Job Recruitment Scams Rising Due to Social Engineering

Jul 10, 2023 10:52:29 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Job scams are a rising form of socially engineered cybercrime. And while it’s easy to imagine the trouble they cause individuals who innocently fall for them (lost opportunities, identity ...

Amazon Prime Day Alert: Beware of Fake Logins, Gift Card Scams

Jul 7, 2023 11:39:18 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A new threat alert from ConsumerAffairs and TrendMicro proves more than just shoppers will take advantage of Amazon’s upcoming Prime Day.

U.K. Twitter Impersonation Hacker Sentenced to Prison in the U.S.

Jul 7, 2023 11:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The British national responsible for hacking into and impersonating high-profile individuals as part of a crypto theft scheme has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Microsoft Teams Cyber Attack Exploit Tool Relies on Social Engineering to Deliver Malware

Jul 7, 2023 8:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

If your organization uses Microsoft Teams, then you definitely want to hear about a new way bad actors are exploiting this newly discovered cyber attack tool.

New Report Shows Social Engineering and Business Email Compromise Attacks Have Drastically Increased in 2023

Jul 6, 2023 8:45:53 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Email-based social engineering attacks have risen by 464% this year compared to the first half of 2022, according to a report by Acronis. Business email compromise (BEC) attacks have also ...

National Cyber Security Centre Notes UK Law Firms are Main Target for Cybercriminals

Jun 28, 2023 11:16:46 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

In the most recent Cyber Threat report from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), it is clear that UK law firms are a gold mine for cybercriminals.

Russian Threat Actor Targets Ukraine Government And Military With Spear Phishing Emails

Jun 27, 2023 8:54:25 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Russia’s APT28 (also known as “Fancy Bear” or “BlueDelta”) is using spear phishing to compromise Ukrainian government and military entities, according to researchers at Recorded Future. ...

New Cryptocurrency Coinbase Phishing Campaign Uses Social Engineering

Jun 26, 2023 9:12:26 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A phishing campaign is impersonating cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase, Tech.co reports. Crypto trader Jacob Canfield described the campaign in a Twitter thread, stating that the ...

Want To Stop All Scams? Here Is How!

Jun 23, 2023 2:25:52 PM By Roger Grimes

There are many ways to be socially engineered and phished, including email, websites, social media, SMS texts, chat services, phone calls and in-person. These days, it is hard to sell ...

Extremely Persistent Threat Group Demonstrates a Strong Understanding of the Modern Incident Response Frameworks

Jun 22, 2023 9:44:42 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A threat actor tracked as “Muddled Libra” is using the 0ktapus phishing kit to gain initial access to organizations in the software automation, business process outsourcing, ...

Is AI-Generated Disinformation on Steroids About To Become a Real Threat for Organizations?

Jun 21, 2023 9:49:39 AM By Martin Kraemer

A researcher was alerted to a fake website containing fake quotes that appeared to be written by himself. The age of generative artificial intelligence (AI) toying with our public ...

KnowBe4’s 2023 Phishing By Industry Benchmarking Report Reveals that 33.2% of Untrained End Users Will Fail a Phishing Test

Jun 20, 2023 9:07:42 AM By Joanna Huisman

Cybercriminals still know that the easiest way to successfully infiltrate an organization is through its people.

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Job Recruitment Scams Rising Due to Social Engineering

Amazon Prime Day Alert: Beware of Fake Logins, Gift Card Scams

U.K. Twitter Impersonation Hacker Sentenced to Prison in the U.S.

Microsoft Teams Cyber Attack Exploit Tool Relies on Social Engineering to Deliver Malware

New Report Shows Social Engineering and Business Email Compromise Attacks Have Drastically Increased in 2023

National Cyber Security Centre Notes UK Law Firms are Main Target for Cybercriminals

Russian Threat Actor Targets Ukraine Government And Military With Spear Phishing Emails

New Cryptocurrency Coinbase Phishing Campaign Uses Social Engineering

Want To Stop All Scams? Here Is How!

Extremely Persistent Threat Group Demonstrates a Strong Understanding of the Modern Incident Response Frameworks

Is AI-Generated Disinformation on Steroids About To Become a Real Threat for Organizations?

KnowBe4’s 2023 Phishing By Industry Benchmarking Report Reveals that 33.2% of Untrained End Users Will Fail a Phishing Test

New Social Engineering Tactic Uses PDFs in Business Email Compromise Attacks

New Survey Shows 40% of People Searching for a Job Encountered a Scam

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France Accuses Russia of Spoofing Foreign Ministry Website in ‘Typosquatting’ Campaign

Half of U.K. Companies Have Been a Cyber Attack Victim in the Last Three Years

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