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

FTC Report: Americans Lost $3.5 Billion to Imposter Scams Last Year

Imposter scams were the most commonly reported type of fraud in 2025, with Americans reporting $3.5 billion in losses, according to new data from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). ...

Report: Online Shoppers Increasingly Ignore Scam Warning Signs

New research by McAfee has found that many consumers tend to ignore red flags associated with scams when searching online for a good deal. The research identified the following consumer ...

Extortion Gang Sends In-Person Attackers to Exfiltrate Data

An extortion gang tracked as “Silent Ransom Group” is targeting US law firms with voice phishing and in-person social engineering attacks, according to researchers at Mandiant and ...

Attackers aren’t loyal to any collaboration channel

Cloud email security has become pretty good. Not perfect, obviously, because the attack landscape is forever changing. But good enough that the old tactics do not land with the same ...

Social Engineering Attacks Abuse Workplace Collaboration Tools

Threat actors are increasingly abusing workplace collaboration tools like Microsoft Teams to launch social engineering attacks, according to researchers at Palo Alto Networks’s Unit 42. ...

New Extortion Scam Uses IT Impersonation to Breach Organizations

A newly surfaced extortion brand called “Pink” is using voice phishing and fake IT support calls to breach organizations, the Register reports. The threat actor may be a rebrand of prior ...

APWG Report: Social Media Phishing is Surging

Phishing scams surged across social media platforms during the first quarter of 2026, according to a new report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG).

4 Hot Summer Travel Tips To Avoid Scams

When the weather starts to get warmer, it is a sign that summer time is around the corner. But just as the weather heats up and travel plans get booked, scammers capitalize on the season ...

The Role of Agentic AI in Phishing Security Training

Phishing attacks are evolving faster than traditional training programs can keep up. Advances in AI — including generative tools — are making attacks more dynamic, personalized, and ...

Report: AI-Assisted Fraud is Surging

AI-generated fraud schemes are now the dominant type of fraud, according to a new report from AU10TIX. AI-assisted forgeries overtook physical manipulation for the first time, as these ...