NetSpi Executives

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Don’t be afraid of social engineering attacks this Cybersecurity Awareness Month! In the spirit of this year’s theme, we created a parody of the Monster Mash to share social engineering prevention tips far and wide. Use Strong Passwords and a Password Manager In 2022, threat actors leaked more than 721 million passwords.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 21, 2024

March Madness is a prime opportunity for cybercriminals to deploy phishing lures, malicious apps, and social engineering tactics," warns Krishna Vishnubhotla, VP of Product Strategy at mobile security firm Zimperium. These can be vehicles for delivering malware, committing fraud, or harvesting valuable data.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The latest twist: mobile network operator UScellular on Jan. 21 disclosed how cybercriminals broke into its Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform as a gateway to compromise the cell phones of an undisclosed number of the telecom giant’s customers. Related: The quickening of cyber warfare.

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Webroot

JUNE 2, 2022

Phishing and social engineering. Gaming is now an online social activity. Watch for phishing and social engineering. The best way to stay safe is to be aware of the threat—and learn how to spot phishing and social engineering attacks when you encounter them. Account takeovers.

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Webroot

APRIL 22, 2025

Many retailers operate both brick-and-mortar stores and ecommerce platforms and rely on a variety of mobile apps, PoS (point-of-sale) systems, and cloud-based platforms, which creates more entry points for hackers to exploit. Use strong, unique passwords: Strong, unique passwords are a simple, yet powerful security tool.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Credit for that intrusion is quickly claimed by LAPSUS$ , a group of 14-18 year-old cyber hooligans mostly from the United Kingdom who specialized in low-tech but highly successful methods of breaking into companies: Targeting employees directly over their mobile phones. It emerges that email marketing giant Mailchimp got hacked.

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Pen Test Partners

AUGUST 29, 2024

TL;DR Strong passwords : Use a password manager. This makes it harder for unauthorised users to gain access even if they have your password. Secure networks : Avoid using untrusted public Wi-Fi to access social media accounts, instead, use mobile data. The whysettle passphrase generator is usefulhere.

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

These are examples of weak passwords that will put your accounts at risk. We know it’s difficult to remember complex, meaningless passwords, which is why specialists use password managers. This way, you only have to remember one password that keeps the rest safe. . #3: 3: Two-Factor Authentication (2FA).

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Malwarebytes

MAY 5, 2022

The problem with passwords. If you make passwords too short, they’re easy to guess or crack. Two-factor authentication (an additional level of security most commonly tied to your mobile device) is still not as widely adopted as it should be. Shoring up your passwords. Try a password manager.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

These include password synchronization, enterprise SSO, federated SSO, web SSO, and mobile SSO: Password Synchronization: This is the simplest and most common form of SSO, where a single username and password are automatically updated and used across different systems or platforms.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

To gain access to the email accounts, he appears to have reset account passwords by correctly guessing password reset questions. He also used lists of compromised passwords to break into one account, and discussed social engineering tricks related to Snapchat. Defending yourself.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Phishing vs. Vishing “While email may still be the most common mechanism for social engineering, we increasingly see attacks via social media, platforms such as WhatsApp, physical compromise, snail mail, and phone calls,” says ethical hacker FC in a blog. So, to keep yourself cyber safe, follow these simple four steps.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 5, 2023

Subsequently, for each login attempt (or the first for a new device), users are prompted to input a one-time verification code ( also known as a One-Time Password or OTP). When accessing a mobile application, typically, the mere act of placing the call suffices for the application to automatically authorize the entry.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2022

Passwords: An Easy Target. Let’s not mince words: passwords are difficult for most organizations to manage. Despite the ready availability of password management software, deployment and strategic management of passwords is difficult as your employment numbers skyrocket. Regular employee training.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 7, 2022

Protect your company computers, laptops and mobile devices with security products all managed via a cloud-based management console. From keeping tabs on your enterprise devices, data, and apps to securing those endpoints against threats and attacks, Desktop Central ticks all the boxes of a unified endpoint management solution.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 1, 2022

To reach the thin client, the Lapsus$ attacker most likely: Successfully phished the engineer to obtain the RDP address and credentials The engineer reused credentials that were exposed elsewhere and Lapsus$ social engineered the RDP information Discovered a vulnerable RDP exposed to the internet.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 9, 2023

They are also more secure than passwords because they require physical presence or knowledge of the user’s device, making them much harder to hack. There are a number of authentication scenarios where passkeys can be used, including mobile devices, computers, and online accounts. Learn more about Social Engineering Attacks 2.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Last week we learned that ride-sharing giant Uber's defences had been unpicked by an attacker with a novel take on social engineering: Fatigue. Do you hate having to punch in a password on your login screen every time you open your laptop? ”, “Login action required” messages to their mobile device.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

For users familiar with password management and the value of complex passwords, this makes sense. Users can establish a symmetric key to share private messages through a secure channel like a password manager. The longer and more complex the encrypted message is, the longer it’ll take to decrypt.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 7, 2022

Reduce password management pain and the risk of a breach. You may have read NIST 800-63B, so you know “Many attacks associated with the use of passwords are not affected by password complexity and length. Users can rely on existing STA authentication methods to securely authenticate, reset or change their passwords.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Logging in is faster and easier, especially on mobile devices. Syncs automatically across devices when backed up in Apple iCloud Keychain, Google Password Manager, or Microsoft Account. Reduced risk of social engineering Attackers cant trick users into revealing passkeys like they do with passwords.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 7, 2022

I then follow-up and ask for a React version, more realistic copy, and mobile responsiveness. Security experts have warned for years about the possibility of social engineering attacks with deepfakes, and the technology has matured enough for 2023 to see hackers successfully leverage it. It nails it perfectly. gabe_ragland).

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SC Magazine

MAY 12, 2021

In a blog, Sophos researchers explain how the attackers – which the researchers believe could all be operated by the same group – used social engineering, counterfeit websites, including a fake iOS App Store download page, and an iOS app-testing website to distribute the fake apps to their victims. Do not make it easy for them.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 7, 2023

This culture has given rise to a large number of personal devices like mobile phones, laptops, and tablets that can easily access sensitive information. In addition, few companies can provide access to password management software or VPNs to protect their internet connection and credentials and maintain security on rogue Wi-Fi networks.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

Related: How the Middle East has advanced mobile security regulations Over the past couple of decades, meaningful initiatives to improve online privacy and security, for both companies and consumers, incrementally gained traction in the tech sector and among key regulatory agencies across Europe, the Middle East and North America.

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Identity IQ

JULY 17, 2023

Keyloggers : These covert programs record your keystrokes, including your usernames and passwords, without your knowledge. Social Engineering : Cybercriminals manipulate and deceive individuals into divulging their credentials through psychological manipulation or impersonation.

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Identity IQ

JULY 17, 2023

Keyloggers : These covert programs record your keystrokes, including your usernames and passwords, without your knowledge. Social Engineering : Cybercriminals manipulate and deceive individuals into divulging their credentials through psychological manipulation or impersonation.

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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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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

Many organizations choose to implement full disk encryption when a large number of employees or other users access sensitive data on mobile or other portable devices that could more easily be lost or stolen. As a baseline, password managers store passwords in a single place, but most of these tools do much more than that.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2022

On December 19, Mikail Tunç , a security researcher, discovered a front-end application programming interface (API) token in several mobile apps used by millions of customers worldwide.[link]. Threat actors can abuse PII to conduct phishing and social engineering attacks. Millions affected. Looming dangers.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Without proper training, however, they may unknowingly expose the business to risks such as phishing scams or social engineering attacks. Weak Passwords Weak or reused passwords are easy targets for hackers employing brute-force attacks.

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Chicago CyberSecurity Training

JULY 1, 2023

Be sure to avoid passphrases that may include information that can be easily gathered about you via social engineering. MFA offers various options, including hardware tokens like YubiKeys and software-based solutions like Time-Based One-Time Passwords (TOTP) , providing an extra shield against unauthorized access.

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Troy Hunt

MAY 5, 2025

Here's how it worked: I was socially engineered into visiting a phishing page that pretended to belong to Mailchimp who I use to send newsletters for this blog. Let's look at how to set them up, how to use them on websites and in mobile apps, and talk about what some of their shortcomings are.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 24, 2023

This not only enables them to perform more effective social engineering, spear phishing, or other targeted attacks against you, but also those around you whose information they have also gleaned from your public profile. Password managers can help you generate and store secure passwords for all your accounts.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 24, 2023

This not only enables them to perform more effective social engineering, spear phishing, or other targeted attacks against you, but also those around you whose information they have also gleaned from your public profile. Password managers can help you generate and store secure passwords for all your accounts.

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Identity IQ

JULY 3, 2023

Consider performing a thorough password reset across all your accounts As a precautionary measure, consider resetting passwords for all your online accounts. Create strong, unique passwords for each account, and use a password manager to help you manage and generate secure passwords.

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