Latest social engineering news, analysis, tactics the bad guys are using and what you can do to defend your organization.
Threat actors’ abuse of enterprise collaboration tools increased fourfold over the past twelve months, according to researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42.
Attackers are using “wrong-number” texts to identify potential targets for scams, according to researchers at Malwarebytes. These texts appear to be harmless messages meant for another ...
A new phishing platform called “JWR” gives attackers real-time control over social engineering attacks, according to researchers at Cisco Talos. The kit livestreams the phishing page to ...
Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) is tracking a voice phishing (vishing) campaign that’s targeting hedge funds and financial firms. The researchers attribute the attacks to ...
Criminals are now selling malicious AI tools for use in cyberattacks, according to researchers at Trellix. These tools dramatically lower the barrier for unskilled crooks to launch ...
Attackers are distributing a new Android malware called “WindRelay” via phone-based social engineering attacks, according to researchers at Group-IB. The attackers call the victims, ...
A study has found that AI chatbots can be more effective at social engineering than human scammers, WIRED reports. The researchers looked at a form of romance scam commonly known as “pig ...
AI is making social engineering attacks significantly more effective, according to a new report from cyber insurance firm Resilience. These attacks were behind more than 85% of losses in ...
Americans are now losing an estimated $148 billion each year to online scams, a 22% increase compared to 2024, according to a new report from the Consumer Federation of America (CFA). The ...
Social engineering remains a central part of modern cyberattacks, according to a new report from CrowdStrike. Attackers are increasingly turning to voice phishing because it bypasses ...
