Security Through Education

JUNE 21, 2023

Social engineering is defined as influencing someone to take an action that may or may not be in a person’s best interest. Written by: Rosa Rowles At Social Engineer LLC, our purpose is to bring education and awareness to all users of technology. The amygdala “hijacks” the frontal lobe.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

And one of the most successful and increasingly prevalent ways of attack has come from social engineering, which is when criminals manipulate humans directly to gain access to confidential information. Social engineering is more sophisticated than ever, and its most advanced iteration is the topic of today's discussion: deepfakes.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

To wrap up our 2024 year-end roundtable, we turn our attention to new technologies and trends that are emerging to help bridge the gaps. Organizations face rising risks of AI-driven social engineering and personal device breaches. We can expect security teams feeling pressure to adopt new technology quickly.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

While initially popularized in entertainment and satire, cybercriminals now weaponize this technology for fraud, identity theft, and corporate deception. Evolution of social engineering Social engineering exploits human psychology to manipulate individuals into revealing sensitive information or taking harmful actions.

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Adam Levin

AUGUST 26, 2020

Schools and companies should consider the following: Set up accounts with competing services: While Zoom holds a dominant position, it is by no means the only video conferencing platform for meetings or for education. If your school or educator hasn’t provided these, check online for one of several free resources for education. .

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

In response to questions from KrebsOnSecurity, GoDaddy acknowledged that “a small number” of customer domain names had been modified after a “limited” number of GoDaddy employees fell for a social engineering scam. GoDaddy said the outage between 7:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. PST on Nov.

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Security Through Education

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Many people assume that as professional social engineers (SE) we use EVERY method possible to achieve our objective. Are ethics and social engineering compatible? Using pretexts that don’t take an emotional toll on the person enables us to provide a teachable moment that’s focused on the education we’re providing.

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Webroot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Employees represent the first line of defense from malicious vectors that attempt to compromise your organization’s information technology infrastructure through common access points. Whether you’re an enterprise, SMB or MSP, make security awareness training part of your regular cyber education routine.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Virtual reality (VR) technology has transformed how we experience digital environments. This technology simulates environments with striking realism, providing a highly immersive experience for users, and triggering their visual and auditory senses so they feel that they are truly in the moment in a virtual world.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 20, 2023

Related: How Google, Facebook enable snooping In fact, a majority of scams occur through social engineering. The rise of social media has added to the many user-friendly digital tools scammers, sextortionists, and hackers can leverage in order to manipulate their victims.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2025

In reality, many of the most successful breaches stem from simple tactics like phishing emails, social engineering, and exploiting basic security misconfigurations. Human error and susceptibility to social engineering tactics continue to be significant vulnerabilities in cybersecurity, accounting for a majority of compromises.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 2, 2024

Related: How AI is transforming DevOps The constant evolution of technology, increased connectivity, and sophisticated cyber threats pose significant challenges to organizations of all sizes and industries. Lack of security awareness and education. Often, employees within organizations lack sufficient security awareness and education.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2020

The employee involved in this incident fell victim to a spear-fishing or social engineering attack. We have taken steps across our technology, processes and employee education, to help prevent these types of attacks in the future.” Nation-state level attackers also are taking a similar approach.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

It is also a celebration of Canadian thought leadership on very important business and technology topics that are directly impacting Canadians quality of life as well as their pocketbooks." Education: Budget constraints make institutions a low-hanging fruit for cybercriminals. Key findings: the cyber threat landscape in 2025 1.

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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. Thanks to technology and social media, impersonation scams have grown exponentially. Prey on Emotions Scammers have become experts in using social engineering techniques to their advantage.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Knowing what Information Technology (IT) hardware exists is a good place to start (servers, laptops, desktops, tablets, etc.). Educate employees. Many security programs focus on employee education (creating a strong password, being aware of phishing, etc.). As technology and threats evolve, so must the security organization.

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Security Through Education

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Social engineering scams frequently exploit our desire to help by using themes of sympathy and assistance to manipulate us. Bad actors typically execute these scams over the phone, through email, or on social media platforms. Educate Yourself and Others: Awareness is the first line of defense against social engineering attacks.

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Security Through Education

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Social engineering scams frequently exploit our desire to help by using themes of sympathy and assistance to manipulate us. Bad actors typically execute these scams over the phone, through email, or on social media platforms. Educate Yourself and Others: Awareness is the first line of defense against social engineering attacks.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

With 85% of campaigns targeting victims with phishing emails containing malicious links, another form of a social engineering attack, education and cyber vigiliance remain a high priority. Why should employers educate employees about cyber security? This method was identified as vishing – a voice-based phishing attack.

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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.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 9, 2024

No longer confined to suspicious emails, phishing now encompasses voice-based attacks (vishing), text-based scams (smishing) automated with phishing kits, and deepfake technologies. This shift necessitates a proactive and technology-driven approach to cybersecurity. Here are few promising technologies.

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Responsible Cyber

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Financial services have also faced significant incidents, with many institutions relying heavily on third-party technology partners to deliver essential services. In November 2024, a healthcare technology firm suffered a severe breach, impacting several hospitals and medical practices.

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Security Through Education

JULY 5, 2023

Social Engineering Techniques – Authority Ok, so the first technique I (Curt) see here is “Authority,” which is almost a freebie. Social Engineering Techniques – Liking The next one that stands out to me (Shelby) is more subtle, it’s “liking.” Do you have a moment to assist me with that?

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Hacker's King

OCTOBER 26, 2024

As technology continues to evolve, so too do the threats that target both individuals and organizations. Cybersecurity Week is a global initiative that brings together various stakeholders—government agencies, educational institutions, and private companies—to promote understanding and awareness of cybersecurity issues.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 6, 2020

This can make them particularly susceptible to social engineering trickery, the trigger for online extortion and fraud campaigns, Bastable told me. These attacks aren’t really driven by technology, they’re more human-driven attacks.” The attackers aren’t really relying too much on technology. It’s simple fraud.”

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Ongoing education and skill development requires educating teams and ensuring employees become proactive contributors to organizational defense. They’ll make adept use of social engineering, leverage insider knowledge of systems and workflows and exploit weak cloud configurations and porly implemented multi-factor authentication.

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Security Through Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The truth is the path of least resistance that most bad actors follow to infiltrate a company does not typically center around vulnerabilities in technology. At Social-Engineer LLC , we offer a service known as the Social Engineering Risk Assessment or SERA for short.

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NetSpi Executives

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Don’t be afraid of social engineering attacks this Cybersecurity Awareness Month! Technology has a significant impact on addressing cybersecurity challenges. Security education and awareness have come a long way since the first Cybersecurity Awareness Month 20 years ago.

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Security Through Education

MARCH 8, 2023

People in many different professions use social engineering as a tool in everyday life. In the case of sales, social engineering plays a significant role in persuading potential customers to buy a product or service. This is done using a social engineering technique known as Influence Tactics.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 19, 2022

Victims are lured into downloading the malware with a variety of social engineering tactics, including spearphishing. Educate users on social engineering attacks like spearphishing. These days, financial cybercrimes often involve Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Spearphishing campaigns.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 5, 2022

Let’s walk through some practical steps organizations can take today, implementing zero trust and remote access strategies to help reduce ransomware risks: •Obvious, but difficult – get end users to stop clicking unknown links and visiting random websites that they know little about, an educational challenge. Let’s talk VPNs.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 20, 2024

Well-trained employees are less likely to fall prey to phishing attacks or other forms of social engineering, significantly reducing the potential for breaches. This type of education is crucial, as human error remains one of the leading causes of security failures.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Phishing is one of the most common social engineering tactics cybercriminals use to target their victims. However, this new trend could change the landscape, forcing businesses to adapt, use new technologies and implement different defense strategies. Related: Utilizing humans as security sensors. Leverage security software.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 17, 2022

The aim behind the said social engineering attack is simple, one to trap employees with fake job offers and second to lure customers in signing up the page and then steal their currency. And only after completing 6 years of education, they are inducted into the group as official hackers. .

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2021

Physical Actions Lead to Data Breaches A small percentage of all the data breach incidents occur because of physical actions that don’t involve technology. Social Engineering It’s been found that almost one-fourth of the data breach is carried out by using social engineering. One common.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2022

That explains why over 80 percent of data breaches start with weak, reused, and stolen passwords through password phishing, social engineering, brute force attacks and credential stuffing. O’Toole. Hackers don’t need to hack in, they just log in. With more victims, they harvest more credentials, which lead to more victims.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 20, 2023

With his passing, we bid farewell to a legendary personality whose intelligence, humor, and extraordinary technological skills have left an indelible mark on the cybersecurity community. After serving time in prison for computer hacking and wire fraud charges, he became a visionary and a master of social engineering.

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