Tag: social-engineering
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You should be aware of these latest social engineering trends
It’s raining (phishing) emails: Unlike other attacks in the cybersecurity landscape, social engineering does not focus on exploiting vulnerabilities in code or network architecture. Instead, it exploits human behavior, which is often the weakest link in the security chain. And stress on an already busy day is an extremely effective trigger.The following examples show how…
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Kimsuky APT Is Using Social Engineering and AppleSeed Malware to Spy on South Korea
The post Kimsuky APT Is Using Social Engineering and AppleSeed Malware to Spy on South Korea appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity. First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/kimsuky-apt-is-using-social-engineering-and-appleseed-malware-to-spy-on-south-korea/
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Datenpanne bei Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler und Cloudflare
Tags: access, ai, api, ciso, cyber, cyberattack, data-breach, endpoint, framework, group, mail, network, phishing, risk, saas, smishing, social-engineering, software, strategy, supply-chain, tool, zero-trustAuch IT-Unternehmen, selbst im Bereich Cyber-Security sind nicht vor erfolgreichen Cyber-Attacken gefeit.Palo Alto Networks, ZScaler und Cloudflare haben bekannt gegeben, dass sie von einem Cyberangriff über Salesloft Drift getroffen wurden. Hierbei handelt es sich um eine Drittanbieteranwendung, die Vertriebsabläufe automatisiert. Sie ist in Salesforce-Datenbanken integriert ist, um Leads und Kontaktinformationen zu verwalten. Im Statement von…
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Datenpanne bei Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler und Cloudflare
Tags: access, ai, api, ciso, cyber, cyberattack, data-breach, endpoint, framework, group, mail, network, phishing, risk, saas, smishing, social-engineering, software, strategy, supply-chain, tool, zero-trustAuch IT-Unternehmen, selbst im Bereich Cyber-Security sind nicht vor erfolgreichen Cyber-Attacken gefeit.Palo Alto Networks, ZScaler und Cloudflare haben bekannt gegeben, dass sie von einem Cyberangriff über Salesloft Drift getroffen wurden. Hierbei handelt es sich um eine Drittanbieteranwendung, die Vertriebsabläufe automatisiert. Sie ist in Salesforce-Datenbanken integriert ist, um Leads und Kontaktinformationen zu verwalten. Im Statement von…
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The Deepfake CEO Scam: A New Era of Social Engineering Threats
A recent TechRadar Pro article warns of a dramatic rise in deepfake-enabled scams targeting executive leadership”, and the numbers are hard to ignore. Over half of cybersecurity professionals surveyed (51%) say their organization has already been targeted by a deepfake impersonation, up from 43% last year. The targets are high-value: CEOs, CFOs, and other senior…
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Varonis Acquires Email Security Provider SlashNext to Enhance BEC Defenses
Varonis plans to integrate SlashNext’s advanced phishing, BEC, and social engineering attack protection capabilities into its data security platform. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/varonis-acquires-email-security-provider-slashnext-enhance-bec-defenses
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Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler, Cloudflare hit by the latest data breach
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, breach, business, ciso, credentials, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, email, endpoint, group, identity, incident response, jobs, login, monitoring, network, password, phishing, phone, risk, saas, scam, service, social-engineering, software, strategy, supply-chain, theft, threat, tool, zero-trustCSO, in response to a request for clarification. “In the case of Zscaler and Palo Alto, because they sell solutions in the SASE space, their compromise can be particularly problematic since this may end up unfolding into a third-party or even fourth-party compromise,” said Flavio Villanustre, SVP and CISO for LexisNexis Risk Solutions. “Keep in mind…
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Varonis Acquires SlashNext to Combat Phishing, Email Attacks
Acquisition Targets Business Email Compromise, Impersonation and Spear-Phishing. Varonis has acquired SlashNext to strengthen detection of phishing and social engineering attacks. The integration will help prevent identity compromises via email, SMS and collaboration tools while enhancing Miami-based Varonis’ AI-driven data protection. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/varonis-acquires-slashnext-to-combat-phishing-email-attacks-a-29347
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Lazarus Group Expands Malware Arsenal With PondRAT, ThemeForestRAT, and RemotePE
The North Korea-linked threat actor known as the Lazarus Group has been attributed to a social engineering campaign that distributes three different pieces of cross-platform malware called PondRAT, ThemeForestRAT, and RemotePE.The attack, observed by NCC Group’s Fox-IT in 2024, targeted an organization in the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector, ultimately leading to the compromise of an…
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Threat Actors Exploit Windows Search in AnyDesk ClickFix Attack to Spread MetaStealer
In a novel twist on the year-long trend of ClickFix scams, threat actors have blended human-verification social engineering with the Windows search protocol to deliver MetaStealer, a commodity infostealer notorious for harvesting credentials and exfiltrating sensitive files. While the attack superficially resembles classic ClickFix and FileFix techniques, its unique infection chain”, from a fake AnyDesk…
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Wie Erpresser an Coinbase scheiterten
Tags: blockchain, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, intelligence, mail, password, ransomware, RedTeam, risk, social-engineering, threat, usaTransparenz und schonungslose Aufarbeitung stehen bei Coinbase im (Security-)Fokus. CoinbaseAnfang Mai 2025 ging beim auf Kryptowährungen spezialisierten Finanzdienstleister Coinbase eine E-Mail von Cyberkriminellen ein. Wie dem zugehörigen Bericht an die US-Börsenaufsicht SEC zu entnehmen ist, behaupteten die Kriminellen, Kundendaten sowie interne Dokumente des Unternehmens erlangt zu haben. Sie drohten damit, diese im Netz zu veröffentlichen,…
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AI Waifu RAT Exploits Users with Advanced Social Engineering Tactics
A sophisticated new malware campaign has emerged that weaponizes artificial intelligence and social engineering to target niche online communities. Security researchers have identified the >>AI Waifu RAT,
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Microsoft Teams Abused in Cyberattack Delivering PowerShell-Based Remote Access Malware
Tags: access, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, defense, email, exploit, malware, microsoft, network, powershell, social-engineering, threat, unauthorized, windowsIn a concerning development for enterprise security, cybercriminals have begun exploiting Microsoft Teams”, long trusted as an internal messaging and collaboration tool”, to deliver PowerShell-based malware and gain unauthorized remote access to Windows systems. By impersonating IT support personnel and leveraging social engineering, these threat actors bypass traditional email filters and network defenses, striking directly…
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Help Wanted: Dark Web Job Recruitment is Up
Cybercriminal forums are experiencing a recruitment boom, with dark-web job postings for hackers, AI experts, and social engineers doubling year over year. Research from Reliaquest highlights growing demand for English-speaking social engineering, IoT compromise, AI-driven attacks, and deepfake capabilities, signaling how adversaries are scaling organized cybercrime operations. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/08/help-wanted-dark-web-job-recruitment-is-up/
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Weaponized ScreenConnect RMM Tool Deceives Users into Installing Xworm RAT
The SpiderLabs Threat Hunt Team recently discovered a cyber campaign in which threat actors used the genuine ScreenConnect remote management application as a weapon to spread the Xworm Remote Access Trojan (RAT) through a multi-phase infection chain. The attack begins with social engineering tactics, including phishing, malvertising, and deceptive social media posts, luring users to…
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Lazarus Group Targets Windows 11 with ClickFix Tactics and Fake Job Offers
The notorious Lazarus advanced persistent threat (APT) organization, which Qi’anxin internally tracks as APT-Q-1, has been seen using the ClickFix technique to penetrate Windows 11 and macOS systems in a sophisticated progression of social engineering attacks. Known for high-profile incidents like the 2014 Sony Pictures hack, Lazarus has shifted from intelligence theft to financial asset…
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Ziplining into the Minds of US Supply Chains
A recent report from Check Point Research uncovered Zipline, a phishing campaign that fuses subtle, patient social engineering with stealthy in-memory malware, together enabling attackers to slip past traditional defences and manipulate human behaviour on a wide scale. “‹ How did they do it, and who was targeted? “‹ A typical phishing attack relies on…
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What CISOs can learn from Doppel’s new AI-driven social engineering simulation
Doppel has introduced a new product called Doppel Simulation, which expands its platform for defending against social engineering. The tool uses autonomous AI agents to create … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/08/27/doppel-simulation-social-engineering/
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LLMs easily exploited using run-on sentences, bad grammar, image scaling
Tags: access, advisory, ai, api, attack, control, data, email, exploit, google, governance, injection, LLM, malicious, network, open-source, openai, social-engineering, strategy, technology, threat, training, update, vulnerabilityThe trick is to give a really long set of instructions without punctuation or most especially not a period or full stop that might imply the end of a sentence because by this point in the text the AI safety rules and other governance systems have lost their way and given upModels are also easily…
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Threat Actors Leverage AI Agents to Conduct Social Engineering Attacks
Cybersecurity landscapes are undergoing a paradigm shift as threat actors increasingly deploy agentic AI systems to orchestrate sophisticated social engineering attacks. Unlike reactive generative AI models that merely produce content such as deepfakes or phishing emails, agentic AI exhibits autonomous decision-making, adaptive learning, and multi-step planning capabilities. These systems operate independently, pursuing predefined objectives without…
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AI Summaries a New Vector for Malware
Malicious Prompts Hidden in Data can Trigger Executable Payloads. Hackers can transform artificial intelligence-powered summarization tools into unwitting delivery agents for ransomware instructions through hidden code and prompt manipulation, security researchers warn. The method is an evolution of ClickFix, a social engineering tactic. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/ai-summaries-new-vector-for-malware-a-29299
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Check Point Research deckt hochentwickelte Phishing-Kampagne ZipLine auf
ZipLine zeigt, wie ausgeklügelt Social-Engineering-Angriffe inzwischen sind. Webformular-Missbrauch, langfristige E-Mail-Konversationen und KI-bezogene Köder machen herkömmliche Erkennungsmethoden wirkungslos. Um mit der Geschwindigkeit der Angreifer Schritt zu halten, müssen Unternehmen auf ganzheitliche Schutzlösungen setzen. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/check-point-research-deckt-hochentwickelte-phishing-kampagne-zipline-auf/a41800/
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Hochentwickelte Phishing-Kampagne ‘ZipLine” zielt auf Fertigungs- und Lieferkettenindustrie ab
Check Point Research, die Sicherheitsforscher von Check Point Software Technologies warnt vor ‘ZipLine”, eine der fortschrittlichsten Social-Engineering-Phishing-Kampagnen der vergangenen Jahre. Die Attacken zielen präzise auf Unternehmen der US-amerikanischen und kombinieren neuartige Angriffsmethoden mit hohem Schadenspotenzial. Zipline: Umgedrehter Phishing-Ansatz Anstatt klassische Phishing-E-Mails zu versenden, wenden die Angreifer eine ungewöhnliche Vorgehensweise an: Sie nehmen über die öffentlichen…
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Hochentwickelte Phishing-Kampagne ‘ZipLine” zielt auf Fertigungs- und Lieferkettenindustrie ab
Check Point Research, die Sicherheitsforscher von Check Point Software Technologies warnt vor ‘ZipLine”, eine der fortschrittlichsten Social-Engineering-Phishing-Kampagnen der vergangenen Jahre. Die Attacken zielen präzise auf Unternehmen der US-amerikanischen und kombinieren neuartige Angriffsmethoden mit hohem Schadenspotenzial. Zipline: Umgedrehter Phishing-Ansatz Anstatt klassische Phishing-E-Mails zu versenden, wenden die Angreifer eine ungewöhnliche Vorgehensweise an: Sie nehmen über die öffentlichen…
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MixShell Malware Delivered via Contact Forms Targets U.S. Supply Chain Manufacturers
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a sophisticated social engineering campaign that’s targeting supply chain-critical manufacturing companies with an in-memory malware dubbed MixShell.The activity has been codenamed ZipLine by Check Point Research.”Instead of sending unsolicited phishing emails, attackers initiate contact through a company’s public ‘Contact Us’ form, tricking First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article:…
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ShadowCaptcha Exploits WordPress Sites to Spread Ransomware, Info Stealers, and Crypto Miners
A new large-scale campaign has been observed exploiting over 100 compromised WordPress sites to direct site visitors to fake CAPTCHA verification pages that employ the ClickFix social engineering tactic to deliver information stealers, ransomware, and cryptocurrency miners.The large-scale cybercrime campaign, first detected in August 2025, has been codenamed ShadowCaptcha by the Israel National First seen…
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Warum das SOC in der Krise steckt und wie Sie das ändern
Tags: access, ai, authentication, breach, ciso, cloud, cyberattack, dark-web, detection, edr, identity, mail, monitoring, password, RedTeam, saas, service, siem, soc, social-engineering, strategy, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management669226129Trotz Millioneninvestitionen in Security Operations Center (SOCs) und modernsten Detection-Technologien sind Breaches weiterhin an der Tagesordnung Tendenz weiterhin steigend.In meiner Erfahrung reagiert nur etwa jedes zwanzigste SOC effektiv auf die ausgeklügelten identitätsbasierten Angriffe, mit denen wir heute konfrontiert sind. Das ist allerdings kein technologisches, sondern ein Paradigmenproblem. Und es ist an der Zeit, zu erkennen,…
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UNC6384 Deploys PlugX via Captive Portal Hijacks and Valid Certificates Targeting Diplomats
A China-nexus threat actor known as UNC6384 has been attributed to a set of attacks targeting diplomats in Southeast Asia and other entities across the globe to advance Beijing’s strategic interests.”This multi-stage attack chain leverages advanced social engineering including valid code signing certificates, an adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attack, and indirect execution techniques to evade First seen…
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ClickFix is Compromising Thousands of Devices Daily Red Flags to Watch
Clever hackers are using ClickFix, a new social engineering technique, to deliver malicious payloads to unsuspecting users and devices around the globe. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-clickfix-attack-chain/