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Latest social engineering news, analysis, tactics the bad guys are using and what you can do to defend your organization.

Microsoft Warns of Business Email Compromise Attacks Taking Hours

According to Microsoft's Security Intelligence team, a recent business email compromise attack (BEC) has shown that threat actors are quickening the pace of these attacks, with certain ...

[Heads Up] The SVB Bankruptcy Is A Social Engineering Bonanza

Saturday March 11, 2023 -- Over the last 24 hours, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has established the FDIC Bank of Santa Clara and insured depositors will have access to funds ...

One-Quarter of Users Fall for Online Scams Despite an Overconfidence in an Ability to Spot Them

A new survey of individuals across seven countries shows that users may have had luck on their side, as a majority aren’t sure about their device security or how to spot malicious sites ...

Customer Care Numbers as Phishbait

Researchers at CloudSEK have published a report looking at fraudulent customer service phone numbers in India. The researchers found around 20,000 of these phone numbers targeting users ...

[Eye Opener] Businessweek: The Satellite Hack Everyone Is Finally Talking About

This morning, Bloomberg News pointed at a brand new article at BusinessWeek, one of their media properties. This is an excellent article that exposes the vulnerabilities when ...

Business Email Compromise Gang Gets Jail Time for Stealing Millions

An international cybercriminal operation responsible for millions of dollars in business email compromise (BEC) scams has finally been dismantled.

Blind Eagle Goes Phishing

BlackBerry has published a report on a threat actor, Blind Eagle, also known as APT-C-36, which has been operating against targets in Ecuador and Colombia since at least 2019. Its most ...

GLBA and Other Regulations Wake Up to the Importance of Security Awareness Training With  June 9, 2023 Deadline

Most computer security practitioners have understood for many years the importance of having an aggressive security awareness training program. As social engineering is involved in 70% to ...

W-2s Are Just the Beginning of Tax-Related Scams This Year

Email scammers can’t pass up a tried and true theme that is almost guaranteed to produce results. And with W-2 forms being sent out, it marks the start of this year’s expected campaigns.

Coinbase Attack Used Social Engineering

Coinbase describes a targeted social engineering attack that led to the theft of some employee data. The attacker first sent smishing messages to several Coinbase employees, urging them ...