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.” Threat actors are using domains like the following for this QR-code phishing activity: qr-s1[.]com What Happened? com qr-s2[.]com com qr-s3[.]com com qr-s4[.]com

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 22, 2024

One of the most concerning tactics currently on the rise is the ClickFix campaign — a sophisticated phishing scheme targeting unsuspecting Google Meet users. ClickFix campaigns represent a new wave of phishing tactics that emerged in May 2024, aimed at exploiting users of popular software applications.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Social engineering attacks have long been a threat to businesses worldwide, statistically comprising roughly 98% of cyberattacks worldwide. Given the much more psychologically focused and methodical ways that social engineering attacks can be conducted, it makes spotting them hard to do.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Threat actors relies on social engineering tactics like ClickFix and FakeCaptcha to trick users into executing malicious scripts via PowerShell or Run prompts. Gen Digital observed phishing campaigns distributing the Glove Stealer. The campaign observed by researchers used a phishing message with an HTML file attachment.

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Identity IQ

JUNE 20, 2023

What Are Social Engineering Scams? Thanks, Your CEO This common scenario is just one example of the many ways scammers may attempt to trick you through social engineering scams. Read on to learn how to recognize social engineering attacks, their consequences, and tactics to avoid falling for them.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

This operation, which blends social engineering and technical exploitation, has resulted in the theft of more than 390,000 WordPress credentials. Simultaneously, a phishing campaign tricked targets into installing a fake kernel update. By downloading and running this code, victims essentially infected themselves."

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2025

Using a very clever social engineering attack that exploits trusted domains, the adversary can then further escalate the profile hijacking attack to steal passwords from the victims browser. Browser takeover To achieve a full browser takeover, the attacker essentially needs to convert the victims Chrome browser into a managed browser.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2024

Researchers detected a sophisticated phishing campaign targeting Microsoft OneDrive users to trick them into executing a PowerShell script. Over the past few weeks, the Trellix Advanced Research Center observed a sophisticated phishing campaign targeting Microsoft OneDrive users. exe”), and executes script.a3x using AutoIt3.exe.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 12, 2025

Category Awareness, Social Enginering Risk Level Phishing emails are getting harder to detect. What is phishing, and why is it such a big deal?" Phishing is one of the oldest tricks in the hacker playbook - but its also one of the most effective. Alright, but cant I just spot and delete phishing emails?"

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 12, 2022

Phishing definition. Phishing is a type of cyberattack that uses disguised email as a weapon. Phish" is pronounced just like it's spelled, which is to say like the word "fish"—the analogy is of an angler throwing a baited hook out there (the phishing email) and hoping you bite.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The hackers rely heavily on social engineering tactics to distribute the malware. This includes sending phishing messages posing as government agencies or local banks to convince victims to click on links leading to fake apps infected with the malware. Experts warn that biometric authentication alone is not foolproof.

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SecureList

JUNE 10, 2024

This article examines methods that rely on social engineering, where attackers manipulate the victim into giving away the OTP, and tools that they use to automate the manipulations: so-called OTP bots and administration panels to control phishing kits. Phishing is typically how they get the most up-to-date credentials.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

User Execution and Phishing remain top threats. User Execution and Phishing techniques ranked again in the top three threats, with nearly 5% of high-severity incidents involving successful social engineering. To explore these and other trends in detail, download full report (PDF).

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

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SecureList

APRIL 5, 2023

They have become adept at using Telegram both for automating their activities and for providing various services — from selling phishing kits to helping with setting up custom phishing campaigns — to all willing to pay. ” Links to the channels are spread via YouTube, GitHub and phishing kits they make.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 18, 2021

The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI have released a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on TrickBot warning that a sophisticated group of cyber actors are sending phishing emails claiming to contain proof of traffic violations to lure victims into downloading the insidious malware.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 20, 2025

Successful exploitation requires social engineering users into manipulating a specially crafted file. These video guides function as the initial lure; they then share links to fake downloaders for the cracked software, which actually drop information stealers onto the device. These probably don't affect most users reading this.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

2022 that an intrusion had exposed a “limited number” of Twilio customer accounts through a sophisticated social engineering attack designed to steal employee credentials. ” Group-IB dubbed the gang by a different name — 0ktapus — which was a nod to how the criminal group phished employees for credentials.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2022

Threat actors gained access to internal tools of the email marketing giant MailChimp to conduct phishing attacks against crypto customers. Trezor WARNING: Elaborate Phishing attack. Trazor also took the phishing domain used by threat actors offline and launched an investigation to determine how many users have been impacted.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 6, 2022

There are two main types of online fraud aimed at stealing user data and money: phishing and scams. Phishers primarily seek to extract confidential information from victims, such as credentials or bank card details, while scammers deploy social engineering to persuade targets to transfer money on their own accord.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 7, 2022

Spear phishing definition. Spear phishing is a targeted email attack purporting to be from a trusted sender. In spear phishing attacks, attackers often use information gleaned from research to put the recipient at ease. To read this article in full, please click here

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2025

It extracts Python backdoors from ZIP files downloaded via remote SharePoint links and employs techniques associated with the FIN7 threat actor. Once access was established, the attacker used a web browser to download a malicious payload, which was split into parts, reassembled, and unpacked to deploy malware.

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Penetration Testing

JULY 31, 2024

Microsoft OneDrive users are being targeted in a new and sophisticated phishing campaign that leverages social engineering to trick victims into executing malicious PowerShell scripts.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 25, 2023

United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) along with two other agencies; National Security Agency (NSA) and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) have issued a warning to federal agencies against a phishing scam taking place through Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) Software.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 30, 2022

A recent spate of SMS phishing attacks from one cybercriminal group has spawned a flurry of breach disclosures from affected companies, which are all struggling to combat the same lingering security threat: The ability of scammers to interact directly with employees through their mobile devices. 2, and Aug.

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SecureList

AUGUST 5, 2021

A fake notification about a Microsoft Teams meeting or a request to view an important document traditionally takes the victim to a phishing login page asking for corporate account credentials. pdf.exe) that the victim was asked to download was a malicious program known as Backdoor.Win32.RWS.a. In fact, the file named “??????? ?8883987726

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 31, 2025

This is in contrast to typical phishing pages where victims download a so-called installer that contains malware. Overview Web traffic view Delivery #1: PowerShell code via “ClickFix” Malicious ad and social engineering Threat actors created a Google ad for the popular utility application Notion. com/in.php?action=1

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 3, 2022

PuTTY, KiTTY, TightVNC, Sumatra PDF Reader, and the muPDF/Subliminal Recording software installer have been backdoored to perform a wide range of social engineering campaigns that started in April 2022. The victims were tricked into downloading utilities to complete fake job assessments. Putty) and networking tools.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2024

The security breach occurred on April 1, 2024, the threat actors used a Provider employee’s credentials that illicitly obtained through a phishing attack. Then they used the access to download a set of MFA SMS message logs belonging to customers’ Duo accounts. date and time of the message, type of message, etc.).”

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Avoid phishing emails and messages You may receive emails or texts with fake Valentine's Day deals, electronic greeting cards (e-cards), or delivery notifications. Protect your personal information Valentine's Day scammers take advantage of social engineering and people letting their guard down around February 14th.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Generative AI tools can more convincingly write phishing emails so that the tell-tale signs of a scamlike misspellings and clumsy grammarare all but gone. Cybercrime is a very mature field that relies on a set of well-established tools, such as phishing, information stealers, and ransomware that are already feature complete.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

Approximately 83 percent of organizations said they faced a successful phishing attempt in 2021, up from 57 percent in 2020. This guide breaks down the different types of phishing attacks and provides examples to help organizations better prepare their staff to deal with them. What is Phishing? Spear Phishing.

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SecureList

JULY 5, 2023

Hence, cybercriminals have little motivation to invest heavily into phishing campaigns, and so, techniques used in email attacks on hot wallets are hardly ever original or complex. Sample phishing email that targets Coinbase users After the user clicks the link, they are redirected to a page where they are asked to enter their seed phrase.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 30, 2022

Intuit released a warning about a phishing email being sent to its customers. The phishing emails tell recipients that their account has been put on hold, and try to trick users into “validating their account” to release it again. Image of phishing email courtesy of Intuit. Delete any downloaded files immediately.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 16, 2021

A phishing campaign that Microsoft security researchers have been tracking for about a year highlights not only the ongoing success of social engineering efforts by hackers to compromise systems, but also the extent to which the bad actors will go to cover their tracks while stealing user credentials. Invoice-Themed Lures.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

” The attacker then uses the phishing lure to get the victim to “ Click here to download the document.” Once the victim clicks on the link, they are redirected to the actual malicious phishing website where their credentials are stolen through a web page designed to mimic the Google Login portal.

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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. In the FedEx attack, the final phishing page spoofs an Office 365 portal packed with Microsoft branding. Link redirects and downloads.

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