Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Social engineering techniques are becoming increasingly sophisticated and are exploiting multiple emerging means, such as deep fakes. The increasing use of videoconferencing platforms and the various forms of remote work also adopted in the post-emergency covid make interpersonal collaborations increasingly virtual.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2020

Several stories here have highlighted the importance of creating accounts online tied to your various identity, financial and communications services before identity thieves do it for you. ” In short, although you may not be required to create online accounts to manage your affairs at your ISP, the U.S. .”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Security researchers from Cleafy discovered a new Android banking trojan, named SharkBot, that is targeting banks in Europe. At the end of October, researchers from cyber security firms Cleafy and ThreatFabric have discovered a new Android banking trojan named SharkBot. ” reads the analysis published by the researchers.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 18, 2018

Bank patrons in their 20s and 30s, who grew up blanketed with digital screens, have little interest in visiting a brick-and-mortar branch, nor interacting with a flesh-and-blood teller. This truism is pushing banks into unchartered territory. So banks are all in. LaSalla: Back in the day it was hardware tokens for banks.

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SecureList

MAY 17, 2021

Bizarro is yet another banking Trojan family originating from Brazil that is now found in other regions of the world. Attempts have now been made to steal credentials from customers of 70 banks from different European and South American countries. It may also use social engineering to convince victims to download a smartphone app.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is urging police departments and governments worldwide to beef up security around their email systems, citing a recent increase in cybercriminal services that use hacked police email accounts to send unauthorized subpoenas and customer data requests to U.S.-based based technology companies.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

According to interviews with several sources, this hybrid phishing gang has a remarkably high success rate, and operates primarily through paid requests or “bounties,” where customers seeking access to specific companies or accounts can hire them to target employees working remotely at home. A phishing page (helpdesk-att[.]com)

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Malwarebytes

MAY 1, 2023

In the email, Gary Bragg, then-president of Pennsylvania law firm O'Neill, Bragg & Staffin, asked Staffin to wire $580,000 to a Bank of China account. Staffin, who was VP and in charge of banking, sent the money through as asked. BEC is one of the most damaging forms of social engineering attacks faced by small businesses.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 26, 2020

For several years beginning around 2010, a lone teenager in Vietnam named Hieu Minh Ngo ran one of the Internet’s most profitable and popular services for selling “ fullz ,” stolen identity records that included a consumer’s name, date of birth, Social Security number and email and physical address.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The company says an unauthorized third party socially engineered a customer support employee while talking on the phone, obtaining access to some customer support systems. 10 of these individuals had more extensive account information exposed. This allowed the unauthorized party to obtain two lists.

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The Hacker News

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Socially engineered SMS messages are being used to install malware on Android devices as part of a widespread phishing campaign that impersonates the Iranian government and social security services to make away with credit card details and steal funds from victims' bank accounts.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 22, 2022

When she was about to enter her bank account PIN, she remembered she wasn't supposed to share it with anyone. It's only time before online criminals adopt this tactic and begin their social engineering campaign against unwary citizens. Source: Chasseur Group). She then realized she was about to be scammed.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 1, 2022

The email’s subject line, “Microsoft account unusual sign-in activity”, is always guaranteed to attract some attention. Report the user Thanks, The Microsoft account team. Instead, it’s a Mailto: URI which opens a fresh email with a pre-filled message to be sent to a specific email account. Miss it, miss out.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Wire transfer fraud occurs when scammers convince a company to send money to a fraudulent account. The post Shedding AI Light on Bank Wire Transfer Fraud appeared first on Security Boulevard. While weeding out suspicious requests like this may seem rudimentary, it’s not.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 25, 2022

Additional media updates also included the fact that the threat actor succeeded in digitally transferring money from the company’s account to the hacker’s account via the Zelle Payment service. The post Morgan Stanley data breach details via social engineering attack appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2024

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) recently observed threat actors using sophisticated social engineering tactics to target IT help desks in the health sector. Then they used compromised employee email accounts to hijack payments. bank accounts.” bank accounts.”

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 19, 2024

Armed with an email and password—which are easily bought online— and the 2FA code, an attacker could take over the victim’s online accounts. SIM swapping can be done in a number of ways, but perhaps the most common involves a social engineering attack on the victim’s carrier. Katz pleaded guilty before Chief U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 14, 2022

The CFO commonly carries out such tasks and arranges a wire transfer using the account information provided on the invoice. In actuality, the request is coming from a BEC fraud ring, and the payment details direct the funds to an account controlled by the attackers. Scenario 2. Scenario 3. Planned attacks.

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Threatpost

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Attackers use socially engineered SMS messages and malware to compromise tens of thousands of devices and drain user bank accounts.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 11, 2022

Famed hacker Kevin Mitnick learned early on to use emotion to manipulate and socially engineer his targets. At the time, his targets were typically sysadmins, and the social engineering started with a phone call. The account number they supply is NOT the correct account for donations.".

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Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2023

A Mexican threat actor that goes online with the moniker Neo_Net is behind an Android malware campaign targeting banks worldwide. Neo_Net’s eCrime campaign was reportedly targeting clients of banks globally, with a focus on Spanish and Chilean banks, from June 2021 to April 2023. ” Thill explained.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2019

Security experts analyzed a new interesting Android banking Trojan, dubbed Cerberus, that is offered for rent by its author. The malware implements banking Trojan capabilities such as the use of overlay attacks, the ability to intercept SMS messages and access to the contact list. ” reads the analysis published by Threat Fabric.”They

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 20, 2018

It is most widely known from online banking, where it is an essential tool to defend against sophisticated attacks. For example, an adversary can try to trick a victim into transferring money to a different account than the one intended. This is an interesting interaction between two security systems.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 7, 2022

user accounts related to 17 companies was reportedly compromised in a Credential Stuffing Cyber Attack. A credential stuffing is a kind of automated online process where hackers attempt to access online accounts by using usernames and passwords sourced from various cyber attacks. To those unaware of such attacks, here’s a gist.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

In many cases, the phony profiles spoofed chief information security officers at major corporations , and some attracted quite a few connections before their accounts were terminated. which owns LinkedIn, said in September 2022 that it had detected a wide range of social engineering campaigns using a proliferation of phony LinkedIn accounts.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 3, 2022

It pays to be careful where cold calls from someone claiming to work for your bank are concerned. Scam callers are impersonating bank staff, with suggestions of dubious payments made to your account. One unfortunate individual has already lost around $1,000 to this slice of telephone-banking based fraud. Am I protected?

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Malwarebytes

JULY 19, 2021

Regular readers will be aware this means someone is about to have their bank account emptied, or have themselves turned into a money mule. With cryptocurrency being so widespread, it’s possible folks with digital money in the bank could be completely cleaned out. If they’re really unlucky, both of these things are on the cards.

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Identity IQ

MAY 7, 2021

What is Account Takeover? Account takeover, also known as ATO, is a form of identity theft in which a malicious third party gains access to or “takes over” an online account. One of the primary reasons behind this massive rise in account takeover is the relative ease with which it can be done. Account Takeover Prevention.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 2, 2023

These company-specific Zoom links, which include a permanent user ID number and an embedded passcode, can work indefinitely and expose an organization’s employees, customers or partners to phishing and other social engineering attacks. The PMI portion forms part of each new meeting URL created by that account, such as: zoom.us/j/5551112222

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 16, 2023

So, avoid giving away your credentials, especially if your Microsoft email is tied to a business, if you don't want scammers hijacking your account and using it for more nefarious purposes. Beware of fake bank portals. Some tax scams will ask you who you bank with, and then open up a phishing page for that bank.

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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. Sushil Chetal’s LinkedIn profile says he is a vice president at the investment bank Morgan Stanley.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

How the Necro Trojan infiltrated Google Play, again Kryptina RaaS | From Unsellable Cast-Off to Enterprise Ransomware “Marko Polo” Navigates Uncharted Waters With Infostealer Empire Octo2: European Banks Already Under Attack by New Malware Variant Infostealer malware bypasses Chrome’s new cookie-theft defenses AI-Generated Malware Found in the Wild (..)

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SecureList

JUNE 10, 2024

Individual countries have adopted laws that require certain types of organizations to protect users’ accounts with 2FA. An OTP bot is a piece of software programmed to intercept OTPs with the help of social engineering. The particular hack scheme depends on the type of 2FA that it targets.

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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. With the rise in social media, criminals have more platforms with which to target potential phishing victims. There are many ways in which we can be exposed to potential cyberattacks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 2, 2021

Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) has hit the news headlines for becoming a victim of a cyber attack that led to data breach of over 57,900 claimant accounts seeking unemployment benefits. The post Data breach news trending on Google Search Engine appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 12, 2022

Tax returns are dense with personal information, including social security numbers, dependents’ PII, property addresses, and bank account information. This information can be sold on the dark web or used in future social engineering attacks that […]. The post Beware! The post Beware!

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Three men, Callum Picari (22), Vijayasidhurshan Vijayanathan (21), and Aza Siddeeque (19), have pleaded guilty to operating OTP.Agency , an online platform that allowed crooks to bypass MFA used by customers of several banks and services. We would also urge anyone using online banking services to be vigilant.”

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