Media Social Engineering Web Fraud 
Krebs on Security
NOVEMBER 9, 2024
“This is social engineering at the highest level and there will be failed attempts at times. A review of EDR vendors across many cybercrime forums shows that some fake EDR vendors sell the ability to send phony police requests to specific social media platforms, including forged court-approved documents.
Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 26, 2023
Web hosting giant GoDaddy made headlines this month when it disclosed that a multi-year breach allowed intruders to steal company source code, siphon customer and employee login credentials, and foist malware on customer websites. But we do know the March 2020 attack was precipitated by a spear-phishing attack against a GoDaddy employee.
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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. Verify web links do not have misspellings or contain the wrong domain. and 11:00 p.m.
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. Sosa also was active in a particularly destructive group of accomplished criminal SIM-swappers known as “ Star Fraud.”
Krebs on Security
JUNE 15, 2024
In February 2023, LastPass disclosed that the intrusion involved a highly complex, targeted attack against an engineer who was one of only four LastPass employees with access to the corporate vault. The vulnerability exploited by the intruders was patched back in 2020, but the employee never updated his Plex software.
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 25, 2018
RT: We wanted to start a collaboration group to fight BEC, and really a big part of that involved just trying to social engineer the actors and get them to click on links that we could use to find out more about them and where they’re coming from. How does online dating fraud fit into the BEC scam?
Krebs on Security
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
This includes people who run or work at cryptocurrency-focused companies; those who participate as speakers at public conferences centered around Blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies; and those who like to talk openly on social media about their crypto investments.
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