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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.

New Ransomware, OldGremlin, Coming Soon to an Organization Near You!

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.

Here Are Some Truly Scary Social Media Stats!

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 ...

Fraud Attacks Targeting the Mid-Market Organization Increase 129%

New data from U.K. cyberinsurer Beazley highlights the growing trend of mid-market organizations being the target of social engineering attacks and fraud.

New Qbot Phishing Attack Pretends to be Windows Defender to Trick Its Victims

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 Discover Most Microsoft 365 Admins Don't Enable Multi-Factor Authentication

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 ...

Couple Avoids Becoming a Victim to Publishers Clearing House Scam

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 ...

[HEADS UP] Cybercriminals Threaten Patients in Clinic Data Breach

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.

[HEADS UP] Cybercriminal Sells Info on 186 Million U.S. Voters

In a recent report by NBC News, cybersecurity company TrustWave found a bad guy selling voter registration data on 186 million Americans.

The Ultimate Cyber Security Tip

It’s Cyber Security Awareness Month, and the security advice is flowing out from all corners of the web to advise your users on remaining secure. However, all this information can be ...

Middle Management is the Next Target for Phishing Attacks

Mid-level managers need to be particularly wary of targeted phishing attacks, according to Jenn Gast at INKY. Gast explains that criminals can easily conduct open-source research on a ...

Notes on Social Engineering, and What to Do About It

Phishing attacks are growing in prevalence during the pandemic, according to David Dufour, Vice President of Engineering and Cybersecurity at Webroot. Webroot’s recent threat report ...

The Geography of Business Email Compromise

Researchers at Agari have released a report on the global distribution of business email compromise (BEC) actors, and determined that 25% of these criminals are operating from within the ...

FINRA Yet Again Becomes the Impersonated Brand at the Center of Phishing Attacks on Brokerage Firms

A mix of domain, phishing emails, a dash of social engineering, and a survey are the recipe for a simple and yet effective campaign targeting the financial sector.

[eSummit] Your Cybersecurity Awareness Month Action Plan

Cyber threat actors are getting more creative and more skilled at hacking the human. That's why we've created this cybersecurity eSummit to look at evolving attack techniques your end ...

Sophisticated Mercenary Group Excels at Social Engineering

An extremely skilled group of hackers-for-hire dubbed “Bahamut” is using sophisticated social engineering tactics against a range of targets around the world, researchers at BlackBerry ...

Cybersecurity Awareness Month Weekly Tip: Current Phishing Threats

Each week during Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we’re going to be sharing in-depth weekly cybersecurity tips from our evangelists to help your users make smarter security decisions and ...

An Autopsy of a $15 Million Heist

A company in the US lost $15 million in a two-month-long business email compromise scam, BleepingComputer reports. Researchers at Mitiga who investigated the attack told BleepingComputer ...

Gartner Recognizes KnowBe4 as a Representative Vendor for Security Awareness Training Program Platforms

We believe, as the world's largest security awareness training platform, this recognition validates the success of our ability to carry out our mission. We enable organizations and their ...

Healthcare Sector Still Sustains Phishing Campaigns

No one should take too seriously the high-minded things criminals sometimes say about how they’re restraining themselves during the pandemic, and that they’re going to avoid hitting ...

Interesting Mini-Movie On Disinformation From The FBI

The FBI and the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) released a new movie to increase awareness of how foreign intelligence entities use fake profiles and other forms ...


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