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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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In August 2022, multiple security firms gained access to the server that was receiving data from that Telegram bot, which on several occasions leaked the Telegram ID and handle of its developer, who used the nickname “ Joeleoli.” The group then used their access to Twilio to attack at least 163 of its customers. .”

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The Hacker News

JUNE 23, 2023

A threat actor known as Muddled Libra is targeting the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry with persistent attacks that leverage advanced social engineering ploys to gain initial access.

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Penetration Testing

AUGUST 16, 2024

Recently, cybersecurity firm Rapid7 identified a series of sophisticated intrusion attempts linked to an ongoing social engineering campaign that has been actively monitored by its threat intelligence team.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 1, 2023

Both Staffin and his employer were victims of business email compromise (BEC) , also known as CEO fraud, a type of social engineering attack. Social engineering attacks are cyberattacks where a criminal tricks a victim into doing something against their interests, such as revealing sensitive information of making a bank transfer.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

million customers, including website administrator passwords, sFTP credentials, and private SSL keys; -December 2022: Hackers gained access to and installed malware on GoDaddy’s cPanel hosting servers that “intermittently redirected random customer websites to malicious sites.” A U2F device made by Yubikey.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 20, 2023

Popular email marketing service MailChimp recently fell victim to another data breach, this time caused by a successful social engineering attack on its employees and contractors. Such information could be exploited by threat actors in phishing attacks.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2022

On January 5, 2022, the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the FBI’s arrest of Italian citizen Filippo Bernardini at JFK International Airport in New York for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In both cases, the attackers managed to social engineer employees into resetting the multi-factor login requirements for Okta administrator accounts. In March 2022, Okta disclosed a breach from the hacking group LAPSUS$, a criminal hacking group that specialized in social-engineering employees at targeted companies.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

technology companies during the summer of 2022. stole at least $800,000 from at least five victims between August 2022 and March 2023. 2022 that an intrusion had exposed a “limited number” of Twilio customer accounts through a sophisticated social engineering attack designed to steal employee credentials.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 23, 2022

Attackers have to carry out a long series of actions that involve social engineering, data breaches and sometimes even system testing. The post 16 Best DDOS Attack Tools in 2022 appeared first on Wallarm. The post 16 Best DDOS Attack Tools in 2022 appeared first on Security Boulevard. Due to the sophistication [.].

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2024

. — and charged him with stealing at least $800,000 from five victims between August 2022 and March 2023. Urban allegedly went by the nicknames “ Sosa ” and “ King Bob, ” and is believed to be part of the same crew that hacked Twilio and a slew of other companies in 2022.

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SecureList

MAY 25, 2022

The Verizon 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report is out. Several things stand out in the 2022 report: Ransomware challenges continue to mount — “Ransomware’s heyday continues, and is present in almost 70% of malware breaches this year.” “Actor Motives: Financial (89%), Espionage (11%).”

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 11, 2023

Satnam Narang at Tenable notes that CVE-2023-28252 is also the second CLFS zero-day disclosed to Microsoft by researchers from Mandiant and DBAPPSecurity ( CVE-2022-37969 ), though it is unclear if both of these discoveries are related to the same attacker.

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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.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Scattered Spider members are part of a broader cybercriminal community called “The Com,” where hackers brag about high-profile cyber thefts, typically initiated through social engineering tactics like phone, email, or SMS scams to gain access to corporate networks. In January 2024, U.S.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 13, 2023

Introduction The recent ManageEngine CVE-2022-47966 is a pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability. The post ManageEngine CVE-2022-47966 IOCs appeared first on Horizon3.ai. The post ManageEngine CVE-2022-47966 IOCs appeared first on Security Boulevard. Given the nature […].

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

According to a 2023 study by Sumsub , deepfake fraud attempts increased by 704% between 2022 and 2023. Evolution of social engineering Social engineering exploits human psychology to manipulate individuals into revealing sensitive information or taking harmful actions.

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SecureList

AUGUST 17, 2022

Black Hat 2022 USA Briefings wrapped up this past week, along with its sister conference DEF CON 30. Fast forward to 2022 and Kim makes mention of the technical debt leading to the Colonial Pipeline ransomware fiasco that led to an overwhelming of the east coast fuel supply chain. Many of the talks were great, fresh content.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The 2022 update to our research on the perception of data breach causes that’s helped organizations re-evaluate how they are at risk for a data breach instead of what feels right. In their 2021 report, Social Engineering and Basic Web Application Attacks accounted for over 50% of all breach events. DOWNLOAD NOW.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

In this article, we’ll focus on what businesses have learned over the past twelve months, and how this can help us to turn 2022 into a safer and more successful year. What to expect from email security threats in 2022? How will remote working affect email security in 2022? How can SMEs prepare for email security threats in 2022?

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The Hacker News

MARCH 2, 2022

Enterprise security company Proofpoint, which detected the malicious emails for the first time on February 24, 2022, dubbed the social engineering attacks "Asylum

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

As we near the end of 2022, IT professionals look back at one of the worst years on record for incidents. During 2022 over 65% of organizations expected security budgets to expand. In 2022 we witnessed several third-party supply chain breaches. IoT/OT and DoS attack vectors were key areas in 2022 for an attack.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2022

The actors used social engineering techniques and, in some cases, posed as members of the victim company’s IT help desk, using their knowledge of the employee’s personally identifiable information—including name, position, duration at company, and home address—to gain the trust of the targeted employee.” ” SMASH & GRAB.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2022

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for August 2022 addressed a zero-day attack remote code execution vulnerability in Windows. There is an element of social engineering to this as a threat actor would need to convince a user to click a link or open a document.” No No RCE CVE-2022-34716.NET

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SecureList

OCTOBER 6, 2022

We observed the threat landscape of ATM/PoS malware attacks and how it changed in 2020-2022. For these purposes, we analyzed threat statistics from Kaspersky Security Network (KSN), a system for processing anonymized cyberthreat-related data shared voluntarily by Kaspersky users, for the period between January 2020 and August 2022.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 16, 2023

The post Scams Lost US $10 BILLION in 2022 — Crypto Fraud Grows Fast appeared first on Security Boulevard. Ben is disappointed: FBI reports huge rise in cryptocurrency investment scams. Why am I not surprised?

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Finally, we will make some forecasts about financial attacks in 2022. Data from the Brazilian Federation of Banks registered a considerable increase in crime (such as explosions at bank branches to steal money) and cybercrime (increased phishing and social-engineering attacks) against banking customers and banking infrastructure.

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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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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Threat actors are continually looking for better ways to target organizations, here are the top five attack vectors to look out for in 2022. This article focuses on the top five attack vectors organizations should look out for and defend against in 2022. Conclusion. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 7, 2022

They earned the highest score among providers named "Customer's Choice" in Gartner's 2022 "Voice of the Customer” Security Awareness Computer-Based Training report. It needs to be maintained for various types of cyber threats like Ransomware, Malware, Social Engineering, and Phishing. are the different parts of cybersecurity.

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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. It’s highly recommended reading.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 9, 2024

19, a group of cybercriminals that allegedly included the couple’s son executed a sophisticated phone-based social engineering attack in which they stole $243 million worth of cryptocurrency from a victim in Washington, D.C. The Corvette that Diaz was sitting in when he was shot in 2022. Image: NBC 6, South Florida.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

This is our latest installment, focusing on activities that we observed during Q3 2022. We can confirm a Maui ransomware incident in 2022, but we would expand their “first seen” date from the reported May 2021 to April 15, 2021, and the geolocation of the target to Japan and India. The most remarkable findings.

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SecureList

MAY 27, 2022

IT threat evolution in Q1 2022. IT threat evolution in Q1 2022. IT threat evolution in Q1 2022. The attackers study their victims carefully and use the information they find to frame social engineering attacks. Number of unique domains using the TOP 10 phishing kits, August 2021 — January 2022 ( download ).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

The Threat Report Portugal: H2 2022 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from July to December, H2, 2022. The Threat Report Portugal: Q3 & Q4 2022 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from Jully to December, Q3 and Q4, 2022. in Q2 2022.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Unfortunately, it’s likely 2022 will continue this trend as these types of social engineering attacks become more sophisticated. Phishing scams continue to top the list of cybercrimes. The statistics are alarming. Phishing attacks account for more than 80% of reported security incidents.

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