Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The unknown intruders gained access to internal Mailchimp tools and customer data by social engineering employees at the company, and then started sending targeted phishing attacks to owners of Trezor hardware cryptocurrency wallets. It emerges that email marketing giant Mailchimp got hacked. ” SEPTEMBER.

Cryptocurrency 292

Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Scams 292

Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2019

reported that Hexane is targeting organizations in the oil and gas industry and telecommunication providers. Lyceum was observed using password spraying and brute-force attacks to compromise email accounts of targeted individuals. Security experts at Dragos Inc. ” reads the report published by SecureWork.

DNS 107

DNS Passwords Penetration Testing Social Engineering 107

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Countless websites and online services use SMS text messages for both password resets and multi-factor authentication. One of the groups that reliably posted “Tmo up! Allison Nixon is chief research officer for the New York City-based cybersecurity firm Unit 221B.

Mobile 341

Mobile Phishing Authentication Advertising 341

Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2018

Telecommunications relay services (TRSs) developed by Soleo Communications are IP relay services used by major Internet service providers (ISPs) in Canada. An attacker could extract these passwords from within the source files, and further escalate their privileges on the server, or even use said information in a social engineering attack.

Telecommunications 75

Telecommunications Identity Theft Passwords Social Engineering 75

Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2022

Their scope of interests includes – major telecommunications companies such as Claro, Telefonica and AT&T. Over the last months, the Lapsus$ gang compromised other prominent companies such as NVIDIA , Samsung , Ubisoft , Mercado Libre, and Vodafone.

Accountability 104

Accountability VPN Social Engineering Hacking 104

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. Scattered Spider previously targeted telecommunications firms, likely to support its SIM-swapping activities that facilitate account takeovers.

Social Engineering 52

Social Engineering Engineering Accountability Backups 52

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 7, 2023

Other features include: Data encryption Compliance management capabilities Server monitoring and alerting Data import and export John the Ripper This free password-cracking tool supports 15 operating systems, including 11 from the Unix family, DOS, Win32, BeOS, and OpenVMS.

Penetration Testing 98

Penetration Testing Wireless Passwords Social Engineering 98

Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.

Data breaches 52

Data breaches Healthcare Telecommunications Financial Services 52

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 21, 2022

The threat of attacks against Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) – energy, utilities, telecommunications, and transportation – is now front of mind for many. This includes using easily guessed passwords and falling victim to phishing and socially engineered techniques such as business email compromise.

Cyber threats 71

Cyber threats Energy and Utilities Ransomware IoT 71

Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016.

Security Awareness 40

Security Awareness Risk Cyber threats Cyber Risk 40

SecureList

OCTOBER 23, 2024

List of in-the-wild 0-days caught and reported by Kaspersky over the past 10 years Social activity What never ceases to impress us is how much effort Lazarus APT puts into their social engineering campaigns. Is that really all this game has to offer?

Engineering 145

Engineering Social Engineering Accountability Cryptocurrency 145

SecureList

JANUARY 29, 2025

Therefore, many countries are looking for their way into the new technological order, investing in promising research and development in a variety of areas: AI and machine learning, quantum computing, optical electronics, new materials, energy sources and types of engines, satellites and telecommunications, genetics, biotechnology and medicine.

Technology 91

Technology Computers and Electronics Energy and Utilities Risk 91