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

Trezor Crypto Wallet Attacks Results in Class Action Lawsuit Against MailChimp Owner Intuit

Months after the MailChimp data breach targeting 102 companies in the crypto sector, a new lawsuit has been filed seeking millions of dollars in damages.

European Wind-Energy Sector Is the Latest Target of Russian State-Sponsored Attacks

While Russia consistently denies any launching of cyberattacks, attack details point to reasonable intent by and cybercriminal ties to the Russian government.

Beware of Spoofed Vanity URLs

Researchers at Varonis warn that attackers are using customizable URLs (also known as vanity URLS) on SaaS services to craft more convincing phishing links. The attackers have used this ...

Business Email Compromise Shouldn’t Be the Cost of Doing Business

The FBI last week published a public service announcement updating its warnings about the continuing threat of business email compromise (BEC, also called CEO fraud). The problem has ...

Holding a Great Employee Education Meeting

I recently attended a customer’s annual security awareness training employee event. I have attended a bunch of these over the years and I have loved them all. But this particular customer ...

Half of IT Leaders Say their Non-Technical Staff are Unprepared for a Cyber Attack

New data shows IT leadership believes users outside of IT create a “continued significant risk to organizations” despite having a layered security strategy to prevent attacks.

Nearly all Data Breaches in Q1 2022 Were the Result of a Cyber Attack

New data from the Identity Theft Resource Center shows rises in the number of data compromises following 2021’s record-setting year, all stemming from cyber attacks.

More_eggs Malware Distributed Via Spear Phishing

Threat actors are sending out the stealthy “more_eggs” malware in spear phishing emails that target hiring managers, according to researchers at eSentire’s Threat Response Unit (TRU).

Community Associations Confront Social Engineering

It’s not just deep-pocketed corporations that prove attractive targets for social engineering. Any organization that holds information that can fetch a good price in the criminal ...

LinkedIn is the Most Impersonated Brand in Phishing Attacks

Social media companies, particularly LinkedIn, are now the most impersonated brands in phishing campaigns, researchers at Check Point have found.