Education Scams Social Engineering 
eSecurity Planet
OCTOBER 22, 2024
These malware scams lure individuals with fake conference invitations designed to mimic legitimate meeting requests and exploit users’ trust. Cybercriminals employ social engineering techniques to trick you into believing you must resolve fictitious technical issues.
Security Through Education
MARCH 3, 2025
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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Security Through Education
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
At Social-Engineer, LLC (SECOM), we define social engineering as “any act that influences a person to take an action that may or may not be in their best interest.” If you Google “social engineering,” you will get a very different and more negative definition. billion to phone scams.
SecureWorld News
MARCH 18, 2025
In recent months, a sophisticated scam has emerged, targeting drivers across the United States with fraudulent text messages about unpaid road tolls. Smishing scams like these follow a predictable yet highly effective, nefarious behavioral blueprintleveraging urgency, impersonation, and fear to manipulate victims into compliance.
Malwarebytes
MARCH 19, 2025
.” Whether it’s a so-called “subsidy program,” a “government grant,” or a “relief card,” these scams all share the same underlying goalto manipulate people into giving away their personal information, orworsetheir hard-earned cash. ” Urgency and exclusivity are classic scam tactics.
Krebs on Security
NOVEMBER 21, 2020
The attacks were facilitated by scams targeting employees at GoDaddy , the world’s largest domain name registrar, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. In March, a voice phishing scam targeting GoDaddy support employees allowed attackers to assume control over at least a half-dozen domain names, including transaction brokering site escrow.com.
Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 26, 2023
GoDaddy described the incident at the time in general terms as a social engineering attack, but one of its customers affected by that March 2020 breach actually spoke to one of the hackers involved. One multifactor option — physical security keys — appears to be immune to these advanced scams.
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