Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2025

CERT-UA pointed out that it uses the software AnyDesk in some cases, but only with prior approval via official channels. ” Threat actors are attempting to use social engineering techniques by exploiting the trust of local entities in the authority. . ” reads the advisory published by CERT-UA.

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The Hacker News

APRIL 26, 2024

An ongoing social engineering campaign is targeting software developers with bogus npm packages under the guise of a job interview to trick them into downloading a Python backdoor. Cybersecurity firm Securonix is tracking the activity under the name DEV#POPPER, linking it to North Korean threat actors.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 22, 2024

ClickFix campaigns represent a new wave of phishing tactics that emerged in May 2024, aimed at exploiting users of popular software applications. Cybercriminals employ social engineering techniques to trick you into believing you must resolve fictitious technical issues.

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NetSpi Executives

OCTOBER 25, 2024

In this article, we will dive deep into the sea of phishing and vishing, sharing real-world stories and insights we’ve encountered during social engineering tests to highlight the importance of awareness. The customer didn’t provide any other information. Time to start digging around!

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 21, 2020

” The perpetrators focus on social engineering new hires at the targeted company, and impersonate staff at the target company’s IT helpdesk. Employ the principle of least privilege and implement software restriction policies or other controls; monitor authorized user accesses and usage.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Social engineering is a core part of these schemes and the tricks we see are sometimes very clever. The new campaign we observed uses a a combination of malicious ads and decoy pages for software brands, followed by a fake Cloudflare notification that instructs users to manually run a few key combinations.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The installer was left on various torrent sites, presumably ensnaring people downloading pirated copies of the operating system: Mandiant uncovered a socially engineered supply chain operation focused on Ukrainian government entities that leveraged trojanized ISO files masquerading as legitimate Windows 10 Operating System installers.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 7, 2025

Beware the Poisoned Apple: Defending Against Malware and Social Engineering Just like Snow White was tricked into accepting a poisoned apple from the Evil Queen, malware and social engineering attacks exploit trust to deliver harmful payloads. Are your defenses ready to withstand a "Jack"?

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 2, 2021

“Guides for cheats will typically ask users to disable or uninstall antivirus software and host firewalls, disable kernel code signing, etc.” . “It is common practice when configuring a cheat program to run it the with the highest system privileges,” the report notes. ” Detailed report.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Civil Defense” poses as a provider of free software programs that allow potential conscripts to view and share crowdsourced locations of Ukrainian military recruiters. The threat actors use the Civil Defense website to distribute multiple software programs that, once installed, download different malware families.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

GoDaddy described the incident at the time in general terms as a social engineering attack, but one of its customers affected by that March 2020 breach actually spoke to one of the hackers involved. The key works without the need for any special software drivers.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 22, 2025

Limitations of traditional security measures While organizations typically rely on email filters, firewalls, and antivirus software, these solutions often fall short against AI-powered phishing attacks.

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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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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. The browser syncjacking attack exposes a fundamental flaw in the way remote-managed profiles and browsers are managed.

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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

MARCH 23, 2022

Microsoft says LAPSUS$ — which it boringly calls “ DEV-0537 ” — mostly gains illicit access to targets via “social engineering.” Sources tell KrebsOnSecurity that LAPSUS$ has been recruiting insiders via multiple social media platforms since at least November 2021. .

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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Whether an infection is the result of a disgruntled employee, hardware vulnerability, software-based threat, social engineering penetration, robotic attack or human error, all organizations must be prepared to immediately respond effectively to such an issue if the corresponding damage is to be minimized.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

Allen said a typical voice phishing or “vishing” attack by this group involves at least two perpetrators: One who is social engineering the target over the phone, and another co-conspirator who takes any credentials entered at the phishing page and quickly uses them to log in to the target company’s VPN platform in real-time.

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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

APRIL 20, 2023

We learned some remarkable new details this week about the recent supply-chain attack on VoIP software provider 3CX. “This is the first time Mandiant has seen a software supply chain attack lead to another software supply chain attack,” reads the April 20 Mandiant report. Microsoft Corp.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2024

A Case-Control Study to Measure Behavioral Risks of Malware Encounters in Organizations PyPI Python Library “aiocpa” Found Exfiltrating Crypto Keys via Telegram Bot Bootkitty: Analyzing the first UEFI bootkit for Linux Hudson Rock Announces First Comprehensive Infostealers AI Bot: CavalierGPT Gaming Engines: An Undetected Playground for (..)

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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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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. GoDaddy said the outage between 7:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. PST on Nov.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 11, 2024

There’s an important moral to the story of the attack and its discovery : The security of the global internet depends on countless obscure pieces of software written and maintained by even more obscure unpaid, distractible, and sometimes vulnerable volunteers. The modularity they provide makes software projects tractable.

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Bleeping Computer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Software company Retool says the accounts of 27 cloud customers were compromised following a targeted and multi-stage social engineering attack. [.]

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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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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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Krebs on Security

MAY 14, 2024

Microsoft today released updates to fix more than 60 security holes in Windows computers and supported software, including two “zero-day” vulnerabilities in Windows that are already being exploited in active attacks. To ensure your Mac is up-to-date, go to System Settings, General tab, then Software Update and follow any prompts.

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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. Stephen Kowski added: "This attack targeted the software development pipeline by corrupting widely-used libraries and tools.

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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. Enforce DMARC, DKIM, and SPF to prevent spoofing.

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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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Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 20, 2022

Obviously, implementing a Zero Trust approach requires that organizations truly understand in detail what they actually have in place, from both a hardware and a software perspective. Consider the case of ransomware, for example, and the fact that the number of successful ransomware attacks has skyrocketed in recent years.

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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. Human error and susceptibility to social engineering tactics continue to be significant vulnerabilities in cybersecurity, accounting for a majority of compromises.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The post GitHub Fights Forks — Millions of Them — Huge Software Supply Chain Security FAIL appeared first on Security Boulevard. Forking hell: Scrotebots clone thousands of projects, injecting malware millions of times.

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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.

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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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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Also, consider regularly patching software and keeping systems updated to close security gaps that attackers could exploit. Cybersecurity awareness training helps staff recognize phishing scams , social engineering attempts, and other threats. Another effective solution is to invest in attack surface management (ASM) software.

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