Tag: social-engineering
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Wenn Social Engineering zur Waffe wird
Cyberkriminelle Gruppen wie APT28 und Kimsuky setzen gezielt auf das Tool ClickFix, um mit raffiniertem Social Engineering Nutzer zur Ausführung von Schadcode zu verleiten. Besonders beliebt: Stealer-Malware wie Lumma Stealer, die vertrauliche Daten abgreifen, noch bevor Betroffene den Angriff bemerken. Aber die Erkennung und Behebung von ClickFix-Angriffen kann wirkungsvoll organisiert werden. First seen on itsicherheit-online.com…
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North Korean Hackers Use Social Engineering and Python Scripts to Execute Stealthy Commands
North Korean threat actors have demonstrated their adept use of social engineering techniques combined with Python scripting to infiltrate secure networks. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) operatives are leveraging the accessibility and power of Python to craft initial access vectors that are proving alarmingly effective. The Ingenious Use of Python The DPRK’s use…
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David Harley: Evolution von Betrügen und Social Engineering
Tags: social-engineeringBetrüge und Social Engineering sind schon lange ein wichtiger Teil von Cyberverbrechen aber innerhalb der letzten Jahre haben die Angreifer ihre Methoden so sehr perfektioniert, dass es sogar für geschulte Augen zuweilen immer schwieriger wird, die Betrüge als solche zu erkennen. First seen on welivesecurity.com Jump to article: www.welivesecurity.com/deutsch/2015/05/04/david-harley-evolution-von-betrugen-und-social-engineering/
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Lessons learned about cyber resilience from a visit to Ukraine
What to do when your partner in a fight disappears: What was evident at the conference was the reliability of Ukraine’s European partners and the very evident and self-declared step back taken by the United States. Indeed, it was repeatedly stated by the SBU (Ukrainian intelligence) that Signal had inexplicably stopped working with the Ukrainian…
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HollowQuill Malware Targets Government Agencies Globally Through Weaponized PDF Documents
In a disturbing escalation of cyber threats, a new malware campaign dubbed ‘HollowQuill’ has been identified targeting academic institutions and government agencies worldwide. This sophisticated attack leverages weaponized PDF documents to infiltrate systems, using a combination of social engineering and advanced malware deployment techniques to bypass traditional security measures. The Anatomy of Attack: Social Engineering…
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Cybercrime Trends Report 2025 – Besonders cleveres Social Engineering über mehrere Kanäle gleichzeitig
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/cyberkriminalitaet-multichannel-angriffe-ki-bedrohungen-a-908cc6b2b9af2423a6886b2d6a702be9/
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âš¡ Weekly Recap: VPN Exploits, Oracle’s Silent Breach, ClickFix Surge and More
Tags: breach, cloud, credentials, data-breach, exploit, Hardware, jobs, malware, oracle, password, service, social-engineering, supply-chain, vpnToday, every unpatched system, leaked password, and overlooked plugin is a doorway for attackers. Supply chains stretch deep into the code we trust, and malware hides not just in shady apps, but in job offers, hardware, and cloud services we rely on every day.Hackers don’t need sophisticated exploits anymore. Sometimes, your credentials and a little…
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âš¡ Weekly Recap: VPN Exploits, Oracle’s Silent Breach, ClickFix Comeback and More
Tags: breach, cloud, credentials, data-breach, exploit, Hardware, jobs, malware, oracle, password, service, social-engineering, supply-chain, vpnToday, every unpatched system, leaked password, and overlooked plugin is a doorway for attackers. Supply chains stretch deep into the code we trust, and malware hides not just in shady apps, but in job offers, hardware, and cloud services we rely on every day.Hackers don’t need sophisticated exploits anymore. Sometimes, your credentials and a little…
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Warnung vor Social Engineering-Kampagne ClickFix
ClickFix wird bereits von einer Reihe von nationalstaatlichen Akteuren wie APT 28 und Kimsuky genutzt. Besonders beliebt ist die Verbreitung von Stealer-Malware wie Lumma Stealer über die Social Engineering-Kampagne. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/social-engineering-kampagne-clickfix
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ClickFix: Logpoint warnt vor Social-Engineering-Kampagne
Tags: social-engineeringFirst seen on datensicherheit.de Jump to article: www.datensicherheit.de/clickfix-social-engineering-kampagne-2025
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Logpoint warnt vor Social Engineering-Kampagne ClickFix
Diese Technik wurde erstmals Mitte 2024 entdeckt und wird seither immer häufiger eingesetzt. Neben Phishing wurden auch Malvertising und SEO-Poisoning als Verbreitungstechniken beobachtet. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/logpoint-warnt-vor-social-engineering-kampagne-clickfix/a40388/
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Social Engineering Just Got Smarter
Polices that forbid employees from divulging company details are worthless if the same information can be obtained from sources employees have no control over. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/social-engineering-smarter
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Lazarus Group Targets Job Seekers With ClickFix Tactic to Deploy GolangGhost Malware
The North Korean threat actors behind Contagious Interview have adopted the increasingly popular ClickFix social engineering tactic to lure job seekers in the cryptocurrency sector to deliver a previously undocumented Go-based backdoor called GolangGhost on Windows and macOS systems.The new activity, assessed to be a continuation of the campaign, has been codenamed ClickFake Interview by…
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DarkCloud Stealer Uses Weaponized .TAR Archives to Target Organizations and Steal Passwords
Tags: cyber, cyberattack, email, international, malicious, office, password, social-engineering, tacticsA recent cyberattack campaign leveraging the DarkCloud stealer has been identified, targeting Spanish companies and local offices of international organizations across various industries. The attackers are spoofing a legitimate Spanish company specializing in mountain and skiing equipment to deliver malicious payloads via email. The emails, which use billing-themed social engineering tactics, feature subjects such as…
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AI disinformation didn’t upend 2024 elections, but the threat is very real
Tags: ai, attack, authentication, business, ceo, ciso, control, corporate, credentials, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, detection, disinformation, election, email, endpoint, finance, fraud, group, hacking, identity, incident, incident response, intelligence, international, jobs, login, malware, network, phishing, ransomware, RedTeam, risk, scam, soc, social-engineering, tactics, threat, tool, trainingAttackers are using AI to distort and undermine threat intelligence: AI-powered disinformation has moved beyond external influence, it is now reshaping adversary tactics inside compromised networks. Attackers can generate false system logs, fabricate network traffic, and manipulate forensic evidence, forcing incident response teams to chase misleading anomalies while real intrusions progress undetected. AI-assisted malware is also…
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New Malware Targets Magic Enthusiasts to Steal Logins
A newly discovered malware, dubbed Trojan.Arcanum, is targeting enthusiasts of tarot, astrology, and other esoteric practices. Disguised as a legitimate fortune-telling application, this Trojan infiltrates devices to steal sensitive data, manipulate users through social engineering, and even deploy cryptocurrency mining software. The malware is distributed via websites dedicated to mystical practices, masquerading as a harmless…
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Serial Entrepreneurs Raise $43M to Counter AI Deepfakes, Social Engineering
Adaptive is pitching a security platform designed to replicate real-world attack scenarios through AI-generated deepfake simulations. The post Serial Entrepreneurs Raise $43M to Counter AI Deepfakes, Social Engineering appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/serial-entrepreneurs-raise-43m-to-counter-ai-deepfakes-social-engineering/
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Malicious actors increasingly put privileged identity access to work across attack chains
Tags: access, ai, api, apt, attack, authentication, best-practice, breach, cisa, cisco, cloud, corporate, credentials, cybercrime, cyberespionage, data, detection, email, endpoint, exploit, framework, group, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, login, malicious, malware, mfa, microsoft, network, open-source, password, phishing, phone, ransomware, service, social-engineering, strategy, threat, tool, vpn, windowsLateral movement: Leveraging privileged access to act in plain sight: Once situated on the corporate network, compromised credentials also allow attackers to expand access to other internal systems with a reduced likelihood of being discovered or triggering malware detection.According to Talos, nearly half of investigated identity attacks targeted Active Directory, with another 20% targeting cloud…
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Only 1% of malicious emails that reach inboxes deliver malware
99% of email threats reaching corporate user inboxes in 2024 were response-based social engineering attacks or contained phishing links, according to Fortra. Only 1% of … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/04/02/email-attacks-social-engineering/
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Wiz’s Security GraphDB vs. DeepTempo’s LogLM
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, best-practice, breach, business, cisa, cloud, container, credentials, cve, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, exploit, flaw, framework, guide, iam, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, jobs, kev, leak, LLM, login, malicious, mitre, ml, network, phishing, risk, social-engineering, strategy, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-dayHow can a friendly Eye of Sauron help the Wizards? Cloud security is evolving beyond silos. Wiz’s meteoric rise has been powered by a fresh approach: an agentless, graph-based view of risk context across the cloud stack that supplanted a number of point solutions and created the Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform category (CNAPP). If you want…
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Lazarus APT Jumps on ClickFix Bandwagon in Recent Attacks
A continuation of the North Korean nation-state threat’s campaign against employment seekers uses the social engineering attack to target CeFi organizations with the GolangGhost backdoor. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/lazarus-apt-clickfix-bandwagon-attacks
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Gen Z’s Rising Susceptibility to Social Engineering Attacks
Gen Z, or individuals born between 1997 and 2012, have certain types of lifestyles, upbringings and character traits that make them ideal for social engineering exploitation. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/03/gen-zs-rising-susceptibility-to-social-engineering-attacks/
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Die Zukunft von Social Engineering KI, Wearables und VR kurbeln Cyberkriminalität an
Der neue Bericht von Trend Micro zeigt auf, wie Cyberkriminelle KI, Wearables, Virtual Reality (VR) und Augmented Reality (AR) sowie Chatbots nutzen werden, um Opfer präziser denn je zu manipulieren [1]. Die Bedrohungsforschern von Trend Micro analysierten, wie Angreifer diese Technologien nutzen, um ihre Taktiken zu verfeinern und ihre Täuschungsmanöver weiterzuentwickeln. »Social Engineering, also… First…
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>>Crocodilus<< A New Malware Targeting Android Devices for Full Takeover
Researchers have uncovered a dangerous new mobile banking Trojan dubbed Crocodilus actively targeting financial institutions and cryptocurrency platforms. The malware employs advanced techniques like remote device control, stealthy overlays, and social engineering to steal sensitive data, marking a significant escalation in mobile threat sophistication. Early campaigns focus on banks in Spain and Turkey, but experts…
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The Trump administration made an unprecedented security mistake you can avoid doing the same
Tags: access, attack, business, communications, control, cybersecurity, data, defense, government, group, intelligence, international, malicious, military, mobile, network, office, resilience, risk, russia, social-engineering, technology, threat, ukraine, unauthorized, usa, vulnerability, wormfaux pas of senior administration personnel went from bad to worse to the gutter in the span of 24 hours. If you haven’t read The Atlantic writeup, you should (there are two pieces, the revelation from Goldberg and then the subsequent release of the contents of the Signal chat). There is no getting around it,…
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MailChimp Under Attack: How Cybercriminals Are Exploiting Email Marketing Platforms
At Constella, we’ve spent years analyzing how cybercriminals execute attacks that affect organizations of all sizes, whether they’re startups, local businesses, or global enterprises. One of the most revealing recent cases involves the abuse of Email Marketing Platforms like MailChimp, whose accounts are being compromised through account takeover (ATO), phishing, and social engineering tactics. These……
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Banking Malware Infects 248,000 Mobile Users Through Social Engineering Techniques
In 2024, the number of users affected by mobile banking malware skyrocketed to nearly 248,000, a staggering 3.6-fold increase from the previous year’s 69,000 affected users. This dramatic rise in malicious activity was particularly pronounced in the latter half of the year, indicating an evolving threat landscape in the mobile finance sector. Mamont Emerges as…
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Charm Security Emerges From Stealth With $8 Million in Funding
Charm Security has emerged from stealth mode with $8 million in funding for AI-powered scams and social engineering prevention. The post Charm Security Emerges From Stealth With $8 Million in Funding appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/charm-security-emerges-from-stealth-with-8-million-in-funding/
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11 ways cybercriminals are making phishing more potent than ever
Tags: 2fa, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, breach, business, ciso, conference, corporate, credentials, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, deep-fake, detection, dns, email, exploit, finance, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, linkedin, login, malicious, malware, mfa, microsoft, mobile, office, phishing, powershell, qr, russia, service, social-engineering, software, sophos, spam, sql, switch, theft, threat, toolThey’re luring with voice and video: Bad actors are also exploiting AI’s ability to clone voices and likenesses from audio and video clips or images found online.Combined with tools that mimic caller ID, cybercriminals can fool targets by calling them and purporting to be a family member, friend, or work colleague seeking urgent assistance. Such…
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How AI agents could undermine computing infrastructure security
In this Help Net Security video, Ev Kontsevoy, CEO at Teleport, explores the risks AI agents pose to computing infrastructure, particularly when exposed to social engineering … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/03/25/ai-agents-infrastructure-security-video/