Tag: social-engineering
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WhatsApp Worm Targets Users with Banking Malware, Steals Login Information
Tags: attack, banking, credentials, crypto, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, login, malicious, malware, social-engineering, tactics, wormCybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated new campaign targeting WhatsApp users in Brazil with self-propagating malware designed to steal banking credentials and cryptocurrency exchange login information. The attack, first detected on September 29, 2025, represents a dangerous evolution in social engineering tactics that exploits users’ trust in familiar contacts to spread malicious payloads across messaging…
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Cybersecurity For Dummies, 3rd Edition eBook FREE for a Limited Time
In today’s hyper-connected world, cyber threats are more sophisticated and frequent than ever – ransomware, data breaches, and social engineering scams, targeting everyone from individuals to Fortune 500 companies. Right now, you can grab “Cybersecurity For Dummies, 3rd Edition” – a $29.99 value – completely FREE for a limited time. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump…
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Multimodal AI, A Whole New Social Engineering Playground for Hackers
Tags: ai, automation, ciso, cyber, exploit, governance, hacker, incident response, social-engineering, strategyMultimodal AI delivers context-rich automation but also multiplies cyber risk. Hidden prompts, poisoned pixels, and cross-modal exploits can corrupt entire pipelines. Discover how attackers manipulate multimodal inputs”, and the governance, testing, and incident response strategies CISOs need to stay ahead. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/multimodal-ai-a-whole-new-social-engineering-playground-for-hackers/
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Multimodal AI, A Whole New Social Engineering Playground for Hackers
Tags: ai, automation, ciso, cyber, exploit, governance, hacker, incident response, social-engineering, strategyMultimodal AI delivers context-rich automation but also multiplies cyber risk. Hidden prompts, poisoned pixels, and cross-modal exploits can corrupt entire pipelines. Discover how attackers manipulate multimodal inputs”, and the governance, testing, and incident response strategies CISOs need to stay ahead. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/multimodal-ai-a-whole-new-social-engineering-playground-for-hackers/
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Multimodal AI, A Whole New Social Engineering Playground for Hackers
Tags: ai, automation, ciso, cyber, exploit, governance, hacker, incident response, social-engineering, strategyMultimodal AI delivers context-rich automation but also multiplies cyber risk. Hidden prompts, poisoned pixels, and cross-modal exploits can corrupt entire pipelines. Discover how attackers manipulate multimodal inputs”, and the governance, testing, and incident response strategies CISOs need to stay ahead. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/multimodal-ai-a-whole-new-social-engineering-playground-for-hackers/
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Multimodal AI, A Whole New Social Engineering Playground for Hackers
Tags: ai, automation, ciso, cyber, exploit, governance, hacker, incident response, social-engineering, strategyMultimodal AI delivers context-rich automation but also multiplies cyber risk. Hidden prompts, poisoned pixels, and cross-modal exploits can corrupt entire pipelines. Discover how attackers manipulate multimodal inputs”, and the governance, testing, and incident response strategies CISOs need to stay ahead. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/multimodal-ai-a-whole-new-social-engineering-playground-for-hackers/
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ThreatsDay Bulletin: MS Teams Hack, MFA Hijacking, $2B Crypto Heist, Apple Siri Probe & More
Cyber threats are evolving faster than ever. Attackers now combine social engineering, AI-driven manipulation, and cloud exploitation to breach targets once considered secure. From communication platforms to connected devices, every system that enhances convenience also expands the attack surface.This edition of ThreatsDay Bulletin explores these converging risks and the safeguards that help First seen on…
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Cybercriminals Impersonate HR Departments to Harvest Your Gmail Login Details
A seemingly legitimate Zoom document share from “HR” redirected victims through a fake bot-protection gate into a Gmail login phish. User credentials are exfiltrated live via WebSocket and validated in real time. This report breaks down the social engineering, the malicious infrastructure, proof-of-concept exfiltration code, and indicators of compromise to watch for. Job seekers and…
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Hackers Enhance ClickFix Attack Using Cache Smuggling to Stealthily Download Malicious Files
Tags: attack, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, fortinet, hacker, malicious, social-engineering, threat, vpnCybersecurity researchers have discovered a sophisticated evolution of the ClickFix attack technique that leverages browser cache smuggling to covertly place malicious files on target systems without traditional file downloads. This advanced social engineering campaign specifically targets enterprise users through fake Fortinet VPN compliance pages, demonstrating how threat actors continuously adapt their methods to evade detection.…
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CISOs wollen mehr Datensichtbarkeit
Die meisten CISOs wollen Einsicht in alle Datenströme in ihren Unternehmen, fast immer müssen sie dabei jedoch Kompromisse eingehen.Um hybride Cloud-Infrastrukturen zu überwachen und abzusichern, will die Mehrzahl der Sicherheitsverantwortlichen die Datenströme in ihren Betrieben transparent machen. Oft hapert es jedoch an den passenden Tools.Das besagt die Studie CISO Insights: Recalibrating Risk in the Age…
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Unplug Gemini from email and calendars, says cybersecurity firm
Tags: ai, attack, cybersecurity, data, email, exploit, flaw, google, incident response, injection, malicious, microsoft, mitigation, privacy, risk, service, social-engineering, vulnerabilityCSO that he “fundamentally disagrees.””Social engineering is a big problem,” he said. “When you take away the risk of social engineering, it does make users safe.”The solution, he added, is for an AI agent to filter inputs.Google was asked for comment on the FireTail report. No reply had been received by our deadline, nor was…
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New FileFix attack uses cache smuggling to evade security software
A new variant of the FileFix social engineering attack uses cache smuggling to secretly download a malicious ZIP archive onto a victim’s system and bypassing security software. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-filefix-attack-uses-cache-smuggling-to-evade-security-software/
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Top 10 Best Fraud Prevention Companies in 2025
Fraud prevention has become one of the most important priorities for enterprises, financial institutions, and digital-first businesses in 2025. With rising cyber threats, account takeovers, synthetic identities, financial crimes, phishing, and social engineering attacks, the need for advanced fraud detection and prevention tools is at an all-time high. The top fraud prevention companies are integrating…
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AI fuels social engineering but isn’t yet revolutionizing hacking
AI tools are still too computationally intense for cybercriminals to rely on, according to a new report. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/ai-phishing-social-engineering-reality-check-research/802261/
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New Phishing Kit Automates ClickFix Attacks to Evade Security Defenses
Cybercriminals are increasingly automating one of the most insidious social engineering exploits”, forcing victims to manually execute malware under the guise of browser verification. The newly discovered IUAM ClickFix Generator commoditizes the ClickFix technique into an easy-to-use phishing kit, lowering the barrier for threat actors of all skill levels and enabling widespread deployment of information…
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BatShadow Group Uses New Go-Based ‘Vampire Bot’ Malware to Hunt Job Seekers
A Vietnamese threat actor named BatShadow has been attributed to a new campaign that leverages social engineering tactics to deceive job seekers and digital marketing professionals to deliver a previously undocumented malware called Vampire Bot.”The attackers pose as recruiters, distributing malicious files disguised as job descriptions and corporate documents,” Aryaka Threat Research Labs First seen…
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Top 10 Best Digital Risk Protection (DRP) Platforms in 2025
In today’s digital-first economy, the cyber risk landscape is evolving faster than ever before. Enterprises face threats ranging from phishing campaigns and social engineering to data breaches and brand impersonation. Digital Risk Protection (DRP) platforms are becoming indispensable for businesses to detect, analyze, and mitigate online threats that can impact brand integrity, digital assets, customer…
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Hackers Launch Leak Portal to Publish Data Stolen from Salesforce Instances
The hacker collective styling itself “Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters””, an alliance echoing elements of ShinyHunters, Scattered Spider, and Lapsus$”, has launched an extortionware portal to pressure victims into paying for delisting and purported deletion of stolen data. The group’s leverage centers on Salesforce datasets, reflecting months of intrusions achieved via social engineering, OAuth abuse, and downstream…
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That CISO job offer could be a ‘pig-butchering’ scam
Deepfaked interview shenanigans: What followed was three months of constant messaging, which moved from SMS messages, to conversations on WhatsApp, to a (likely) deepfaked video interview.”Other than the 15-minute interview, mostly my interaction with them was a minute here and there, and of course the necessary background research on Gemini itself as well as the…
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That CISO job offer could be a ‘pig-butchering’ scam
Deepfaked interview shenanigans: What followed was three months of constant messaging, which moved from SMS messages, to conversations on WhatsApp, to a (likely) deepfaked video interview.”Other than the 15-minute interview, mostly my interaction with them was a minute here and there, and of course the necessary background research on Gemini itself as well as the…
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Confucius Hacker Group Weaponizes Documents to Infect Windows Systems with AnonDoor Malware
The Confucius hacking group, a long-running cyber-espionage operation with suspected state-sponsored ties, has significantly evolved its attack methodologies over the past year, transitioning from document stealers like WooperStealer to sophisticated Python-based backdoors including AnonDoor malware. The December 2024 campaign demonstrated Confucius’ refined social engineering tactics, utilizing phishing emails with weaponized PowerPoint presentations (Document.ppsx) that displayed…
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Subpoena tracking platform blames outage on AWS social engineering attack
Software maker Kodex said its domain registrar fell for a fraudulent legal order First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/02/subpoena_tracking_platform_outage_blamed/
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Your Service Desk is the New Attack Vector”, Here’s How to Defend It.
Service desks are prime targets. A practical, NIST-aligned workflow for help desk user verification that stops social engineering without slowing support. Learn how role- & points-based verification workflows stop attackers cold. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/your-service-desk-is-the-new-attack-vector-heres-how-to-defend-it/
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Your Service Desk is the New Attack Vector”, Here’s How to Defend It.
Service desks are prime targets. A practical, NIST-aligned workflow for help desk user verification that stops social engineering without slowing support. Learn how role- & points-based verification workflows stop attackers cold. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/your-service-desk-is-the-new-attack-vector-heres-how-to-defend-it/
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Warning: Beware of Android Spyware Disguised as Signal Encryption Plugin and ToTok Pro
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two Android spyware campaigns dubbed ProSpy and ToSpy that impersonate apps like Signal and ToTok to target users in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.).Slovak cybersecurity company ESET said the malicious apps are distributed via fake websites and social engineering to trick unsuspecting users into downloading them. Once installed, both the spyware…
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That innocent PDF is now a Trojan Horse for Gmail attacks
Tags: access, attack, awareness, cio, ciso, corporate, credentials, cybersecurity, defense, detection, email, endpoint, hacker, infrastructure, network, phishing, qr, ransomware, risk, social-engineering, spear-phishing, theft, threat, tool, training, zero-trustPersonal email use increases enterprise risk: Employees are increasingly accessing personal email accounts from corporate machines; it is commonplace in hybrid and remote work environments. But considering that hackers have access to easily-usable tools like MatrixPDF, experts advise enterprises to be more vigilant.CISOs and CIOs should consider opportunities to either restrict access to personal webmail…
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Google Sheds Light on ShinyHunters’ Salesforce Tactics
Mandiant provided proactive defenses against UNC6040’s social engineering attacks that have led to several Salesforce breaches. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/google-sheds-light-shinyhunters-salesforce-tactics
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Inside North Korea’s DeceptiveDevelopment Job Fraud, Malware Scheme
DeceptiveDevelopment blends job fraud and malware, using social engineering and insider tactics to compromise developers and crypto firms. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/news/deceptive-development-north-korea/
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Phishing Campaign Lobs Malicious SVG Attachments at Ukraine
Government Agencies Targeted With Infostealers and Cryptomining Malware. A fake police alert is the social engineering cornerstone of an ongoing phishing campaign targeting Ukrainian government agencies, warn security researchers. They’re tracking a surge in malicious SVG file attachments, in this case leading to information-stealing and cryptocurrency-mining malware. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/phishing-campaign-lobs-malicious-svg-attachments-at-ukraine-a-29575
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GenAI-Infrastruktur anfällig für Cyberattacken
Chatbot-Assistenten in Unternehmen sind besonders verwundbar, da sie durch Prompt-Injection-Angriffe manipuliert werden können.In einer Umfrage der Marktanalysten von Gartner berichten 29 Prozent der Cybersicherheitsverantwortlichen, dass die in ihrer Organisation verwendeten generativen KI-Anwendungen in den vergangenen zwölf Monaten Ziel eines Cyberangriffs war.Bei 32 Prozent der Unternehmen wurden gezielt Schwachstellen in der Prompt-Struktur ausgenutzt. ‘Insbesondere Chatbot-Assistenten gelten…