Krebs on Security

JANUARY 7, 2025

Each participant in the call has a specific role, including: -The Caller: The person speaking and trying to social engineer the target. A tutorial shared by Stotle titled “Social Engineering Script” includes a number of tips for scam callers that can help establish trust or a rapport with their prey.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Identity services provider Okta warned customers of social engineering attacks carried out by threat actors to obtain elevated administrator permissions. Okta is warning customers of social engineering attacks carried out in recent weeks by threat actors to obtain elevated administrator permissions.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2024

A 22-year-old man from the United Kingdom arrested this week in Spain is allegedly the ringleader of Scattered Spider , a cybercrime group suspected of hacking into Twilio , LastPass , DoorDash , Mailchimp , and nearly 130 other organizations over the past two years. man arrested was a SIM-swapper who went by the alias “ Tyler.”

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Interesting social engineering attack: luring potential job applicants with fake recruiting pitches, trying to convince them to download malware.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles this week unsealed criminal charges against five men alleged to be members of a hacking group responsible for dozens of cyber intrusions at major U.S. police as part of an FBI investigation into the MGM hack. Image: Amitai Cohen twitter.com/amitaico.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 22, 2020

The New York Times last week ran an interview with several young men who claimed to have had direct contact with those involved in last week’s epic hack against Twitter. ” Twice in the past year, the OGUsers forum was hacked , and both times its database of usernames, email addresses and private messages was leaked online.

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Hacker's King

DECEMBER 26, 2024

While hacking attempts continue to evolve, so do the strategies to secure your account. Here are five distinct ways to safeguard your Instagram from being hacked, with fresh insights you wont find elsewhere. Common Social Engineering Techniques: Fake messages from accounts posing as Instagram support.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 28, 2025

Mar 28, 2025, CyberNewswire — From WannaCry to the MGM Resorts Hack, ransomware remains one of the most damaging cyberthreats to plague enterprises. Palo Alto, Calif.,

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Joseph Steinberg

OCTOBER 24, 2022

An online cybersecurity event with 2,500 people already logged in had to be cancelled after suspected cybercriminals launched a social engineering attack in the event’s chat window.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The disclosure from Okta comes just weeks after casino giants Caesar’s Entertainment and MGM Resorts were hacked. In both cases, the attackers managed to social engineer employees into resetting the multi-factor login requirements for Okta administrator accounts.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2025

” Threat actors are attempting to use social engineering techniques by exploiting the trust of local entities in the authority. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,Ukraine)

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Rather than using advanced hacking techniques, they exploited systems with default credentials to compromise target networks. Observed ChatGPT behavior mainly involved reconnaissance, threat actors used the OpenAI’s platform to seek info on companies, services, and vulnerabilities, similar to search engine queries.

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Penetration Testing

APRIL 16, 2024

A newly released report from cybersecurity leaders at Proofpoint paints a chilling picture of North Korean hacking operations reaching new levels of sophistication.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

SpyLoan apps exploit social engineering to gain sensitive user data and excessive permissions, leading to extortion, harassment, and financial loss. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, Google Play)

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Uncovered by cybersecurity firm Group-IB , GoldPickaxe exists in both Android and iOS versions and was developed by a suspected Chinese hacking group called "GoldFactory." The hackers rely heavily on social engineering tactics to distribute the malware.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The cybercrime group Scattered Spider is suspected of hacking into hundreds of organizations over the past two years, including Twilio , LastPass , DoorDash , and Mailchimp. As this case shows, phishing and hacking has become increasingly sophisticated and can result in enormous losses. ” reads the press release published by DoJ.

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Adam Levin

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In a Private Industry Notification (PIN), the FBI warned businesses that “cyber actors” had been observed, “circumventing multi-factor authentication through common social engineering and technical attacks.” The methods used were SIM swapping , phishing , and newer hacking tools such as Muraena and Necrobrowser.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2022

Many organizations are already struggling to combat cybersecurity threats from ransomware purveyors and state-sponsored hacking groups, both of which tend to take days or weeks to pivot from an opportunistic malware infection to a full blown data breach. In fact, the group often announces its hacks on social media.

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Tech Republic Security

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Eight courses and 51 hours of content on CompTIA CySA+, ethical hacking, social engineering and more. Everything you need to be a certified cybersecurity analyst.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

Allen said a typical voice phishing or “vishing” attack by this group involves at least two perpetrators: One who is social engineering the target over the phone, and another co-conspirator who takes any credentials entered at the phishing page and quickly uses them to log in to the target company’s VPN platform in real-time.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

A hacking gang known as Scattered Spiders soundly defeated the cybersecurity defenses of MGM and Caesars casinos. Scattered spiders In early September, Scattered Spiders infiltrated MGM and Caesars using a variety of relatively common hacking techniques.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 2, 2024

Installing it was a multi-year process that seems to have involved social engineering the lone unpaid engineer in charge of the utility. In theory, the code could allow for just about anything, including stealing encryption keys or installing malware. It was an incredibly complex backdoor.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2024

Department of Justice (DoJ) charged Iranian national Alireza Shafie Nasab (39) for multi-year hacking campaign targeting U.S. Our National Security Cyber Section remains focused on disputing these cross-border hacking schemes and holding those responsible to account.” government and defense entities. Targeted entities include the U.S.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The experts noticed that Civil Defense website employs social engineering tactics to trick users into installing APK outside the App Store. “ Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, UNC5812)

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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. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware)

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

In many cases, the crooks hack managed service providers (MSPs) first and then use this access to compromise the partnering organizations. The big names that pioneered in these targeted attacks are Sodinokibi (aka REvil) and Ryuk. David has a strong malware troubleshooting background, with the recent focus on ransomware countermeasures.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2020

Ueland said after hearing about the escrow.com hack Monday evening he pulled the domain name system (DNS) records for escrow.com and saw they were pointing to an Internet address in Malaysia — 111.90.149[.]49 com was identical to the one displayed by escrow.com while the site’s DNS records were hacked.

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Hacker's King

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Instagram is a top social media platform with over 2 billion active users, making it a prime target for hackers. Data breaches and account hacks are a growing concern for users, especially with the personal and professional information shared on the platform.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

Related: We’re in the midst of ‘cyber Pearl Harbor’ Peel back the layers of just about any sophisticated, multi-staged network breach and you’ll invariably find memory hacking at the core. Here’s what I took away from our discussion: Transient hacks. One tried-and-true incursion method pivots off social engineering.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Through Zyxel! Unveiling the Past and Present of APT-K-47 Weapon: Asyncshell Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter )

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Adam Levin

JULY 10, 2020

Phishing scams skyrocketed as citizens self-isolated during the lockdown, and social-engineering schemes defrauded Internet users of millions.”. million customers of MGM Resorts was found posted on a hacking forum. MGM Resorts (10.6 Marriott (5.2

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The Hacker News

MAY 7, 2024

The Iranian state-backed hacking outfit called APT42 is making use of enhanced social engineering schemes to infiltrate target networks and cloud environments.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

Sources close to the investigation tell KrebsOnSecurity the accused was a key member of a criminal hacking group blamed for a string of cyber intrusions at major U.S. Multiple security firms soon assigned the hacking group the nickname “ Scattered Spider.” 9, 2024, U.S. technology companies during the summer of 2022.

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The Hacker News

MAY 16, 2024

The North Korea-linked Kimsuky hacking group has been attributed to a new social engineering attack that employs fictitious Facebook accounts to targets via Messenger and ultimately delivers malware.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In early September, Okta warned customers of social engineering attacks carried out in recent weeks by threat actors to obtain elevated administrator permissions. In December 2022, the American identity and access management giant revealed that its private GitHub repositories were hacked.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2025

Using this social engineering trick, threats like stealers, RATs, Trojans, and crypto miners can persist undetected. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,SilentCryptoMiner) Common malware families include NJRat , XWorm, Phemedrone , and DCRat.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The post Russia Hacks Ukraine, Ukraine Hacks Russia — Day#658 appeared first on Security Boulevard. When will it end? Russia takes down Kyivstar cellular system, Ukraine destroys Russian tax system.

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