Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

But it’s worth revisiting how this group typically got in to targeted companies: By calling employees and tricking them into navigating to a phishing website. But we do know the March 2020 attack was precipitated by a spear-phishing attack against a GoDaddy employee. In a filing with the U.S.

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NetSpi Executives

OCTOBER 25, 2024

This year’s theme is “Secure Our World” with an emphasis on recognizing phishing and vishing attempts – two prevalent tactics used by bad actors to exploit unsuspecting individuals. Part of the requirements for a standard phishing test is allowlisting our sending domains. However, no emails were opened during this initial campaign.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The dark web is a treasure trove of information, data, and malicious software. The conversation bounced around from the Silk Road, to recently seized bitcoin, to stolen passwords, to ways cyber criminals share software and information with each other. The closest metaphor is the no code / low code movement in software development.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 7, 2025

Their themes touch on phishing, man-in-the middle attacks, cryptography and decryption, incident response, and more. Lured by the Sweet: Avoiding the Phishing Trap Similar to Hansel and Gretel, who were tempted by a candy-coated trap, phishing attacks entice victims with seemingly irresistible offers or legitimate-looking emails and websites.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Most of us have been trained to be wary of clicking on links and attachments that arrive in emails unexpected, but it’s easy to forget scam artists are constantly dreaming up innovations that put a new shine on old-fashioned telephone-based phishing scams. Cabel Sasser is founder of a Mac and iOS software company called Panic Inc.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

A new development in phishing is the “nag attack.” The fraudster commences the social engineering by irritating the targeted victim, and then follows up with an an offer to alleviate the annoyance. Usually, they’ll claim to be from the IT department or perhaps from a software or service provider. Spear phishing.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 25, 2023

United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) along with two other agencies; National Security Agency (NSA) and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) have issued a warning to federal agencies against a phishing scam taking place through Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) Software.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 21, 2020

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday issued a joint alert to warn about the growing threat from voice phishing or “ vishing ” attacks targeting companies. Restrict VPN access hours, where applicable, to mitigate access outside of allowed times.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Phishing is one of the most common social engineering tactics cybercriminals use to target their victims. Cybersecurity experts are discussing a new trend in the cybercrime community called phishing-as-a-service. Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS). Related: Utilizing humans as security sensors. Rising popularity.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

This operation, which blends social engineering and technical exploitation, has resulted in the theft of more than 390,000 WordPress credentials. Simultaneously, a phishing campaign tricked targets into installing a fake kernel update. By downloading and running this code, victims essentially infected themselves."

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 3, 2022

ZINC, a sub-group of the notorious North Korean Lazarus hacking group, has implanted malicious payloads in open-source software to infiltrate corporate networks, Microsoft’s threat hunting team has reported. UK, and India. Targets were encouraged to apply for open positions in legitimate companies.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Glove Stealer is a.NET-based information stealer that targets browser extensions and locally installed software to steal sensitive data. Threat actors relies on social engineering tactics like ClickFix and FakeCaptcha to trick users into executing malicious scripts via PowerShell or Run prompts.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2024

.” Beyond previous reports on this threat actor’s focus on ICS and PLCs, the prompts observed during this campaign provide precious information on other technologies and software the state-sponsored hackers may target.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

In March, a voice phishing scam targeting GoDaddy support employees allowed attackers to assume control over at least a half-dozen domain names, including transaction brokering site escrow.com. “Our security team investigated and confirmed threat actor activity, including social engineering of a limited number of GoDaddy employees.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2024

0KTAPUS In August 2022, KrebsOnSecurity wrote about peering inside the data harvested in a months-long cybercrime campaign by Scattered Spider involving countless SMS-based phishing attacks against employees at major corporations. A Scattered Spider phishing lure sent to Twilio employees.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Microsoft today released updates to fix more than five dozen security holes in its Windows operating systems and related software, including three “zero day” vulnerabilities that Microsoft warns are already being exploited in active attacks.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Organizations face rising risks of AI-driven social engineering and personal device breaches. Supply chain attacks will intensify through poisoned APIs and unchecked software dependencies. AI-powered cryptocurrency attacks will automate phishing and exploit vulnerabilities.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2025

Using a very clever social engineering attack that exploits trusted domains, the adversary can then further escalate the profile hijacking attack to steal passwords from the victims browser. This attack is extremely potent as there is no visual difference between a managed and unmanaged browser.

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SecureList

JUNE 10, 2024

This article examines methods that rely on social engineering, where attackers manipulate the victim into giving away the OTP, and tools that they use to automate the manipulations: so-called OTP bots and administration panels to control phishing kits. Phishing is typically how they get the most up-to-date credentials.

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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. ” Group-IB dubbed the gang by a different name — 0ktapus — which was a nod to how the criminal group phished employees for credentials.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 19, 2025

In reality, enabling notifications results in a flood of unwanted ads and malicious content (malvertising), potentially exposing users to phishing attempts and harmful software. QR code scams : Increasingly, scammers use QR codes on fake subsidy pages to drive users to phishing sites that steal their credentials.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Tim Mackey, Head of Software Supply Chain Risk Strategy at Black Duck, explains: "Attacks on legacy cyber-physical, IoT, and IIoT devicesparticularly in an OT environmentare to be expected and must be planned for as part of the operational requirements for the device. Use Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions.

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The Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Software development company Retool has disclosed that the accounts of 27 of its cloud customers were compromised following a targeted and SMS-based social engineering attack. The fact that Google Authenticator syncs to

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Tech Republic Security

AUGUST 29, 2023

A new study from Abnormal found that 4.31% of phishing attacks mimicked Microsoft, far ahead of second most-spoofed brand PayPal.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 11, 2023

Microsoft today released software updates to plug 100 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, including a zero-day vulnerability that is already being used in active attacks. This could be via social engineering, spear phishing attacks, or exploitation of other services.”

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 29, 2020

This sort of information would no doubt be of interest to scammers seeking to conduct social engineering attacks against Sprint employees as way to perpetrate other types of fraud, including unauthorized SIM swaps or in gleaning more account information from targeted customers.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2022

Threat actors gained access to internal tools of the email marketing giant MailChimp to conduct phishing attacks against crypto customers. Trezor WARNING: Elaborate Phishing attack. Trazor also took the phishing domain used by threat actors offline and launched an investigation to determine how many users have been impacted.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 17, 2022

In this new instance of the campaign, the threat actor has targeted users in US-based organizations in specific verticals including software security, US military, security solution providers, healthcare / pharmaceutical, and the manufacturing supply chain. Key points. The campaign is active at the time of publishing this report.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 20, 2025

Vulnerabilities and Malware Primarily includes severe and exploited vulnerabilities in devices or software used by end users (ex: a major router firmware flaw). Successful exploitation requires social engineering users into manipulating a specially crafted file. Malware campaigns covered generally target/affect the end user.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 6, 2022

There are two main types of online fraud aimed at stealing user data and money: phishing and scams. Phishers primarily seek to extract confidential information from victims, such as credentials or bank card details, while scammers deploy social engineering to persuade targets to transfer money on their own accord.

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

Through the first two months of 2023 alone, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Scamwatch reported more than 19,000 phishing reports with estimated financial losses of more than $5.2 What is phishing? This is part of what makes phishing attacks so dangerous.

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SecureList

MARCH 25, 2025

Key findings Phishing Banks were the most popular lure in 2024, accounting for 42.58% of financial phishing attempts. Amazon Online Shopping was mimicked by 33.19% of all phishing and scam pages targeting online store users in 2024. Cryptocurrency phishing saw an 83.37% year-over-year increase in 2024, with 10.7

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2025

In reality, many of the most successful breaches stem from simple tactics like phishing emails, social engineering, and exploiting basic security misconfigurations. People frequently fall for scams, phishing, and other attacks due to a lack of awareness, trust in seemingly legitimate sources, or simple human error.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

Approximately 83 percent of organizations said they faced a successful phishing attempt in 2021, up from 57 percent in 2020. This guide breaks down the different types of phishing attacks and provides examples to help organizations better prepare their staff to deal with them. What is Phishing? Spear Phishing.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 13, 2023

today released software updates to fix dozens of security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other software. Microsoft Corp.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Supply-chain attacks, new zero-day attacks, insider risk and improved phishing leads to an onslaught of breaches. S ameer Malhotra , CEO, TrueFort : Malhotra Software supply chain attacks will continue to place more responsibility and accountability on DevSecOps teams. IT leadership should be shifting to operational resiliency.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 30, 2022

Intuit released a warning about a phishing email being sent to its customers. The phishing emails tell recipients that their account has been put on hold, and try to trick users into “validating their account” to release it again. is an American business software company that specializes in financial software. Intuit Inc.

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