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

Extradited Member of a U.K. Scammer Highlights How His Gang Took Banks for $2 Million

Details on how this global gang of cybercriminals used spoofing and impersonation methods to social engineer banks time and time again shows how effective these tactics are.

The New Version of Qbot Trojan Steals Damn Near Everything, Hijacks Email Threads to Spread Infection

Originally seen all the way back in 2008, this banking trojan is continuously being developed. Its latest iteration is downright nasty and has already infected 5% of all organizations ...

[Heads Up] My Name Is Being Used In Criminal Identity Theft Attacks At The Moment

There is an old Dutch expression: "High trees catch a lot of wind". Well. once you get in the public eye there is definitely the effect you become a bigger target of identity theft. In ...

Threat Group DeathStalker Uses PowerShell-based Implant Powersing to Hack into Financial Services Firms

Apparently focused on more intelligence gathering than taking direct malicious action against the organizations they compromise, this attack is filled with ingenuity.

The Heart has Its Reasons, but Those Shouldn't Become an Enterprise Risk

The FBI has warned that victims of romance scams lost $475 million in 2019, BleepingComputer reports. In Idaho alone, nearly one hundred of these victims lost more than $1 million each. ...

The Bureau Explains How Tech Support Scams Work

Tech support scams function like organized businesses and consist of various criminals fulfilling different roles, according to court documents obtained by ZDNet. The documents contain ...

Watch Out! Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Warn of New VBA Attack Designed to Deploy KONNI Remote Administration Tool

A new alert from CISA outlines just how dangerous and intrusive the KONNI malware is in organizations that fall for phishing attacks using Word attachments with malicious VBA code.

[Heads Up] Weaponized Disinformation Campaigns Skyrocket; KnowBe4 Releases New Spot & Stop DisInfo Training Module

Disinformation is a potent weapon in the current cold cyberwar arsenal. DisInfo attacks are skyrocketing and the number of countries using organized social media manipulation is going up ...

An Embarrassment of Riches: Malicious Actors Target AWS Accounts

Amazon is an obvious target for malicious actors looking to leverage the trust and authority enjoyed by a widely known online service or brand in malicious emails and social engineering ...

New Vishing Scam Targets Diners at London’s Prestigious Ritz Hotel

Aimed at stealing credit card details from restaurant patrons, this new scam feels like it’s something we’re going to hear about a lot more.