Tag: social-engineering
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Zunehmende Bedrohung durch menschzentrierte Cyberangriffe
Bedrohungsakteure ändern ihre Taktik, um menschliche Kontaktpunkte aus jedem Blickwinkel anzugehen innerhalb von Geschäftsabläufen und über Kanäle hinweg , um koordinierte Kampagnen durchzuführen, die herkömmliche Abwehrmaßnahmen überwältigen. Die Auswertung des Global Threat Intelligence Report für 2025 von Mimecast zeigt zentrale Trends, darunter den Anstieg intelligenter KI-gestützter Phishing- und Social-Engineering-Angriffe sowie die verstärkte Nutzung… First seen…
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News alert: Arsen rolls out ‘Smishing Simulation’ to strengthen defenses against mobile phishing threats
PARIS, Oct. 24, 2025, CyberNewswire, Arsen, the cybersecurity company dedicated to helping organizations defend against social engineering, today introduced its new Smishing Simulation module: a feature designed to let companies run realistic, large-scale SMS phishing simulations across their… (more”¦) First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/news-alert-arsen-rolls-out-smishing-simulation-to-strengthen-defenses-against-mobile-phishing-threats/
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Scammers try to trick LastPass users into giving up credentials by telling them they’re dead
Tags: access, advisory, authentication, breach, corporate, credentials, crypto, cybercrime, email, google, group, infosec, intelligence, login, mail, malicious, mfa, mitigation, password, phishing, phone, scam, social-engineering, threatStaff should be using MFA: CSOs and IT managers should ensure that any password managers their employees use have phishing-resistant multifactor authentication or require an additional login factor, so if staff fall for a scam like this, the scammer can’t log in just using stolen credentials, Grimes said.If the corporate approved password manager doesn’t allow…
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Arsen Launches Smishing Simulation to Help Companies Defend Against Mobile Phishing Threats
Tags: attack, ciso, cyber, cybersecurity, mobile, mssp, phishing, smishing, social-engineering, threatParis, France, October 24th, 2025, CyberNewsWire Arsen, the cybersecurity company dedicated to helping organizations defend against social engineering, today introduced its new Smishing Simulation module: a feature designed to let companies run realistic, large-scale SMS phishing simulations across their teams. Designed to address the growing wave of mobile-based attacks, the new module gives CISOs, MSSPs,…
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Mimecast veröffentlicht seinen Global Threat Intelligence Report 2025
Die Auswertungen zeigen einen signifikanten Anstieg von Social-Engineering-Angriffen einschließlich Kampagnen wie ClickFix, KI-unterstütztem Phishing und Business Email Compromise (BEC) First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/mimecast-veroeffentlicht-seinen-global-threat-intelligence-report-2025/a42484/
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Google Warns of Cybercriminals Using Fake Job Postings to Spread Malware and Steal Credentials
Tags: corporate, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, google, group, intelligence, jobs, malware, social-engineering, threatGoogle’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has uncovered a sophisticated social engineering campaign orchestrated by financially motivated threat actors based in Vietnam. The ultimate objective is to compromise corporate advertising accounts and steal valuable credentials for resale or direct monetization. The threat cluster specifically targets remote workers in digital advertising roles, focusing on individuals with contract…
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North Korea’s Lazarus group attacked three companies involved in drone development
The attacks, which involved fake job offers as a social engineering lure, were likely aimed at stealing proprietary information about drone manufacturing, ESET said in a report. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/north-korea-lazarus-attacks-drone-companies/
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Social engineering gains ground as preferred method of initial access
Senior executives and high-net-worth individuals are increasingly at risk as hackers use deepfakes, voice cloning and other tactics for targeted attacks.; First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/social-engineering-preferred-initial-access/803363/
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Russian hackers evolve malware pushed in “I am not a robot” captchas
The Russian state-backed Star Blizzard hacker group has ramped up operations with new, constantly evolving malware families (NoRobot, MaybeRobot) deployed in complex delivery chains that start with ClickFix social engineering attacks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russian-hackers-evolve-malware-pushed-in-i-am-not-a-robot-clickfix-attacks/
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AI-Driven Social Engineering Top Cyber Threat for 2026, ISACA Survey Reveals
Only one in ten IT and cybersecurity professionals feels “very prepared” to manage generative AI risks First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ai-social-engineering-top-cyber/
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North Korean threat actors turn blockchains into malware delivery servers
Used in North Korean fake recruitment campaigns: As opposed to other nation-state actors, North Korean APT groups are known to conduct cybercriminal activity in addition to cyberespionage, because their goal includes gathering funds for the regime.One way they do this is by stealing cryptocurrency from companies and individuals. Between 2017 and 2023, it is estimated…
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North Korean threat actors turn blockchains into malware delivery servers
Used in North Korean fake recruitment campaigns: As opposed to other nation-state actors, North Korean APT groups are known to conduct cybercriminal activity in addition to cyberespionage, because their goal includes gathering funds for the regime.One way they do this is by stealing cryptocurrency from companies and individuals. Between 2017 and 2023, it is estimated…
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New Tech Support Scam Exploits Microsoft Logo to Steal User Credentials
Microsoft’s name and branding have long been associated with trust in computing, security, and innovation. Yet a newly uncovered campaign by the Cofense Phishing Defense Center demonstrates that even the most recognized logos can be hijacked by threat actors to exploit user trust. By blending classic social engineering tactics with advanced deceptive overlays, this scam…
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CISOs brace for an “AI vs. AI” fight
Tags: ai, attack, automation, awareness, ciso, computer, conference, cyber, data, defense, detection, email, exploit, extortion, india, psychology, ransomware, social-engineering, technology, theft, threat, training, vulnerabilityCSO reporting paints an unsettling picture of what’s already happening. Autonomous AI agents are learning to execute full attack chains, from reconnaissance and exploitation to evasion and data theft, without human direction. Researchers have documented AI models used to generate extortion emails, launch ransomware, and discover new vulnerabilities in minutes. As one expert put it, attackers…
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TigerJack’s malicious VSCode extensions mine, steal, and stay hidden
Coordinated multi-account operation: Koi researchers found 11 extensions across multiple accounts, making it a coordinated operation.”This multi-account strategy provides redundancy when one account gets flagged, creates the illusion of independent developers, and demonstrates professional-level social engineering: GitHub repositories for credibility, consistent branding across extensions, detailed feature lists, professional marketplace presentations, and strategic naming that mimics…
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TigerJack’s malicious VSCode extensions mine, steal, and stay hidden
Coordinated multi-account operation: Koi researchers found 11 extensions across multiple accounts, making it a coordinated operation.”This multi-account strategy provides redundancy when one account gets flagged, creates the illusion of independent developers, and demonstrates professional-level social engineering: GitHub repositories for credibility, consistent branding across extensions, detailed feature lists, professional marketplace presentations, and strategic naming that mimics…
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TigerJack’s malicious VSCode extensions mine, steal, and stay hidden
Coordinated multi-account operation: Koi researchers found 11 extensions across multiple accounts, making it a coordinated operation.”This multi-account strategy provides redundancy when one account gets flagged, creates the illusion of independent developers, and demonstrates professional-level social engineering: GitHub repositories for credibility, consistent branding across extensions, detailed feature lists, professional marketplace presentations, and strategic naming that mimics…
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Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters extortion site goes dark: What’s next?
Tags: access, attack, backup, breach, business, cyber, cybercrime, data, data-breach, extortion, group, infrastructure, intelligence, leak, lockbit, ransom, ransomware, risk, russia, social-engineering, software, supply-chain, technology, threatTakedowns only slow activity: According to Jeremy Kirk, executive editor for cyber threat intelligence at research company Intel 471, police have been closing in on the individual groups represented in Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters for more than three years. This included arresting alleged members. Whether this damaged the group in the long run remained to be…
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Meet Varonis Interceptor: AI-Native Email Security
AI-generated phishing and social engineering attacks outpace traditional email defenses. Varonis’ new Interceptor platform uses multimodal AI, vision, language, and behavior models, to detect zero-hour attacks and stop them before they reach users. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/meet-varonis-interceptor-ai-native-email-security/
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Meet Varonis Interceptor: AI-Native Email Security
AI-generated phishing and social engineering attacks outpace traditional email defenses. Varonis’ new Interceptor platform uses multimodal AI, vision, language, and behavior models, to detect zero-hour attacks and stop them before they reach users. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/meet-varonis-interceptor-ai-native-email-security/
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Meet Varonis Interceptor: AI-Native Email Security
AI-generated phishing and social engineering attacks outpace traditional email defenses. Varonis’ new Interceptor platform uses multimodal AI, vision, language, and behavior models, to detect zero-hour attacks and stop them before they reach users. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/meet-varonis-interceptor-ai-native-email-security/
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North Korean Hackers Target Developers with 338 Malicious Software Packages
Tags: attack, blockchain, control, crypto, cyber, endpoint, hacker, malicious, north-korea, social-engineering, software, supply-chain, threatNorth Korean threat actors have escalated their Contagious Interview campaign, deploying 338 malicious npm packages with over 50,000 downloads to target cryptocurrency and blockchain developers through sophisticated social engineering tactics. The state-sponsored operation represents a significant evolution in supply chain attacks, utilizing more than 180 fake personas and a dozen command and control endpoints to…
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Microsoft Locks Down IE Mode After Hackers Turned Legacy Feature Into Backdoor
Tags: access, backdoor, exploit, hacker, Internet, microsoft, social-engineering, threat, unauthorizedMicrosoft said it has revamped the Internet Explorer (IE) mode in its Edge browser after receiving “credible reports” in August 2025 that unknown threat actors were abusing the backward compatibility feature to gain unauthorized access to users’ devices.”Threat actors were leveraging basic social engineering techniques alongside unpatched (0-day) exploits in Internet Explorer’s JavaScript First seen…
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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…