Latest social engineering news, analysis, tactics the bad guys are using and what you can do to defend your organization.
Cybercriminals are now launching phishing campaigns that abuse Google's free productivity tools while also using social engineering to trick you into installing malware.
People need to be particularly vigilant for scams as we approach the holiday shopping season, according to Laura Brooks at Tessian. Scammers always take advantage of seasonal trends, and ...
47% of payloadless phishing emails are able to bypass the most popular secure email gateways (SEGs), according to researchers at IronScales. These are emails that don’t contain malicious ...
Researchers at Malwarebytes warn that a malvertising campaign they call “malsmoke” has stopped deploying exploit kits and is now using social engineering attacks to trick users into ...
Shoppers need to be on the lookout for scammers as Singles Day begins in China and other countries around the world, the BBC reports. Singles Day is the world’s largest online shopping ...
A research paper in the Journal of Computer Information Systems says that security awareness training is a necessary complement to technical defenses and security policies, SC Magazine ...
A report from the New York Department of Financial Services covering the high-profile Twitter account hack from earlier in the year reveals how little time an attack takes to be ...
Business Email Compromise appears to be back in the saddle again, as attackers use simple social engineering and domain impersonation to trick victims into paying up.
Microsoft Office documents with malicious macros are still one of the top choices for attackers of all skill levels, according to Craig Williams from Cisco Talos. On the CyberWire’s ...
A recent report from SiliconANGLE released information that cannabis company GrowDiaries suffered a data breach with details of 3.4 million users being exposed online.
As a CEO with VC investors, I follow what happens in the venture capital space and what things VCs are interested in regarding their investment strategies. I was happily surprised to see ...
It’s that time of year again. The air feels a bit crisper; the days are a bit shorter; and children around the world prepare to go trick or treating. Even as an adult, Halloween is ...
Pay attention to this one. Despite only targeting Russian companies, the use of custom self-made malware and decidedly creative phishing campaigns makes them a potential danger.
Scamming incidents have increased by 519% in 2020 compared to last year, according to researchers at Baltimore-based ZeroFOX. The researchers compared their own data to a recent report ...
New data from U.K. cyberinsurer Beazley highlights the growing trend of mid-market organizations being the target of social engineering attacks and fraud.
One of the most dangerous pieces of malware is back with a new campaign that takes advantage of social engineering techniques to look convincing enough to fool your users.
Researchers from CoreView recently discovered that 97% of all total Microsoft 365 users do not utilize multi-factor authentication (MFA). A staggering 78% of Microsoft 365 admins do not ...
An elderly couple in Tennessee avoided falling victim to a scam by recognizing the signs of social engineering, WREG reports. Kay and Bill Pritchett received six different phone calls ...
In a recent report by BBC News, patients in a large clinic in Finland have been blackmailed using social engineering after their data was stolen.
In a recent report by NBC News, cybersecurity company TrustWave found a bad guy selling voter registration data on 186 million Americans.
