Tag: social-engineering
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Threat Actors Impersonate Korean TV Writers to Deliver Malware
Tags: access, attack, cyber, endpoint, group, intelligence, malicious, malware, north-korea, social-engineering, threatNorth Korean-backed threat actors are impersonating writers from major Korean broadcasting companies to deliver malicious documents and establish initial access to targeted systems, according to threat intelligence research by Genians Security Center. The >>Artemis
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Bekämpfung von KI-gestütztem Social Engineering: KnowBe4 stellt Deepfake-Training bereit
First seen on datensicherheit.de Jump to article: www.datensicherheit.de/bekaempfung-ki-basis-social-engineering-knowbe4-deepfake-training
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Best Security Awareness Training Platforms For 2026
Tags: ai, attack, awareness, cyber, phishing, ransomware, risk, social-engineering, threat, trainingSecurity awareness training platforms empower organizations to combat rising cyber threats by educating employees on phishing, ransomware, and social engineering in 2026. These top 10 solutions deliver simulated attacks, personalized learning, and measurable risk reduction for businesses seeking robust human firewalls. Why Best Security Awareness Training Platforms Rising phishing success rates and AI-driven attacks make…
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What’s Powering Enterprise AI in 2025: ThreatLabz Report Sneak Peek
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, business, communications, compliance, control, corporate, data, exploit, finance, github, google, intelligence, LLM, malware, mitigation, openai, privacy, programming, risk, saas, service, social-engineering, software, supply-chain, threat, tool, vulnerabilityAs 2025 comes to a close, artificial intelligence (AI) is a clear throughline across enterprise organizations. Many teams are still in the thick of implementing AI or deciding where and how to use it. Keeping up with usage trends and developments on top of that has become increasingly difficult. AI innovation moves fast and LLMs…
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What’s Powering Enterprise AI in 2025: ThreatLabz Report Sneak Peek
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, business, communications, compliance, control, corporate, data, exploit, finance, github, google, intelligence, LLM, malware, mitigation, openai, privacy, programming, risk, saas, service, social-engineering, software, supply-chain, threat, tool, vulnerabilityAs 2025 comes to a close, artificial intelligence (AI) is a clear throughline across enterprise organizations. Many teams are still in the thick of implementing AI or deciding where and how to use it. Keeping up with usage trends and developments on top of that has become increasingly difficult. AI innovation moves fast and LLMs…
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What’s Powering Enterprise AI in 2025: ThreatLabz Report Sneak Peek
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, business, communications, compliance, control, corporate, data, exploit, finance, github, google, intelligence, LLM, malware, mitigation, openai, privacy, programming, risk, saas, service, social-engineering, software, supply-chain, threat, tool, vulnerabilityAs 2025 comes to a close, artificial intelligence (AI) is a clear throughline across enterprise organizations. Many teams are still in the thick of implementing AI or deciding where and how to use it. Keeping up with usage trends and developments on top of that has become increasingly difficult. AI innovation moves fast and LLMs…
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ForumTrol Operation Uses Chrome Zero-Day in Fresh Phishing Attacks
The ForumTroll APT group has resurfaced with a sophisticated phishing campaign targeting Russian academics, marking a significant escalation in their ongoing operations against entities in Russia and Belarus. While the group initially gained notoriety for exploiting CVE-2025-2783, a zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome, their latest offensive relies on refined social engineering tactics and commercial red…
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Your MFA Is Costing You Millions. It Doesn’t Have To.
Tags: attack, authentication, credentials, finance, login, mfa, password, phishing, risk, social-engineeringPasswords and app-based MFA add hidden costs through lost productivity, frequent resets, and risk of phishing and social engineering attacks. Token explains how wireless biometric, passwordless authentication eliminates credential-based attacks and delivers measurable financial returns by reducing login time across the enterprise. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/your-mfa-is-costing-you-millions-it-doesnt-have-to/
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ClickFix Spoof of “Word Online” Used to Spread DarkGate Malware
A sophisticated social engineering campaign leveraging a fake >>Word Online>ClickFix
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GhostPairing Attack Exposes WhatsApp Accounts to Full Takeover via Phone Numbers
A novel WhatsApp account-takeover campaign dubbed >>GhostPairing Attack
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How to create a ransomware playbook that works
Tags: access, antivirus, attack, authentication, awareness, backup, best-practice, breach, business, communications, corporate, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, edr, email, encryption, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, identity, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, law, least-privilege, malicious, malware, mfa, mobile, phishing, ransom, ransomware, risk, skills, social-engineering, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerabilityStaffing, skills, and training: Many organizations continue to find that cybersecurity experts are in short supply, so staffing up teams is a challenge. That can be problematic for a ransomware strategy. Companies need to have a variety of skills in place, including expertise in incident detection and prevention, incident response, firewall configuration, and other areas.They…
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How to create a ransomware playbook that works
Tags: access, antivirus, attack, authentication, awareness, backup, best-practice, breach, business, communications, corporate, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, edr, email, encryption, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, identity, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, law, least-privilege, malicious, malware, mfa, mobile, phishing, ransom, ransomware, risk, skills, social-engineering, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerabilityStaffing, skills, and training: Many organizations continue to find that cybersecurity experts are in short supply, so staffing up teams is a challenge. That can be problematic for a ransomware strategy. Companies need to have a variety of skills in place, including expertise in incident detection and prevention, incident response, firewall configuration, and other areas.They…
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How to create a ransomware playbook that works
Tags: access, antivirus, attack, authentication, awareness, backup, best-practice, breach, business, communications, corporate, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, edr, email, encryption, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, identity, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, law, least-privilege, malicious, malware, mfa, mobile, phishing, ransom, ransomware, risk, skills, social-engineering, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerabilityStaffing, skills, and training: Many organizations continue to find that cybersecurity experts are in short supply, so staffing up teams is a challenge. That can be problematic for a ransomware strategy. Companies need to have a variety of skills in place, including expertise in incident detection and prevention, incident response, firewall configuration, and other areas.They…
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Frogblight Android Malware Spoofs Government Sites to Collect SMS and Device Details
Tags: android, banking, credentials, cyber, government, kaspersky, malware, mobile, social-engineering, spyware, theft, threatKaspersky security researchers have uncovered a sophisticated Android banking Trojan called Frogblight that targets Turkish users by impersonating legitimate government applications. First detected in August 2025, this advanced malware combines banking credential theft with extensive spyware functionality, marking a significant threat to mobile users in the region.”‹ The malware employs a deceptive social engineering approach,…
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ClickFix Attack Abuses finger.exe to Execute Malicious Code
Cybersecurity researchers have identified a resurgence in the abuse of legacy Windows protocols, specifically the finger.exe command, to facilitate social engineering attacks. Since November 2025, threat actors have integrated this decades-old utility into the >>ClickFix
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KnowBe4 startet Deepfake-Training gegen KI-gestützte Social Engineering Bedrohungen
Deepfake-Videoinhalte werden immer realistischer und sind immer schwerer von der Realität zu unterscheiden. Führungskräfte im Bereich Cybersicherheit müssen ihre Unternehmen auf neue und aufkommende Bedrohungen vorbereiten und einen proaktiven Ansatz für ihre gesamten Schutzmaßnahmen verfolgen. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/knowbe4-startet-deepfake-training-gegen-ki-gestuetzte-social-engineering-bedrohungen/a43213/
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New ClickFix Attacks Exploit Official ChatGPT Website to Deliver macOS Infostealer
Infostealers have become 2025’s fastest-growing cyberthreat, targeting all operating systems and regions with sophisticated social engineering tactics. In a new campaign discovered by Kaspersky experts, attackers are exploiting users’ interest in OpenAI’s Atlas browser by leveraging the official ChatGPT website itself as a hosting platform for malicious installation guides. The attack begins with paid search…
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Report Surfaces Multiple Novel Social Engineering Tactics and Techniques
HP’s latest threat report reveals rising use of sophisticated social engineering, SVG-based attacks, fake software updates, and AI-enhanced malware as cybercriminals escalate tactics to evade detection. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/report-surfaces-multiple-novel-social-engineering-tactics-and-techniques/
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Report Surfaces Multiple Novel Social Engineering Tactics and Techniques
HP’s latest threat report reveals rising use of sophisticated social engineering, SVG-based attacks, fake software updates, and AI-enhanced malware as cybercriminals escalate tactics to evade detection. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/report-surfaces-multiple-novel-social-engineering-tactics-and-techniques/
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Ivantis EPM-Systeme anfällig für Angriffe
Tags: access, api, authentication, bug, cisa, cve, cvss, cyberattack, exploit, infrastructure, Internet, ivanti, malware, ransomware, social-engineering, software, update, vulnerability, xssUnternehmen sollten ihre EPM-Systeme von Ivanti so bald wie möglich patchen, da dort schwerwiegende Sicherheitslücken entdeckt wurden.Ivanti hat kürzlich einen schwerwiegenden Fehler in seinen EMP-Systemen gemeldet, der Admin-Sitzungen ohne Authentifizierung erlaubt. Angreifer könnten dadurch möglicherweise Tausende von Unternehmensgeräten kontrollieren.Der Software-Anbieter veröffentlichte die EPM-Version 2024 SU4 SR1, um mehrere Schwachstellen zu beheben. Dazu gehört die kritische…
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Ivantis EPM-Systeme anfällig für Angriffe
Tags: access, api, authentication, bug, cisa, cve, cvss, cyberattack, exploit, infrastructure, Internet, ivanti, malware, ransomware, social-engineering, software, update, vulnerability, xssUnternehmen sollten ihre EPM-Systeme von Ivanti so bald wie möglich patchen, da dort schwerwiegende Sicherheitslücken entdeckt wurden.Ivanti hat kürzlich einen schwerwiegenden Fehler in seinen EMP-Systemen gemeldet, der Admin-Sitzungen ohne Authentifizierung erlaubt. Angreifer könnten dadurch möglicherweise Tausende von Unternehmensgeräten kontrollieren.Der Software-Anbieter veröffentlichte die EPM-Version 2024 SU4 SR1, um mehrere Schwachstellen zu beheben. Dazu gehört die kritische…
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CastleLoader Malware Now Uses Python Loader to Bypass Security
Cybersecurity researchers at Blackpoint Cyber discovered a new, evasive CastleLoader malware variant using Python and ClickFix social engineering to deliver RATs and info-stealers directly from memory. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/castleloader-malware-python-loader-bypass-security/
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ClickFix Style Attack Uses Grok, ChatGPT for Malware Delivery
A new twist on the social engineering tactic is making waves, combining SEO poisoning and legitimate AI domains to install malware on victims’ computers. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/clickfix-style-attack-grok-chatgpt-malware
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Sicherheitshypotheken mit langer Laufzeit durch interne KI-Agenten
Cyberkriminelle werden auch in den kommenden zwölf Monaten neue Angriffswege ausloten. Die KI wird ihnen dabei in vielen Bereichen helfen. Wir sehen vier große Trends auf die IT-Sicherheitsverantwortlichen zukommen: Erstens werden Hacker vor allem zwei Angriffswege nutzen, um Opfernetze zu kompromittieren: Zum einem ist Social-Engineering ‘dank” der für breite Nutzerkreise verfügbaren generativen künstlichen Intelligenz nicht…
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Sicherheitshypotheken mit langer Laufzeit durch interne KI-Agenten
Cyberkriminelle werden auch in den kommenden zwölf Monaten neue Angriffswege ausloten. Die KI wird ihnen dabei in vielen Bereichen helfen. Wir sehen vier große Trends auf die IT-Sicherheitsverantwortlichen zukommen: Erstens werden Hacker vor allem zwei Angriffswege nutzen, um Opfernetze zu kompromittieren: Zum einem ist Social-Engineering ‘dank” der für breite Nutzerkreise verfügbaren generativen künstlichen Intelligenz nicht…
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California man pleads guilty to RICO charges as DOJ indicts crypto theft gang
Evan Tangeman became the ninth person to plead guilty as part of a wider Justice Department takedown of a criminal group known as the Social Engineering Enterprise. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/california-man-pleads-guilty-rico-charges-crypto-theft
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California man pleads guilty to RICO charges as DOJ indicts crypto theft gang
Evan Tangeman became the ninth person to plead guilty as part of a wider Justice Department takedown of a criminal group known as the Social Engineering Enterprise. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/california-man-pleads-guilty-rico-charges-crypto-theft
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New Vishing Attack Exploits Microsoft Teams and QuickAssist to Deploy .NET Malware
A sophisticated vishing campaign has emerged that combines social engineering with legitimate Microsoft tools to establish command execution chains leading to multi-stage .NET malware deployment. Security researchers have identified an attack flow that begins with impersonated IT personnel contacting victims via Microsoft Teams and culminates in fileless malware execution through memory-based reflection techniques. The infection…
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New Vishing Attack Exploits Microsoft Teams and QuickAssist to Deploy .NET Malware
A sophisticated vishing campaign has emerged that combines social engineering with legitimate Microsoft tools to establish command execution chains leading to multi-stage .NET malware deployment. Security researchers have identified an attack flow that begins with impersonated IT personnel contacting victims via Microsoft Teams and culminates in fileless malware execution through memory-based reflection techniques. The infection…
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Threat Actors Distribute CoinMiner Malware through USB Drives to Infect Workstations
Tags: crypto, cyber, cybercrime, detection, exploit, infection, intelligence, malware, social-engineering, threatCybercriminals continue to exploit USB drives as infection vectors, with recent campaigns delivering sophisticated CoinMiner malware that establishes persistent cryptocurrency-mining operations on compromised workstations. Security researchers have documented an evolving threat that leverages social engineering and evasion techniques to avoid detection while mining Monero cryptocurrency on infected systems. In February 2025, AhnLab Security Intelligence Center…