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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.

Confident About Detecting Spoofed, Scam Emails?

A survey by ESET found that most people think they’d be able to identify scam emails while shopping online. 87% of respondents said they felt secure while shopping online, while 73% ...

KnowBe4 Unveils Official Trailer for ‘The Inside Man’ Season 3

We’re excited to announce the official trailer for Season 3 of the award-winning KnowBe4 Original Series - ‘The Inside Man’ is now available! KnowBe4’s network-quality video training ...

The Many Ways You Can Be Phished

Social engineering and deception are as old as humanity itself. Phishing is social engineering and deception via digital means and has been with us since the beginning of computers. After ...

Social Engineering is a Core Element of Nearly Every Cyber Attack

As organizations look to figure out where to strengthen their cybersecurity strategy, industry data provides guidance by pointing at one of the most common aspects of cyberattacks for ...

How Crime Pays, Ransomware Edition

The Ryuk ransomware operators have raked in more than $150 million from their attacks, researchers at Advanced Intelligence and HYAS have found. The researchers describe how these ...

Social Media & Parler in Troubling Times: New Opportunities for Malicious Actors

As most readers are undoubtedly aware, President Donald Trump has been de-platformed by major social media companies, including Twitter and Facebook, following events at the U.S. Capitol ...

[HEADS UP] Australian Cyber Security Centre is Being Used in Malware Campaign

A warning was recently issued by the Australian Government of cybercriminals impersonating the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) to infect with malware.

Signs of Inbound Ransomware

Organizations need to monitor for common signs of imminent ransomware attacks, according to Peter Mackenzie from Sophos. In an article for the Saudi Gazette, Mackenzie outlines five ...

Securing Remote Employees is the Top 2021 Cybersecurity Challenge for Organizations

Security vendor CheckPoint provides insight into what are the organizational cybersecurity priorities for next two years, as well as where cybersecurity is going to be challenging.

2020 Top Phishing and Vishing Attacks And Trends

It’s an extra challenging year, harder than most, to choose the most impactful cybersecurity events. The year ended with a bang – the Solarwinds supply chain attack – which possibly ...

Beware of Puppy Scams

Researchers at Anomali have discovered eighteen scam websites offering pets for sale. Most of the websites purport to be selling dogs, although some offer cats and birds as well. The ...

Beware! The Holidays Bring the Worst Out in Cyber Scammers

With emotions running high, time running out to get that last needed gift, and a returned focus on family and what’s truly important, scammers are taking advantage at every turn.

New Office 365 Credential Scam Uses a Received Fax to Trick Victims

A clever mix of brand impersonation, a supposedly received message, a thumbnail preview, and new spoofed Office 365 logon pages are all that’s needed to trick victims into giving up ...

The Cost of Ransoms Demanded and Paid Double in 2020!

According to new data from UK cyber insurer Beazley shows ransomware claims have increased materially and calls for organizations to employ a layered cyber defense.

Learning More on Social Engineering Tactics are the Key to Preventing Phishing Expeditions

Understanding social engineering attacks is the key to thwarting them, according to Juan Badell and Russell Petrich, content designers for Sophos’s phishing simulation service. Badell and ...

Facebook Describes APT32 Social Engineering Campaign

Facebook’s security team has taken action against a phishing operation run by APT32 (also known as OceanLotus), a threat actor associated with the Vietnamese government. Facebook says the ...

Shame! Shame! I Got Phished

I can’t be phished. At least that’s what I used to believe.

GDPR Compliance Scams Rising

Organizations need to be on the lookout for GDPR-themed phishing lures, according to Mike Puglia, Chief Product Officer at Kaseya. In an article for ITProPortal, Puglia explains that GDPR ...

Why Are You Being Phished?

People often wonder, why are they being phished? Why are they being phished by a hacker in the first place? What does their organization have that some hacker decided they were noteworthy ...

Election-themed Phishing is Likely to Persist

The US elections have come and gone, but people should still be on the lookout for election-themed phishbait, according to Roger Kay at Inky. Emotions are still running high in the US, ...


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