Latest social engineering news, analysis, tactics the bad guys are using and what you can do to defend your organization.
You and I know that your users are the weak link, things like ID10T and PEBKAC come to mind. But do you know how bad the problem really is? Some people like to bury their head in the sand ...
You already know that a 143 million Equifax records were compromised. The difference with this one is that a big-three credit bureau like Equifax tracks so much personal and sometimes ...
The Wall Street Journal just reported that Credit-reporting company Equifax Inc. disclosed Thursday that hackers gained access to some of its systems, compromising the personal ...
There are many kinds of maps, they can show roads or general geography, but sometimes they shed light on other dimensions like economic, political and/or military perspectives. First of ...
Ben Tomhave posted a great article on his "The Falcon's View" blog. Loved the concept and I'm cross-posting the whole thing in it's entirety without any edits with grateful ...
The attackers did reconnaissance on their targets, using social networks which people inside the organization were involved in making financial transactions. These victims were then ...
Kevin Mitnick, KnowBe4's Chief Hacking Officer retweeted a link to well-executed infographic about Social Engineering, and here it is, courtesy of the team at Smartfile.com
A UK-based email prankster used social engineering tactics to fool several top White House officials into responding to his messages, including the Trump administration’s cybersecurity ...
Michele Fincher from the excellent team at www.social-engineer.com wrote: "In my fantasy life, I’m Ruby Rose from John Wick: Chapter 2, Gina Carano from Haywire, with possibly some ...
This Site Creates Robocalls to Steal People’s Credit Card PINs A June 30, 2017 post on Motherboard revealed a V1.0 of a site that does automated social engineering as a service, and has ...
Recently, Microsoft claimed that no known ransomware could penetrate the new Win10 Creators Update.
The CyberWire wrote: Pitches: "Innovation from Young Companies The Pitch Panel was the Cyber Investing Summit's fast round of innovation pitches, moderated by Allegis's Bob Ackerman and ...
Researchers at Security firm SentinelOne reported that a group of hackers is using malicious PowerPoint files to distribute 'Zusy,' a banking Trojan, also known as 'Tinba' (Tiny Banker). ...
Dennis Fisher at OnThe Wire reported on some fascinating research by three PhD candidates at Stony Brook University. He wrote: "Fake tech support schemes have been a scourge on the ...
BankInfoSecurity wrote: "Ninety percent of data breaches seen by Verizon's data breach investigation team have a phishing or social engineering component to them. Not coincidentally, one ...
Researchers have uncovered an advanced malware-based operation that siphoned more than 600 gigabytes from about 70 targets in a broad range of industries, including news media, and ...
Today, we are introducing a new training method that IT managers can use to better manage the continually increasing social engineering threats. Social Engineering Indicators (SEI) turns ...
I got alerted by a Slashdot story about we have been covering here several times. An FBI agent based in India says the country has now become a major hub for call-center fraud, blaming "a ...
Intel Security's McAfee Threat Predictions for 2017 (PDF) observes that advances in technology are essentially neutral and that developments like machine learning should be welcomed, but ...
Breathlessly, the Washington Post reports that the Russian Grizzly Steppe malware was found within the system of a Vermont power utility. Nah, they just dodged a bullet. This time someone ...
