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Social Engineering

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

Warning: ARToken Phishing Kit Automates BEC Attacks

Researchers at Cisco Talos are tracking a sophisticated phishing-as-a-service operator panel called “ARToken” that’s built on the EvilTokens phishing platform. ARToken focuses on targeted ...

Trust, Verify, Protect: Modernizing Email Security for the Cloud

Picture this: Your company just fell victim to a massive data breach. The culprit wasn't a sophisticated malware strain, a zero-day exploit, or a compromised firewall. It was a perfectly ...

Report: Social Engineering Remains a Central Part of AI-assisted Attacks

Threat actors continue to rely on social engineering as AI is incorporated into their attacks, according to ESET’s Threat Report for the first half of 2026. ESET’s Director of Threat ...

ClickFix Social Engineering is Now the Leading Malware Delivery Method

The ClickFix social engineering technique is now the top malware delivery method, according to a new report from ReliaQuest. These attacks trick users into copying a malicious command, ...

Scammers Can Use AI Tools to Pinpoint Your Location Based on a Photo

Scammers can use AI tools to find your location in photos you post to social media, according to researchers at McAfee. This information can then be used in targeted social engineering ...

Report: Attackers Are Using AI to Automate Social Engineering

Threat actors continue to use AI tools to automate their attack flows and increase efficiency, according to researchers at ReliaQuest.

Threat Actor Uses Phishing to Breach Orgs for Ransomware Gangs

An initial access broker associated with the Payouts King ransomware group is using Microsoft Teams phishing to deploy a malicious Microsoft Edge web browser extension, according to ...

Invoice Phishing Attacks Are Abusing the Shop App

Threat actors are abusing Shop, a legitimate app developed by Shopify, to launch phishing attacks, according to researchers at Gen Digital. Shop is used for making purchases and tracking ...

Phishing Campaign Impersonates Interpol to Deliver Ransomware

A phishing campaign is targeting small businesses across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the United States with emails that impersonate Interpol’s cybercrime investigation unit, ...

Prompt Injection and the Rise of Agentic Risk

Boxers will often say, the punches that hurt the most aren’t the ones which are thrown with the most force, but the ones they didn’t see coming. I think the same is true in cybersecurity. ...