Cybercriminal Gets 25 Years Prison Time Over Romance Scams and Business Email Compromise Attacks

Oct 6, 2022 8:56:35 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A man from Atlanta, Georgia has been convicted of running romance scams and business email compromise attacks that netted him over $9.5 million, the US Justice Department has announced.

German Police Collar Alleged Phishing Cybercriminals

Oct 3, 2022 9:07:51 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), Germany's federal criminal police, raided three homes on Thursday, September 29th, in the course of an investigation of a cyber criminal operation the BKA ...

Trend Micro Reports Stolen Identities And Deepfakes

Oct 2, 2022 12:30:31 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers at Trend Micro warn that the social engineering potential of deepfakes is becoming an increasing concern. Deepfakes have already been successfully used in attacks, and Trend ...

Reshaping the Threat Landscape: Deepfake Cyberattacks Are Here

Oct 1, 2022 12:43:15 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Jai Vijayan, Contributing Writer at Dark Reading correctly stated: "It's time to dispel notions of deepfakes as an emergent threat. All the pieces for widespread attacks are in place and ...

Response-Based Phishing Scams Targeting Corporate Inboxes Hit New Records

Sep 30, 2022 9:14:06 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Setting a record for both highest count and share in volume with other types of phishing scams, response-based attacks are at their highest since 2020 and are continuing to grow.

Social Engineering and Bogus Job Offers

Sep 29, 2022 9:37:07 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers at SentinelOne have warned that North Korea’s Lazarus Group is using phony Crypto.com job offers to distribute macOS malware. The researchers aren’t sure how the lures are ...

FBI: Cyber Criminals Will Continue Targeting Healthcare Payment Processors Through Phishing Campaigns and Social Engineering

Sep 27, 2022 9:00:42 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Despite the pandemic being largely considered over, a recent Private Industry Notification focused on the Healthcare industry indicates that organizations should remain vigilant.

Recent Optus Data Breach Teaches the Importance of Recognizing Social Engineering

Sep 26, 2022 10:00:46 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Optus, one of Australia's largest telecommunications companies, recently suffered a data breach that affected over 9.8 million customers.

Sentence in a Catphishing Case

Sep 26, 2022 9:59:32 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

A convict serving twenty-five years in South Carolina for voluntary manslaughter and attempted armed robbery, Darnell Kahn, has now also been convicted in a US court on Federal sextortion ...

You Need Aggressive Cyber Training, Not "So, So" Training

Sep 26, 2022 8:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

According to nearly every study conducted over the last decade, social engineering is involved in the vast majority of cyber attacks. The figures range from about 30% to 90% of all ...

“Browser-in-the-Browser” Phishing Technique Spotted in New Steam Account Attack

Sep 23, 2022 1:58:10 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Luring victims using a realistic- and legitimate-looking fake browser window to steal Steam accounts, this new type of social engineering may be a sign of things to come.

Social Engineering Targets Healthcare Payment Processors

Sep 19, 2022 8:57:39 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an alert warning of an increase in phishing and other social engineering attacks against healthcare payment processors.

[HEADS UP] Bank of America Warns About Recent Scams That Request Zelle Payment Due to 'Suspicious Activity'

Sep 16, 2022 3:17:35 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Bank of America recently sent a customer service email warning users to watch out for this new phishing attack.

Uber security breach 'looks bad', caused by social engineering

Sep 16, 2022 8:36:02 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

It was all over the news, but ZDNet's Eileen Yu was one of the first. -- "Hacker is believed to have breached Uber's entire network in a social engineering attack, which one security ...

Cisco Attempt Attributed to Lapsus$ Group

Sep 14, 2022 12:40:18 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Security researchers at Cisco Talos have issued an update on the cyberattack Cisco sustained earlier this year. The attack began with a phishing attack against a Cisco employee, which led ...

Singapore: Top Ten Scams in the First Half of 2022 Cost Over $227 Million, Scam Frequency Rises by 94%

Sep 9, 2022 8:46:03 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Queries of reported cases to Singapore Police reveal a rise in scam costs by 59% as phishing cases double and job-related scams increase 7x from the first half of 2021.

Instagram Phishing: Scammers Exploit Instagram Verification Program

Sep 4, 2022 12:16:10 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers at Vade warn that an email phishing campaign is informing users that their Instagram account is eligible to receive a blue verification badge. If a user clicks the link, ...

Fraud Warning from DHS OIG

Sep 2, 2022 8:45:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General (DHS OIG) has issued an alert to warn that scammers are posing as DHS employees.

The Extent of Social Engineering

Aug 30, 2022 10:25:14 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Researchers at NordVPN have published the results of a survey that found that 84% of Americans have experienced some form of social engineering, although only 54% have heard of the term ...

Report: Deepfakes Used in Scams

Aug 25, 2022 9:13:56 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Scammers created a deepfake video of Patrick Hillmann, Chief Communications Officer at cryptocurrency exchange Binance, in order to scam people. Hillmann explained in a blog post that he ...

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