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A Day in the Life of a Prolific Voice Phishing Crew

Krebs on Security

Besieged by scammers seeking to phish user accounts over the telephone, Apple and Google frequently caution that they will never reach out unbidden to users this way. million in an elaborate voice phishing attack. The phishing domain used to steal roughly $4.7 million in cryptocurrencies from Tony was verify-trezor[.]io.

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FBI: Spike in Hacked Police Emails, Fake Subpoenas

Krebs on Security

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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Feds Charge Five Men in ‘Scattered Spider’ Roundup

Krebs on Security

A visual depiction of the attacks by the SMS phishing group known as Scattered Spider, and Oktapus. Some SMS phishing messages told employees their VPN credentials were expiring and needed to be changed; other phishing messages advised employees about changes to their upcoming work schedule. com and ouryahoo-okta[.]com.

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Phish of GoDaddy Employee Jeopardized Escrow.com, Among Others

Krebs on Security

A spear-phishing attack this week hooked a customer service employee at GoDaddy.com , the world’s largest domain name registrar, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. 49 (that domain is hobbled here because it is currently flagged as hosting a phishing site). It was starting to look like someone had gotten phished.

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Social Engineering: Back to the Basics

Security Through Education

When I first heard of social engineering, about 6 years ago, I couldnt define it clearly and concisely if you had offered me millions of dollars. ’ Lets re-visit what social engineering really means, how people use it, and how you can start protecting yourself from it. Either way, lets refresh and learn together!

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Fortinet CISO Details ‘Phish-Free’ Phishing Scheme Using PayPal

Security Boulevard

A bad actor is using a Microsoft 365 test domain and a self-created distribution list to bypass traditional email protections and entice victims to hand over their PayPal account information in what Fortinet's CISO is calling a "phish-free" phishing campaign.

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How social engineering is related to Cybersecurity

CyberSecurity Insiders

Social engineering is a term used to describe the manipulation of people into revealing sensitive information or performing actions that they otherwise wouldn’t. Social engineering is an age-old tactic that is often used in phishing attacks.