[Brilliant New Social Engineering Phish] "Please Docusign: Funding For Your Business"

A friend was sent this email and he forwarded it to me. It's a brilliant new social engineering phishing scam. It will sail through all your spam / malware filters and email protection ...

January 30, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

"Hacking Humans" Is The No. 1 Podcast Covering Social Engineering!

Each week the CyberWire’s Hacking Humans podcast looks behind the social engineering scams, phishing schemes, and criminal exploits that make headlines and take a heavy toll on ...

January 28, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Social Engineering Testing: Why Getting Hacked Is a Security Advantage

Stephanie Carruthers, People Hacker for IBM- X-Force Red wrote an excellent post about the need for red-teaming and pentesting your own organization. I'll quote the first paragraph or so, ...

January 25, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Online Job Offer Turns Would-Be Applicant into Unwitting Conspirator in Malware Attack

The context of contacting the victim via a credible website may be all that was needed to trick one job seeker into installing malware on the network of a bank.

January 22, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Criminals Make Off With USD $150,000 in Business Email Compromise Real Estate Scam

Scammers stole $150,000 from a woman during a real estate transaction last year, according to Lisa Vaas at Naked Security. Mireille Appert, a Swiss woman who lives in the United States, ...

January 21, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Firm in $1.7-million dispute with insurer because of social engineering fraud

Global law firm Dentons Canada LLP is locked in a $1.7-millon dispute with its insurer after staff at the firm’s Vancouver office fell victim to an alleged social engineering attack.

December 20, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

Gartner's Neil Wynne: "Email Phishing is a Growing Threat"

Email phishing is a top threat to organizations because it works so well, according to Neil Wynne, principal and analyst for secure business enablement at Gartner. Wynne told Stephanie ...

December 20, 2018 Eric Howes

Is that phone call really from Amazon?

By Eric Howes, KnowBe4 Principal Lab Researcher. Now that it's the holiday season, malicious parties across the globe are exploiting Amazon's good name and popularity with consumers to ...

December 15, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

CrowdStrike: Compelling Stories From The Cyber Intrusion Casebook 2018

From the Front Lines of Incident Response, the CrowdStrike Services Cyber Intrusion Casebook 2018 offers some compelling stories how threat actors are continuously adopting new means to ...

December 13, 2018 Stu Sjouwerman

[Heads-up] New Email Extortion Scam Bomb Threat Demands Bitcoin

A new email extortion scam is making the rounds, threatening that someone has planted bombs within the recipient's building that will be detonated unless a hefty bitcoin ransom is paid by ...

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