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

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

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

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

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%

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

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

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

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

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 ...

[HEADS UP] Highly Sophisticated Job Offer Scam

If you've been approached by recruiters on LinkedIn for a potential job opportunity, you may want to pay attention to this recent scam.

Dueling Clauses, or, not all Fraud is the Same

There are, famously, three things you can do with risk: accept it, mitigate it, or transfer it. And you transfer risk by buying insurance against it.