Schneier on Security

JUNE 20, 2018

For example, an adversary can try to trick a victim into transferring money to a different account than the one intended. To achieve this the adversary might use social engineering techniques such as phishing and vishing and/or tools such as Man-in-the-Browser malware.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2020

That, of course, presents the perfect environment for cybercrime that pivots off social engineering. Social engineering invariably is the first step in cyber attacks ranging from phishing and ransomware to business email compromise ( BEC ) scams and advanced persistent threat ( APT ) hacks.

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Security Through Education

MARCH 22, 2023

They all use psychology and social engineering skills to convince their victims to take an action that is detrimental to them. Impersonators create fake social media accounts that include the names, images, logos, or other identifying information, of a person, brand, or organization. billion fake accounts in 2021.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 1, 2023

The Rise of AI Social Engineering Scams IdentityIQ In today’s digital age, social engineering scams have become an increasingly prevalent threat. In fact, last year, scams accounted for 80% of reported identity compromises to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC).

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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. It’s highly recommended reading.

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Security Through Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

It has been the official home for all things social engineering for 12 years straight. SEVillage is also the home for all social engineering speeches at DEF CON. Friday launched the Social Engineering Capture the Flag 4 Kids (SECTF4Kids). The SEVillage was established back in 2010 at DEF CON 18.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Snippets from that fascinating conversation are recounted below, and punctuated by accounts from a recent victim who lost more than $100,000 after his mobile phone number was hijacked. Soon after, the attackers were able to use their control over his mobile number to reset his Gmail account password. ” FAKE IDs AND PHONY NOTES.

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Security Through Education

OCTOBER 27, 2021

A human firewall is made up of the defenses the target presents to the attacker during a request for information. Social-Engineer, LLC saw an almost 350% increase in recognition of phishing emails when using a similar training platform in 2020. The answer is simple; with simulated attacks and subsequent training.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 19, 2022

In a nutshell, it’s an extensive form of information theft, the likes of which could result in someone’s identity being fully stolen and their financial and other online accounts being taken over. PayPal phishing sites are a dime a dozen due to the number of people and companies using it as another form of payment method.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2022

A little more than a week later, cybersecurity firm Armorblox outlined an account takeover attack that leveraged malicious phishing and social engineering. Hackers attacking the flaw could target Zoom accounts through connections with Zoom Contacts. In Armorbox’s case, Zoom itself wasn’t compromised. Spoofed Zoom email.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

If someone obtains the thing that you know then it's (probably) game over and they have access to your account. That's not to say that this model is "bad" and by any reasonable definition, it's a massive improvement over 1FA that would prevent the vast majority of account takeover attacks I see today.

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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. Unsecured Wi-Fi in the home can present a way for criminals to gain access to secure business data.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The benefit of these codes is that they are random numbers, so they can be difficult to guess, and they cannot be reused across a user’s different accounts (like passwords typically are). Social Engineering: An attacker logs in with a user’s credentials and the real user gets sent an OTP.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Two former college graduates are in a lot of trouble after breaking into other students’ accounts and stealing sensitive personal data. Working with another former graduate, he accessed the school email accounts of dozens of college students and stole private nude photographs. What happened? Many of the images were then shared.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Learn more from this blog summarizing these trends, as presented at #CyberWarCon : [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 16, 2021. The CURIUM group leverage a network of fake social media accounts to trick the victims into installing malware.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

GitHub is experiencing issues of the “breached account and malicious code” variety. ITPro reports that unnamed individuals have been compromising accounts and using them to install malware capable of password theft. Additionally, existing JavaScript files already present in the project are tampered with to add malware.

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Security Through Education

JULY 19, 2021

You spend hours researching the facilities security, combing their website, and searching through employees’ social media accounts. You are also “presenting a rational justification, explanation, or ‘excuse’ for pursuing a social encounter of some kind.”. Pretexting as a Social Engineer.

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SecureList

MAY 25, 2022

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.” ” Social engineering became an overwhelming problem this past year, highlighting the surge in repeated cybercrime tactics — 1.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Cybercriminals employ social engineering techniques to trick you into believing you must resolve fictitious technical issues. The hallmark of ClickFix campaigns is their clever use of social engineering. Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA): Implementing MFA adds layer of security to your accounts.

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SecureList

AUGUST 17, 2022

She spoke about various voting count incidents and the lack of accountability in very specific incidents. Unfortunately, Kim didn’t provide any mention of accountability for the decision-makers behind the Colonial fiasco. Hopefully he will be in-person for future work. Their live action vishing challenge is a thrill.

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2020

. “Some traces indicate that the goal of the attack was data exploration and exfiltration (on some of the victim’s tools such as Navicat, Winscp, found in an unusual location, namely “%WINDOWS%imeen-us-ime”, or SmartFtpPasswordDecryptor were present on their systems).” ” continues the report.

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Hacker Combat

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The business cautioned: “We have found that these vulnerabilities are unlikely to be perceived as mass exploits, but several of them potentially present a mechanism for knowledgeable attackers to hack high-value sites via tailored attacks.” WordPress websites that support background updates automatically will receive a patch.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The fraudsters behind the often laughable Nigerian prince email scams have long since branched out into far more serious and lucrative forms of fraud, including account takeovers, phishing, dating scams, and malware deployment. Or maybe they’re groomed in order to set up a bank account for their lovers.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The results were then fed into a presentation at the Internet Measurement Conference. In one week, small campaigns can account for more than 100 million phishing / malware mails targeting Gmail users. COVID scams: The pandemic is a huge draw for malware authors, phishers, and social engineers. Campaigns are “fast churn”.

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SecureList

JULY 5, 2023

The seed phrase can be used for gaining or recovering access to the user’s account and making any transactions. The seed phrase cannot be changed or recovered: by misplacing it, the user risks losing access to their wallet for good, and by giving it to scammers, permanently compromising their account. ripple.com.

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IT Security Guru

JULY 13, 2021

This is, of course, is in addition to all of their personal accounts and passwords which are sometimes used on the same device as their work accounts. . With this in mind, it should come as no surprise that somewhere between 20% and 50% of calls to the helpdesk are related to accounts being locked, or password resets. .

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 29, 2021

Suppose that, out of the blue, a Steam user tells you they’ve accidentally reported you for something you didn’t do, like making an illegal purchase, and that your Steam account is going to be suspended. And, based on its new latest iteration, it targets Steam users with a Discord account. What do you do? Via /u/Moritz_M05).

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Internal Revenue Service website for months: Anyone seeking to create an account to view their tax records online would soon be required to provide biometric data to a private company in Virginia — ID.me. banks are stiffing account takeover victims. A single bitcoin is trading at around $45,000. A report commissioned by Sen.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 15, 2023

Customer-facing organizations are also implementing MFA to mitigate identity-based attacks, such as phishing, and to help quash the rise in account takeover fraud. SIM-card swapping attacks: A cybercriminal uses social engineering tactics to transfer a user's mobile phone number to a new SIM card owned by the criminal.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Researchers reported Tuesday that they found two email phishing attacks targeting at least 10,000 mailboxes at FedEx and DHL Express that look to extract a user’s work email account. They want to get people to click what they think is a valid link and then present them with a fake login page that they will recognize,” Hazelton said. “If

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 26, 2021

“Do you want to log in with your Facebook account?” ” This ever-present question looms around every corner and on almost every platform, offering a convenient way to log into various services with one simple set of credentials. What could go wrong?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 4, 2023

Social engineering – specifically malicious cyber campaigns delivered via email – remain the primary source of an organization’s vulnerability to attack. Social engineering is a profitable business for hackers – according to estimates, around 3.4 billion phishing e-mails get delivered every day.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 23, 2022

There will be a direct correlation in 2023 of compromised accounts, either stolen or sold, that will be used to attack an organization in minimally observed communication channels. Reducing the risk present in business communication tools begins with visibility. Ensure Visibility Across All Communication Channels.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Bots are problematic as they not only create a poor user experience but also present real security risks. Perhaps even more insidious are customized phishing attempts, where fraudulent LinkedIn accounts directly reach out to their victim via the premium InMail feature. Many of the accounts indeed disappeared and comments were removed.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2024

For the tool to function, the operator must input a list of compromised email accounts to be scanned. It’s noteworthy that most of the victim accounts identified were predominantly from the U.K. Utilizing AI-driven bots for advanced social engineering techniques.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The list can go on, as cybercriminals are quick to adapt to new social, political, economic, and cultural trends, coming up with new fraudulent schemes to benefit from the situation. The larger the subscription base, the greater the number of fraudulent key-selling schemes and attempts at stealing accounts.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 20, 2021

For judging vendor solutions, criteria included: Presenting the problem the solution addresses. After all finalists presented, judges took under an hour to deliberate and select this year’s winner. Deduce Account takeover tools 2019 New York, NY $7.3M. Presenter: Idan Plotnik, CEO and Founder. Runner-Up: Strata.

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