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Latest social engineering news, analysis, tactics the bad guys are using and what you can do to defend your organization.

Amazon Warns of Fraudulent North Korean Job Applicants

Amazon has blocked more than 1,800 suspected North Korean applicants from joining the company since April 2024, TechRadar reports. Amazon’s Chief Security Officer, Stephen Schmidt, said ...

New ConsentFix Technique Tricks Users Into Handing Over OAuth Tokens

Researchers at Push Security have observed a new variant of the ClickFix attack that combines “OAuth consent phishing with a ClickFix-style user prompt that leads to account compromise.”

Most Parked Domains Lead Users to Scams or Malware

Over 90% of parked domains now direct users to malicious content, compared to less than 5% a decade ago, according to researchers at Infoblox.

81% of Small Businesses Sustained a Cyber Incident Over the Past Year

Eighty-one percent of small businesses suffered a security or data breach over the past year, and 38% of these businesses were forced to raise their prices as a result, a report from the ...

WeChat Phishing Attacks a Growing Threat Outside China

Lead analysts: Cameron Sweeney, Lucy Gee, Louis Tiley, James Dyer “Super-app” WeChat offers a wealth of functionality—from instant messaging, text and voice messaging, and video calls to ...

North Korean Job Invitation

A friend of mine, John D., received this outreach on Threads (see below). At first, he thought it was the standard fake employer scam, but it is more than that. It is very likely part of ...

[Beware] Microsoft Teams 'Chat with Anyone' invites aren't always safe

Researchers at CyberProof warn that threat actors are launching phishing attacks via Microsoft Teams' “Chat with Anyone” feature, which lets external users send direct messages via email ...

Report: Phishing Has Surged 400% Year-Over-Year

Researchers at SpyCloud have observed a 400% year-over-year increase in successful phishing attacks, with a disproportionate number of attacks targeting corporate accounts.

Notorious Cybercrime Group is Now Targeting Zendesk Users

ReliaQuest warns that the cybercriminal collective “Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters” appears to be using social engineering attacks to target organizations’ Zendesk instances.

New Criminal Toolkit Abuses Browser Push Notifications

A new criminal platform called “Matrix Push C2” is using browser notifications to launch social engineering attacks, according to researchers at BlackFog.

One-Size-Fits-All Security Training Fits Nobody

Here's a curious thing about people, sometimes we crave the familiar, and sometimes we demand the novel.

Warning: Malicious Apps Are Impersonating AI Tools

Researchers at Appknox warn that malicious apps are impersonating popular AI tools like ChatGPT and DALL-E to trick users into installing malware on their mobile devices. Some of these ...

Microsoft Help Desk Phishing Attempt

I received this email the other day to my personal email account. It is a “Security Alert” from “Microsoft Helpdesk.” Oh, my!

LastPass Phishing Campaign Informs Users of Phony Death Notifications

A phishing campaign is targeting LastPass users with phony notifications informing users that someone has notified the company of the user’s death and is trying to gain access to their ...

Human Error is Still a Top Contributor to Cyberattacks

Human error remains the primary exploitation vector in mobile security incidents, according to Verizon’s latest Mobile Security Index (MSI).

When a “Contact Us” Form Becomes “Contact a Cybercriminal”

Lead Analysts: Lucy Gee and James Dyer Cybercriminals want their payday. Unfortunately for the targets of phishing (and the organizations they work for) that means they’re constantly ...

Insider Risk, Ethical Walls and the Future of Data Governance in Financial Services

In the complex ecosystem of financial services, some of the greatest threats come from within. While cybersecurity for financial institutions often focuses on external threat actors, the ...

Is It Or Is It Not an HP Scam?

These days it can be hard to tell if something is or isn’t a scam.

Report: More Than Half of Adults Encountered a Scam Last Year

Researchers at Bitdefender warn that scams are seeing a steady increase globally. Citing a recent report from the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA), the researchers note that 57% of adults ...

[Cyber Security Awareness Month] Doppelgänger Promotes Incident Hiding: Why Saying Something When You See Something Is So Important

It can happen to the best of us. This story happened a decade ago, when I was working at a Fortune 10 company. “Smartest” is subjective, but most of my former coworkers and external ...


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