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. Hacker targets victims with fear. Mitnick says his favorite emotional tool was fear.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Back in September, we described how malicious ads were tricking victims into downloading this piece of malware under the disguise of a popular application. Victims are instructed on how to open the file which immediately runs commands after prompting for the administrative password.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 12, 2021

This happened through social engineering, which included a secret signal for him in Washington D.C. When I have confirmed receipt of your gift, I will provide you the download link. Meanwhile, the FBI was still using social engineering tactics to get the Naval Nuclear Engineer to make an in-person data drop.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2020

For those who can’t be convinced to use a password manager, even writing down all of the account details and passwords on a slip of paper can be helpful, provided the document is secured in a safe place. Perhaps the most important place to enable MFA is with your email accounts. Ditto for the Internal Revenue Service.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Such lures are used as social engineering schemes by threat actors; in this case, the malware was targeted at security researchers. We have recently observed other instances of threat actors targeting security researchers with social engineering techniques. BITS Job download. Stage 1: SFX archive.

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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. Social engineering scams leverage psychological manipulation to deceive individuals and exploit the victims’ trust. Phishing attacks.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2021

The exposed records include email addresses full names, phone numbers, physical addresses, geolocation records, LinkedIn username and profile URL, personal and professional experience/background, genders, and other social media accounts and usernames. Passwords are not included in the archive. ” reported RestorePrivacy.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2024

The group continued to carry out password spray attacks targeting the educational sector for infrastructure procurement and focused on the satellite, government, and defense sectors for intelligence gathering. Microsoft discovered that the threat actors used fraudulent subscriptions to its services and promptly disrupted them.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Warzone RAT malware, a sophisticated Remote Access Trojan (RAT), enabled cybercriminals to browse victims’ file systems, take screenshots, record keystrokes, steal victims’ usernames and passwords, and watch victims through their web cameras, all without their knowledge or permission. Never open unsolicited email attachments.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The malware could harvest a huge trove of data from infected systems, including cookies, autofill, cryptocurrency wallets, 2FA authenticators, password managers, and email client information. To extract cookies from Chromium-based browsers, it downloads a module from the C&C to bypass App-Bound encryption.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2022

Those who submitted credentials were then prompted to provide the one-time password needed for multi-factor authentication. 4 it became aware of unauthorized access to information related to a limited number of Twilio customer accounts through a sophisticated social engineering attack designed to steal employee credentials.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 15, 2023

According to Shadow, no passwords or sensitive banking data have been compromised. Shadow says the incident happened at the end of September, and was the result of a social engineering attack on a Shadow employee. Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In other words, cybercriminals succeeded in getting access to a number of 23andMe accounts where users had used the same password on both 23andMe and a website that had suffered a data breach. It works because users often use the same password for multiple websites. It's good in theory but fails in practice.

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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. Do you really need to do it?

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2021

Most of the malspam campaigns leverage weaponized Microsoft Office documents and social engineering techniques to trick recipients into enabling the macros. Hackers downloads and executes malicious DLLs ( ZLoader ) without any malicious code present in the initial spammed attachment macro. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 25, 2024

During the investigation, we discovered a wider trend: a campaign of escalated social engineering tactics originally associated with the ransomware group “Black Basta.” During this call, they would attempt to convince the user to download an RMM tool and allow the attacker access to the user’s host. What Happened?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 14, 2021

This gang of cybercriminals targets individuals within an organization with social engineering tactics designed to fool them into opening a document from a ZIP file attached to an email. Ransomware is then downloaded and the breach is underway. How do hackers use social engineering? OnePercent Group attacks.

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Webroot

JUNE 2, 2022

Phishing and social engineering. Gaming is now an online social activity. This gives scammers lots of opportunities to approach unwary gamers and try to trick them into downloading malware, giving up personal details, or handing over login credentials. Use a strong, unique password for every account that you have.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The intruders got in by tricking UScellular retail store employees into downloading malicious software on store computers. Having long passwords and a password manager can also add additional layers of security and protect you as a customer. And now UScellular admits that it detected its network breach on Jan.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

The massive trove of emails was left on a publicly accessible Amazon AWS server, allowing anyone to download and access the data. While it is unclear if any malicious actors have accessed the S3 bucket, anyone who knew where to look could have downloaded and accessed the CSV files, without needing any kind of permission.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 5, 2024

Separately, in September 2023, Malwarebytes discovered a cybercriminal campaign that tricked Mac users into accidentally installing a type of malware that can steal passwords, browser data, cookies, files, and cryptocurrency. But users who clicked the Mac download button instead received AMOS.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2020

Experts uncovered a new Coronavirus (COVID-19 ) -themed campaign that is distributing a malware downloader that delivers the FormBook information-stealing Trojan. ’ The executable employed in this campaign is a strain of the GuLoader malware downloader. The malware can also execute commands from a command and control (C2) server.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The malware landing page is disguised as a software download URL that was sent via email or a PDF on Google Drive, or via Google documents containing the phishing links. “Most of the observed malware was capable of stealing both user passwords and cookies. ” reads the analysis published by Google TAG.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Download full report (PDF). Security issues with passwords, software vulnerabilities and social engineering combined into an overwhelming majority of initial access vectors during attacks. The Incident response analyst report provides insights into incident investigation services conducted by Kaspersky in 2020.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 7, 2022

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. Now the big question, how do hackers steal passwords? They also use malware for stealing the password from a browser when a user is seeking an online service.

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SecureList

APRIL 17, 2023

Now the banker is delivered to potential victims through malware already residing on their computers, social engineering, and spam mailings. If the user complies, an archive will be downloaded from a remote server (compromised site), protected with a password given in the original PDF file. Qbot.aiex).

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 18, 2018

No one liked the use case where you typed in a password from a hardware dongle into your mobile application. LaSala: When mobile fraud first started, hackers tried to steal as many usernames and passwords as they could. The user downloads it, installs, it and uses it, as normal. LW: Let’s come back to that. LW: Such as?

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 26, 2023

Multiple passwords , reading through EULAs, website cookie notifications, and more. Many of today's most dangerous threats are delivered through social engineering, i.e., by tricking users into giving up their data, or downloading malware from an infected email attachment. Use a password mana ger.

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 31, 2023

Phishing attacks, malicious links and social engineering are just a few of the tricks used by cybercriminals to obtain credentials and other valuable information. The messages typically contain a link that downloads malware onto your device or directs you to a fake website that looks like the real one.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2022

RedLine Password Theft Malware. The RedLine password theft malware is a hot topic this month with Microsoft’s employee compromise. Passwords: An Easy Target. Let’s not mince words: passwords are difficult for most organizations to manage. Let’s not mince words: passwords are difficult for most organizations to manage.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 29, 2022

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has revealed a sophisticated spyware activity involving ISPs (internet service providers) aiding in downloading powerful commercial spyware onto users’ mobile devices. A Hermit spyware campaign starts off as a seemingly authentic messaging app users are deceived into downloading.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Its activity is built around evergreen techniques like phishing, software exploits, and password guessing, along with mature malicious technologies like info stealers, trojans, and ransomware. To learn more about the most serious threats facing IT teams in 2024, and how to combat them, download the 2024 State of Malware report.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

ITPro reports that unnamed individuals have been compromising accounts and using them to install malware capable of password theft. Said malware will attempt to steal passwords from form submissions and send them to the command and control server run by the attackers. Keep threats off your devices by downloading Malwarebytes today.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2022

The fake data breach notification emails urged Trezort customers to reset the PIN of their hardware wallets by downloading malicious software that could have allowed attackers to steal the funds in the wallets. The company was the victim of a social engineering attack aimed at its employees. You may want to warn everyone.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 11, 2021

Click Delete Account , enter your password, and your account is gone forever. But before you do, consider downloading a copy of the information you have stored on Facebook, including photos, videos, and more. You’ll permanently lose your data unless you download a copy. Enter your password and deactivate your account.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 19, 2022

In April 2022, ThreatLabz discovered several newly registered domains, which were created by a threat actor to spoof the official Microsoft Windows 11 OS download portal. These variants of Vidar malware fetch the C2 configuration from attacker-controlled social media channels hosted on Telegram and Mastodon network. Key points.

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2021

Most of the phishing attacks leverage weaponized Microsoft Office documents and social engineering techniques to trick recipients into enabling the macros. Hackers downloads and executes malicious DLLs ( ZLoader ) without any malicious code present in the initial spammed attachment macro. Pierluigi Paganini.

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