eSecurity Planet

APRIL 21, 2025

According to Check Point Research, the campaign began in January 2025 and is being carried out by APT29 also known as Cozy Bear or Midnight Blizzard the same group behind the infamous SolarWinds supply chain attack. The post Russian Hackers Target European Diplomats with Wine-Tasting Phishing Scams appeared first on eSecurity Planet.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In the past decade, social engineering attacks have become more sophisticated and prevalent than ever. From AI voice impersonation to deepfake video calls, cybercriminals are leveraging the latest technology to make their scams increasingly convincing. More than 70% of successful breaches start with social engineering attacks.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 20, 2025

From hyper-realistic deepfakes to advanced vishing scams, AI-generated threats have quickly raised the stakes for enterprise security.With AI fundamentally changing both how businesses operate and how cybercriminals attack, organizations must maintain a current and comprehensive understanding of the enterprise AI landscape.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

And one of the most successful and increasingly prevalent ways of attack has come from social engineering, which is when criminals manipulate humans directly to gain access to confidential information. Social engineering is more sophisticated than ever, and its most advanced iteration is the topic of today's discussion: deepfakes.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Romance Scams on and after the Valentines Day 2023 are common. But can you imagine that the loss incurred through such scams is amounting to $5.9 Moreover, the losses associated with the online romance scams occurring across the nation could be approximately $7 billion by 2025.

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SecureList

MARCH 25, 2025

Amazon Online Shopping was mimicked by 33.19% of all phishing and scam pages targeting online store users in 2024. Financial phishing In 2024, online fraudsters continued to lure users to phishing and scam pages that mimicked the websites of popular brands and financial organizations. million detections compared to 5.84

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In this article in the KSB series, we review the trends of the past year, reflect on the predictions we made for 2024 , and offer insights into what we can expect in 2025. The attackers employed social engineering techniques to gain persistent access to the software development environment and remained undetected for years.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

While 2024 generally saw the same tried-and-true techniques, 2025 is expected to bring new vulnerabilities and increased targeting of certain organizations by hacktivist groups due to geopolitical shifts. In 2025, we anticipate more vishing (voice phishing) and fake IT helpdesk scams targeting English-speaking firms.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

What are the risks?

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Security Through Education

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Many times, we tend to think of scams as affecting businesses and companies, rather than individuals. However, with the ease of access to personal information today, we see a plethora of personal, targeted scams as well. In this article, we will focus on two specific forms of these personal scams and learn how to remain safe from them.

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Security Through Education

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Expert Chris Hadnagy advises us, “Unless you’re in the security business or law enforcement, you won’t be familiar with every new scam that pops up. Social-Engineer, LLC saw an almost 350% increase in recognition of phishing emails when using a similar training platform in 2020.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 7, 2025

Identity at a Crossroads: Why Existential Identity Matters madhav Tue, 04/08/2025 - 04:31 Imagine waking up one morning to find your digital identity compromised your accounts hijacked, your access revoked, and your data in someone elses hands. Are We Sacrificing Safety for Simplicity?

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2025

CISA adds Oracle WebLogic Server and Mitel MiCollab flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Threat actors breached the Argentinas airport security police (PSA) payroll Moxa router flaws pose serious risks to industrial environmets US adds Tencent to the list of companies supporting Chinese military Eagerbee backdoor targets govt entities (..)

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

While 2024 generally saw the same tried-and-true techniques, 2025 is expected to bring new vulnerabilities and increased targeting of certain organizations by hacktivist groups due to geopolitical shifts. In 2025, we anticipate more vishing (voice phishing) and fake IT helpdesk scams targeting English-speaking firms.

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SecureList

JANUARY 30, 2025

Introduction Since mid-2024, we’ve observed a malicious Android campaign leveraging wedding invitations as a lure to social-engineer victims into installing a malicious Android app (APK), which we have named “Tria Stealer” after unique strings found in campaign samples.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 7, 2025

Introduction 2025 will be the year of the futurist. I never thought that I'd be writing a blog post about AI and robotics at this point in my career, but technology has advanced so much in the lat 12 months setting up 2025 to be a landmark year in terms of the tech industry. This article will explore the new threats to WAFs in 2025.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Potential consequences for users If the breach is legitimate, it could have significant security and privacy implications for OmniGPT users, including: Phishing and identity theft : Exposed email addresses and phone numbers can be leveraged for targeted phishing attacks and social engineering scams.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The 2025 theme “Secure Our World” highlights the pervasiveness of digital technologies that enable connections across the globe and how straightforward, yet effective measures can have a lasting impact. In addition, there’s great business value behind adopting MFA.

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Hacker's King

JANUARY 3, 2025

Fake accounts are a common tool for these bad actors, used to impersonate others, spread misinformation, and execute scams. This is where fake account detection becomes a critical skill. By identifying and addressing these fraudulent profiles, you can protect your digital presence and minimize your exposure to cyber threats.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The Annual Cybersecurity Attitudes and Behaviors Report 2024-2025, ” published by the NCA as part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month. That’s one of many eye-opening findings in “ Oh, Behave! Have you ever shared sensitive work information without your employer’s knowledge? Source: “Oh, Behave!

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The 2025 theme “Secure Our World” highlights the pervasiveness of digital technologies that enable connections across the globe and how straightforward, yet effective measures can have a lasting impact. In addition, there’s great business value behind adopting MFA.

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

trillion annually by 2025, up from $3 trillion in 2015. It serves as a warning to regularly backup company data and train every employee on how to identify phishing and social engineering attacks. In 2025, over 223,000 vulnerable assets were exposed to potential attacks, a sharp increase from 155,000 in 2023.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

This underscores the importance of having additional compensating controls and educating employees on the risks associated with phishing and other social engineering attacks. ” APLHV disbanded in late December 2023 after conducting an exit scam against its affiliates.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

For more information about protecting your organization against deepfakes: “ How to prevent deepfakes in the era of generative AI ” (TechTarget) “ Deepfake scams escalate, hitting more than half of businesses ” (Cybersecurity Dive) “ The AI Threat: Deepfake or Deep Fake? and abroad, according to the agency.

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SecureList

AUGUST 23, 2021

This is a form of cybercrime that relies on social engineering techniques by creating convincing replicas of pages of well-known brands or desirable products. This finely designed tournament page is nothing more than a scam that capitalizes on well-known and trusted brands. Detections. Unique files. PUBG Mobile. Brawl Stars.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

This underscores the importance of having additional compensating controls and educating employees on the risks associated with phishing and other social engineering attacks. ” APLHV disbanded in late December 2023 after conducting an exit scam against its affiliates.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

While the latter is more of a good thing, all of these are realities and none of the three will go away in 2025. We curated some predictions for the cybersecurity industry in 2025--some specific; some broad; some from practitioners; some from vendors--to get a pulse on what the cybersecurity community believes is coming in the New Year.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

CrowdStrike (Nasdaq: CRWD) today announced the findings of the 2025 CrowdStrike Global Threat Report, revealing a dramatic shift in cyber adversary tactics, with attackers leveraging stolen identity credentials, AI-generated social engineering, and hands-on keyboard intrusions to bypass traditional security measures.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The massive shift to work from home in response to the Covid-19 pandemic has meant a rush to secure a wider range of home devices and networks, and an instant spike in demand for training and services that protect employees in identifying attempted cyberattacks and scams. Economic stimulus checks were targeted.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

PRODAFT researchers reported that Black Basta has been largely inactive in 2025 due to internal conflicts, ransom scams, and ineffective ransomware. Some of its operators scammed victims by collecting ransom payments without providing functional decryptors. ” added the experts. One member is a 17-year-old.

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