Tag: social-engineering
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M&S confirms social engineering led to massive ransomware attack
M&S confirmed today that the retail outlet’s network was initially breached in a “sophisticated impersonation attack” that ultimately led to a DragonForce ransomware attack. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mands-confirms-social-engineering-led-to-massive-ransomware-attack/
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Researchers Reveal Scatter Spider’s Tools, Tactics, and Key Indicators
Check Point Research has revealed important details about the phishing domain patterns and advanced attack techniques of the infamous Scattered Spider organization, which has brought a new wave of cyberthreats under close investigation. Known for their aggressive social engineering tactics, this financially motivated group active since at least 2022 and comprising young individuals aged 1922…
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ClickFix-Attacken bedrohen Unternehmenssicherheit
Tags: access, apple, awareness, cyberattack, detection, endpoint, exploit, intelligence, Internet, linux, mail, malware, microsoft, open-source, phishing, powershell, ransomware, social-engineering, spam, threat, tool, windowsCyberkriminelle greifen immer häufiger auf ClickFix-Angriffe zurück.Weniger bekannt als Phishing ist die Social-Engineering-Methode ClickFix. Ziel solcher Attacken ist es, die Opfer dazu zu bewegen, bösartige Befehle in Tools wie PowerShell oder die Windows-Eingabeaufforderung einzufügen. Die Angriffe beginnen in der Regel, nachdem ein Benutzer eine kompromittierte oder bösartige Website besucht oder einen betrügerischen Anhang oder Link…
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Social-Engineering treibt den weltweiten Anstieg von Angriffen voran
Die weltbekannte Cybersicherheits-plattform KnowBe4, die sich umfassend mit Human-Risk-Management befasst, wirft ein kritisches Licht auf die entscheidende Rolle, die Social-Engineering bei der Zunahme von Ransomware-Angriffen weltweit spielt. Anlässlich des Ransomware-Awareness-Month im Juli ermutigt KnowBe4 Unternehmen, sich mit dem Beitrag des Human-Risk zur Ausbreitung von Ransomware auseinanderzusetzen, und präsentiert fünf entscheidende Strategien, um ihre Abwehrmaßnahmen auf…
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Cybercriminals Use Fake Cloudflare Verification Screens to Deceive Users into Running Malware
Threat actors have developed a clever social engineering technique to disseminate malware by posing as trustworthy security measures, which is a terrifying new development in the realm of cybercrime. Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a malicious campaign that leverages fake Cloudflare verification screens to trick unsuspecting users into executing harmful code on their systems. This attack…
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Phishing Scammers Push for Callbacks in Latest Innovation
Telephone-Oriented Attack Delivery Social Engineering Tactic Thrives. The phishing industry is a never ending font of innovation. Cyber fraudsters are determined to worm their way into your inbox. Recent attacks involve callback phishing, a social engineering tactic designed to break down victims’ defenses by spurring them into calling the scammers themselves. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Australia’s privacy watchdog warns ‘vishing’ on the rise as Qantas strengthens security after cyber-attack
Tags: access, attack, breach, cyber, cybercrime, data, data-breach, detection, email, privacy, social-engineering, threat, updateAirline has not indicated whether customers will be compensated after the social engineering attack on a third-party system<ul><li>Get our <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl”>breaking news email, <a href=”https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3″>free app or <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl”>daily news podcast</li></ul>Qantas has said it will beef up its security and threat detection in the wake of a <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/02/qantas-confirms-cyber-attack-exposes-records-of-up-to-6-million-customers”>cyber-attack affecting up to 6 million customers,…
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ClickFix Spin-off Attack Bypasses Key Browser Safeguards
A new threat vector exploits how modern browsers save HTML files, bypassing Mark of the Web and giving attackers another social-engineering attack for delivering malware. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/clickfix-spin-off-bypassing-key-browser-safeguards
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FileFix Attack Chain Enables Malicious Script Execution
By using social engineering tactics, threat actors are able to manipulate their victims into saving and renaming files that will backfire against them. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/filefix-attack-chain-malicious-script
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Scattered Spider shifts focus to airlines as strikes hit Hawaiian, WestJet, and now Qantas
Tags: attack, authentication, breach, business, cisa, ciso, corporate, credentials, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, government, group, hacker, identity, india, mfa, microsoft, network, password, phone, ransom, ransomware, social-engineering, supply-chain, tactics, unauthorized, vulnerabilitySophisticated help desk deception campaigns: The group has perfected calling corporate help desks and impersonating employees to trick support staff into resetting passwords and adding unauthorized devices to multi-factor authentication systems.Cybercrime syndicates like Scattered Spider operate as compartmentalized organizations, with distinct teams specializing in different attack phases, said Sunil Varkey, advisor at Beagle Security. “One…
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Hackers Using PDFs to Impersonate Microsoft, DocuSign, and More in Callback Phishing Campaigns
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to phishing campaigns that impersonate popular brands and trick targets into calling phone numbers operated by threat actors.”A significant portion of email threats with PDF payloads persuade victims to call adversary-controlled phone numbers, displaying another popular social engineering technique known as Telephone-Oriented Attack Delivery (TOAD First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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PDFs: Portable documents, or perfect deliveries for phish?
A popular social engineering technique returns: callback phishing, or TOAD attacks, which leverage PDFs, VoIP anonymity and even QR code tricks. First seen on blog.talosintelligence.com Jump to article: blog.talosintelligence.com/pdfs-portable-documents-or-perfect-deliveries-for-phish/
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Why every company needs a travel security program
Tags: access, advisory, awareness, business, china, conference, corporate, credentials, cyber, encryption, government, Hardware, infrastructure, intelligence, international, iran, mfa, middle-east, network, password, resilience, risk, risk-assessment, russia, service, social-engineering, strategy, threat, ukraine, vpnGeopolitical flashpoints are multiplying: The war in Ukraine continues to destabilize Europe’s eastern edge. In the Middle East, recent US airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities have escalated tensions involving Iran, Israel, and the United States, triggering a worldwide caution advisory and rerouting international air traffic. Demonstrations targeting Western business interests are growing in scale and…
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Scattered Spider crime spree takes flight as focus turns to aviation sector
Time ticking for defenders as social engineering pros weave wider web First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/06/30/scattered_spider_aviation/
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Scattered Spider nimmt Luftfahrtbranche ins Visier
Tags: cyberattack, cybersecurity, finance, hacker, mandiant, mfa, network, password, phishing, ransomware, service, social-engineering, tool, vulnerabilityScattered Spider nutzt Social Engineering statt Brute Force um sich Zugang zu verschaffen.Die Cybersecurity-Anbieter Mandiant und Palo Alto Networks sowie das FBI warnen vor zunehmenden Cyberangriffen der Hackergruppe ‘Scattered Spider” auf den Luftfahrtsektor. Einen Name machte sich die Bande bereits unter anderem durch Angriffe auf die großen britischen Einzelhändler Marks&Spencer, Harrods sowie Co-op. Das FBI…
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Scattered Spider shifts focus to airlines with strikes on Hawaiian and WestJet
Tags: attack, authentication, breach, business, cisa, corporate, credentials, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, government, group, hacker, identity, india, mfa, microsoft, network, password, phone, ransom, ransomware, social-engineering, supply-chain, tactics, unauthorized, vulnerabilitySophisticated help desk deception campaigns: The group has perfected calling corporate help desks and impersonating employees to trick support staff into resetting passwords and adding unauthorized devices to multi-factor authentication systems.Cybercrime syndicates like Scattered Spider operate as compartmentalized organizations, with distinct teams specializing in different attack phases, said Sunil Varkey, advisor at Beagle Security. “One…
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Scattered Spider Targets Tech Companies with Phishing Frameworks like Evilginx and Social Engineering Tactics
Tags: credentials, cyber, finance, framework, group, hacking, phishing, social-engineering, tactics, technology, threatThe notorious hacking collective Scattered Spider, also known as UNC3944 or Octo Tempest, has emerged as a formidable threat to high-value industries, with a particular focus on technology, finance, and retail sectors. Recent research reveals that 81% of the group’s registered domains impersonate technology vendors, aiming to harvest credentials from high-value targets such as system…
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Cybercriminals take malicious AI to the next level
Tags: ai, automation, breach, chatgpt, cisco, control, credit-card, cybercrime, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, deep-fake, defense, finance, fraud, group, hacking, intelligence, LLM, malicious, marketplace, monitoring, phishing, service, social-engineering, strategy, tactics, threat, tool, vulnerabilityCustom face generation for dating scamsAudio spoofing for voice verification fraudOn-demand video avatars that lip-sync based on customer-submitted scriptsThese services are increasingly offered with add-ons such as pre-loaded backstories,matching fake documents, and automated scheduling for calls. Prompt engineering as a service: Underground communities have also emerged around the art of crafting jailbreak prompts.These “bypass builders”…
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The FBI warns that Scattered Spider is now targeting the airline sector
The FBI warns that Scattered Spider is now targeting the airline sector. Feds are working with aviation partners to combat the threat and assist affected victims. The FBI reports that the cybercrime group Scattered Spider is now targeting the airline sector. The cybercriminals are using social engineering techniques to gain access to target organizations by…
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FBI Warns of Scattered Spider’s Expanding Attacks on Airlines Using Social Engineering
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has revealed that it has observed the notorious cybercrime group Scattered Spider broadening its targeting footprint to strike the airline sector.To that end, the agency said it’s actively working with aviation and industry partners to combat the activity and help victims.”These actors rely on social engineering techniques, often…
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Beware of Trending TikTok Videos Promoting Pirated Apps That Deliver Stealer Malware
Tags: ai, attack, cyber, malicious, malware, microsoft, powershell, social-engineering, software, windowsA sophisticated social engineering campaign has surfaced on TikTok, leveraging the platform’s massive user base and algorithmic reach to distribute information-stealing malware, specifically Vidar and StealC. Identified by Trend Research, this attack uses potentially AI-generated videos to deceive users into executing malicious PowerShell commands under the guise of activating pirated software like Windows OS, Microsoft…
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ClickFix Attacks Soar by 500%: Hackers Intensify Use of This Manipulative Technique to Deceive Users
A novel social engineering technique dubbed >>ClickFix
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Money mule networks evolve into hierarchical, business-like criminal enterprises
In this Help Net Security interview, Michal Tresner, CEO of ThreatMark, discusses how cybercriminals are weaponizing AI, automation, and social engineering to industrialize … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/06/27/michal-tresner-threatmark-money-mule-networks/
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Why Are CISOs Prioritizing Snowflake Security? The Breach Playbook Has Changed.
In recent conversations with prospective customers, one request keeps rising to the top: “Can you monitor Snowflake?” At first, it felt like a coincidence. But over multiple engagements, that urgency isn’t random it reflects a deeper industry concern. Security leaders are increasingly prioritizing Snowflake as a high-risk, high-value SaaS application. And they’re right to. The…
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New FileFix Method Emerges as a Threat Following 517% Rise in ClickFix Attacks
The ClickFix social engineering tactic as an initial access vector using fake CAPTCHA verifications increased by 517% between the second half of 2024 and the first half of this year, according to data from ESET.”The list of threats that ClickFix attacks lead to is growing by the day, including infostealers, ransomware, remote access trojans, cryptominers,…
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ClickFix Attacks Surge 517% in 2025
The ClickFix social engineering technique has become the second most common attack vector, behind only phishing, according to ESET research First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/clickfix-attacks-surge-2025/
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New FileFix Exploit Uses Windows File Explorer to Run Malicious Commands
A newly discovered exploit, dubbed >>FileFix,
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New FileFix attack weaponizes Windows File Explorer for stealthy commands
A cybersecurity researcher has developed FileFix, a variant of the ClickFix social engineering attack that tricks users into executing malicious commands via the File Explorer address bar in Windows. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/filefix-attack-weaponizes-windows-file-explorer-for-stealthy-powershell-commands/
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FileFix attack weaponizes Windows File Explorer for stealthy commands
A cybersecurity researcher has developed FileFix, a variant of the ClickFix social engineering attack that tricks users into executing malicious commands via the File Explorer address bar in Windows. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/filefix-attack-weaponizes-windows-file-explorer-for-stealthy-powershell-commands/
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Aflac-Datenleck: Versicherungsbranche im Visier von Hackern
Hinter dem Angriff auf Aflac könnte die berüchtigte Cyberbande Scattered Spider stecken. Experten zufolge hat sie es inzwischen vermehrt auf Versicherungsunternehmen abgesehen.Der US-Versicherungsanbieter Aflac entdeckte am 12. Juni verdächtige Aktivitäten in seinem Netzwerk. Auch wenn der Angriff nach eigenen Angaben innerhalb weniger Stunden gestoppt werden konnte, sind dadurch potenziell Kundendaten gefährdet.So könnten die Täter an…