charitable giving year-round; the Tuesday after the U.S. Tomorrow, November 30, is Giving Tuesday, a day of emphasis on charitable giving both by individuals and organizations and enterprises. Thanksgiving holiday is officially designated Giving Tuesday.

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Financial cyberthreats in 2023

SecureList

MAY 6, 2024

A significant share of scam, phishing and malware attacks is about money. Financial phishing In 2023, online fraudsters continued to lure users to phishing and scam pages that mimicked the websites of popular brands and financial organizations. Money is what always attracts cybercriminals.

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MY TAKE: COVID-19’s silver lining could turn out to be more rapid, wide adoption of cyber hygiene

The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

Somewhat quietly since about 2012 or so, nation states in that region, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, commenced a quiet surge to the forefront of implementing comprehensive cybersecurity regulations. Our lackadaisical attitude about guarding our digital footprints and our propensity to overshare stand out in high relief.

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Data Breach: Turkish legal advising company exposed over 15,000 clients

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Inova has been operating since 2012 and has handled thousands of cases since then. Although your data may not have been found by anyone else, in case any ill-intentioned hacker discovered it, here are some of the risks people exposed could face: Phishing Scams and Malware. Scammers like this are pretty common in Turkey.

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BazarBackdoor phishing campaign eschews links and files to avoid raising red flags

SC Magazine

MAY 5, 2021

Here, workers prepare a presentation the day before the CeBIT 2012 technology trade fair. They know that most current technical controls and filters have a blind spot to social engineering and BEC and that sending the right message in the right context will bypass those solutions and lure engagement from the end users.”

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Group-IB: $49.4 million of damage caused to Russia’s financial sector from cyber attacks

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

This trend aimed at reducing threats from banking Trojans for PCs has been continuing in Russia since 2012. In Russia, according to Group-IB experts, there are no longer any groups left that would conduct thefts from individuals using banking Trojans for PCs.

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The Top Cybersecurity Breaches in the UAE

Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Compare that to 2012 when the UAE ranked fifth in the Global Cybersecurity Index. It serves as a warning to regularly backup company data and train every employee on how to identify phishing and social engineering attacks. Even so, the UAE saw 166,667 victims of cybercrime who lost a combined US$746 million.

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Mobile malware evolution 2020

SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In their campaigns to infect mobile devices, cybercriminals always resort to social engineering tools, the most common of these passing a malicious application off as another, popular and desirable one. This is a typical example of the kind of old-school text-message scams that were popular in 2011 and 2012.

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How to Prevent Data Leaks

Spinone

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The Hacker had discovered Zuckerberg’s password in a 2012 LinkedIn data breach and he had used the same password across several accounts. Phishing and Social Engineering Attacks Phishing scams , in which hackers set up fake websites and applications in order to steal passwords can allow access to sensitive information within minutes.

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ID theft ghouls targeting Surfside victims is appalling, but no surprise

Malwarebytes

JULY 21, 2021

In many ways, it’s the perfect crime for anyone indulging in social engineering. In the US, for example, there were concerns back in 2012 over public access to something called the “Death Master File”. By the same token, crooks grabbing ID’s during a disaster (natural or otherwise) is a good fit for bad people.

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