Security Through Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Social engineering has become a larger threat to the healthcare industry in recent years. Clearly, we need to take notice of how social engineering attacks are targeting our vital healthcare systems. So, what exactly is social engineering? What is Social Engineering? In one case, $3.1

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 4, 2023

Social engineering has become a larger threat to the healthcare industry in recent years. The post Social Engineering and Healthcare appeared first on Security Boulevard. So much so that the Federal […].

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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? The Social Engineering Code of Ethics Accomplishes Important Goals. Provides guidance on how to conduct a social engineering business.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 19, 2021

The post BSides Vancouver 2021 – Savannah Lazzara’s ‘Social Engineering: Tactics And Techniques’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. Our thanks to BSides Vancouver for publishing their outstanding BSides Vancouver 2021 Conference videos on the groups' YouTube channel.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2024

In this episode, special guest Alyssa Miller joins the hosts for an insightful and entertaining conversation covering a broad range of topics from social engineering anecdotes involving Kevin Johnson to Alyssa’s journey in aviation and being a pilot.

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Threatpost

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The idea that humans are the weakest link shouldn't guide the thinking on social-engineering defense.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The post BSidesAugusta 2021 – Timothy De Block’s ‘Social Engineering The Development Team For Better Security’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. Many thanks to BSidesAugusta for publishing their outstanding videos from the BSidesAugusta 2021 Conference on the organization’s YouTube channel.

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SC Magazine

MAY 4, 2021

Infosec’s Choose Your Own Adventure training game “Deep Space Danger” tests employees on their knowledge of social engineering. One of our jobs is to make sure the brand stays true to its zeitgeist, its character, and [Infosec] really had it down right from the beginning.”. What do you do?

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Many people assume that as professional social engineers (SE) we use EVERY method possible to achieve our objective. The post Are Ethics and Social Engineering Compatible? I have […]. appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

The post Facebook Dumps Face Recognition, Social Engineering Bots, US Sanctions NSO Group appeared first on The Shared Security Show. The post Facebook Dumps Face Recognition, Social Engineering Bots, US Sanctions NSO Group appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 12, 2023

Permalink The post BSidesSF 2023 – Alethe Denis – HALT AND CATCH FIRE: Social Engineering CTFs for fun to a job as a Professional Red Team Social Engineer appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The attacker gained initial access to two employee accounts by carrying out social engineering attacks on the organization’s help desk twice. Leveraging its English proficiency, the collective uses social engineering for initial access. Within six hours, the attacker began encrypting the organization’s systems.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 5, 2022

The post DuckDuckGo Browser Allows Microsoft Trackers, Stolen Verizon Employee Database, Attacking Powered Off iPhones appeared first on The Shared Security Show.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 17, 2022

Key takeaway #3: Social engineering is the most powerful attack vector against InfoSec protocols. Social engineering, as it's called, has always been the most powerful part of InfoSec, or the lack of InfoSec, in any organization.". And you know, that can cause a potential loss for that organization.".

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Threatpost

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

DNS, rogue employees and phishing/social engineering should be top of the list of threat areas for organizations to address.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 23, 2021

It requires some baseline industry knowledge, but it’s a great way to stay on top of InfoSec current events. Since 2007 (before podcasting in general had really taken off), Patrick Gray and his co-host Adam Boileau have covered a wide range of InfoSec topics with insight from fellow industry leaders. Malicious Life.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

An infosec researcher was hacked by North Korea. law enforcement did nothing, so he took matters into his own hands. The post US Hacker ‘P4x’ Gets Back at Pyongyang (but We Smell a Rat) appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Through Education

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

I am currently a full-time social engineering pentesting professional with Social-Engineer, LLC (SECOM). The Social Engineering Framework defines vishing as the “practice of eliciting information or attempting to influence action over the telephone.” I’m not originally from the InfoSec world.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 17, 2021

Ira Winkler, CISO at Skyline Technology Solutions, recounts his amazing journey from wannabe astronaut to NSA intelligence analyst, social engineer, systems hacker and author, and some of the crazy things that happened along the way - check it out. The post CISO Stories Podcast: So You Want to be a Cyber Spy?

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

A commissioned survey of 600 InfoSec and IT professionals across those same seven countries. Volumes and impacts organizations dealt with related to socially engineered attacks in 2021. Nearly 100 million simulated phishing attacks sent by Proofpoint customers over a one-year period.

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Jane Frankland

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Vulnerability to Social Engineering Attacks Consumer-grade communication tools often have weaker authentication methods, making it easier for attackers to exploit users through phishing or impersonation attempts.

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Threat actors have dramatically escalated their attacks – targeting security controls like multi-factor authentication (MFA), conducting wily social engineering attacks and extorting businesses large and small with ransomware. Since then, teams have had years to adjust to this new reality, yet the attackers have as well.

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Security Through Education

JANUARY 18, 2023

Most if not, all social engineering attacks will attempt to trigger some emotion such as urgency, fear, greed, or curiosity. At Social-Engineer LLC, our purpose is to bring education and awareness to all users of technology. More than 90% of successful cyber-attacks start with a phishing email. Rosa Rowles.

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Herjavec Group

MAY 19, 2022

Conduct regular social engineering tests on your employees to actively demonstrate where improvements need to be made. I’ve been in infosec for over 30 years and have had the great privilege of evolving and learning as a cybersecurity executive in a space I love.

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Spinone

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Infosec Infosec offers more than 700 training resources to help your organization to prepare for phishing and other cyber threats. Infosec’s learning materials include videos and assessments that will help you to demonstrate phishing attacks and ways to avoid them to your colleagues.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

I seem to be doing most of that activity now on Mastodon , which appears to have absorbed most of the infosec refugees from Twitter, and in any case is proving to be a far more useful, civil and constructive place to post such things. For a variety of reasons, I will no longer be sharing these updates on Twitter.

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Security Through Education

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

I owe the infosec community a huge debt of gratitude. But DEF CON is not THE infosec community. However, it is only a small cog in a very large wheel and there are many other parts of the infosec community to be explored. I welcome open, honest, and non-confrontational dialog. I am thankful for the role it has played in my life.

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The Falcon's View

AUGUST 29, 2017

Suddenly, it occurred to me, "Hey, you know what we really need is a new sub-field that combines all aspects of security behavior design, such as security awareness, anti-phishing, social engineering, and even UEBA." Well, low-and-behold, it already exists! release, expected sometime soon).

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The Security Ledger

MAY 16, 2024

Chris’s Cybersecurity Journey Starting his career on a help desk for a Fortune 200 energy firm, Christopher’s path to infosec is a testament to the many unexpected routes leading to cybersecurity expertise. ” As Chris and I discuss, social engineering attacks are the first step in many sophisticated attacks.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Details on the Robinhood data breach (apparently caused by a social engineering attack) affecting approximately 7 million customers, and a discussion about surveillance and privacy concerns from a 600-hour leak of Dallas Police Department helicopter footage. ** Links mentioned on the show ** Robinhood Trading App Suffers Data Breach Exposing 7 Million (..)

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SC Magazine

MAY 17, 2021

Enter Project 2030, a collaboration between Oxford Visiting Researcher Victoria Baines and Trend Micro Vice President of Security Research Rik Ferguson, which uses a mixture of survey data and forward-thinking understanding of technology to predict the infosec concerns a decade from now. AI could impact more than just social engineering.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

Phishing is a type of social engineering attack in which bad actors pose as a trustworthy entity via phone, email, or text message in order to steal personal information from the recipient. Attackers may try to get their victims to reveal their date of birth, social security number, credit card information, or account passwords.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The attacker gained initial access to two employee accounts by carrying out social engineering attacks on the organization’s help desk twice. Leveraging its English proficiency, the collective uses social engineering for initial access. Within six hours, the attacker began encrypting the organization’s systems.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 23, 2022

Using the Easy Button™ Last month, we posted our blog explaining the staffing shortage in the information security (InfoSec) industry. It can often take three to six months to fill. The post Fixing the Shortage of Information Security Professionals appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Economic effects, including inflationary pressures, have had a broad impact across the InfoSec landscape," Smeaton said. Reanna Schultz is a cybersecurity professional and frequent SecureWorld speaker whose day job is as Team Leader of InfoSec at Garmin. These comments are her own and do not reflect those of her company, necessarily.

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SC Magazine

MAY 20, 2021

Social engineering, phishing scams, ransomware, DDoS attacks , and software vulnerabilities are just some of the threats facing overloaded security professionals with limited budgets. Bear in mind that SOAR requires a mix of technologies and tools that deliver the capabilities the infosec team requires.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Whether those compromises specifically were via some additional form of social engineering, we’ll likely never know. While there was no direct evidence of account theft from the malware file, numerous accounts caught out by this attack were indeed compromised. Invisible ads for thee but not for me.

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