Tag: social-engineering
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: CISA Analyzes Malware Used in SharePoint Attacks, as U.K. Boosts Cyber Assessment Framework
Tags: access, advisory, ai, attack, authentication, automation, backup, breach, china, cisa, cloud, computer, credentials, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, docker, exploit, framework, github, google, government, grc, group, guide, hacker, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, iot, ISO-27001, jobs, kubernetes, malicious, malware, mfa, microsoft, mitigation, monitoring, network, nist, open-source, password, programming, ransomware, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, social-engineering, software, startup, strategy, supply-chain, tactics, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, zero-dayCheck out what CISA found after it dissected malware from the latest SharePoint hacks. Plus, the U.K.’s cyber agency is overhauling its cyber framework to keep pace as threats escalate. In addition, Google is warning that cloud attacks are getting dangerously sophisticated. And get the latest on CISA’s new malware analysis platform and its report…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: CISA Analyzes Malware Used in SharePoint Attacks, as U.K. Boosts Cyber Assessment Framework
Tags: access, advisory, ai, attack, authentication, automation, backup, breach, china, cisa, cloud, computer, credentials, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, docker, exploit, framework, github, google, government, grc, group, guide, hacker, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, iot, ISO-27001, jobs, kubernetes, malicious, malware, mfa, microsoft, mitigation, monitoring, network, nist, open-source, password, programming, ransomware, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, social-engineering, software, startup, strategy, supply-chain, tactics, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, zero-dayCheck out what CISA found after it dissected malware from the latest SharePoint hacks. Plus, the U.K.’s cyber agency is overhauling its cyber framework to keep pace as threats escalate. In addition, Google is warning that cloud attacks are getting dangerously sophisticated. And get the latest on CISA’s new malware analysis platform and its report…
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From fake CAPTCHAs to RATs: Inside 2025’s cyber deception threat trends
Cybercriminals are getting better at lying. That’s the takeaway from a new LevelBlue report, which outlines how attackers are using social engineering and legitimate tools to … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/08/08/cyber-deception-threat-trends-2025/
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Social-Engineering ist Haupteinfallstor in 2025
Die neue Social-Engineering-Edition des 2025-Global-Incident-Response-Report von Unit 42 zeigt: Social-Engineering ist 2025 das häufigste Einfallstor für Cyberangriffe. In mehr als einem Drittel der über 700 analysierten Fälle weltweit nutzten Angreifer Social-Engineering als Einstieg, also den gezielten Versuch, Menschen durch Täuschung zu bestimmten Handlungen zu verleiten und so Sicherheitskontrollen zu umgehen. Die zentralen Erkenntnisse auf einen…
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Here’s how deepfake vishing attacks work, and why they can be hard to detect
Why AI-based voice cloning is the next frontier social-engineering attacks. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2025/08/heres-how-deepfake-vishing-attacks-work-and-why-they-can-be-hard-to-detect/
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Here’s how deepfake vishing attacks work, and why they can be hard to detect
Why AI-based voice cloning is the next frontier social-engineering attacks. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2025/08/heres-how-deepfake-vishing-attacks-work-and-why-they-can-be-hard-to-detect/
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ShinyHunters Target Chanel in Salesforce Linked Data Breach
ShinyHunters breached Chanel’s US client database via Salesforce-linked access, exposing limited customer details through social engineering tactics. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/shinyhunters-target-chanel-salesforce-data-breach/
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ShinyHunters Target Chanel in Salesforce Linked Data Breach
ShinyHunters breached Chanel’s US client database via Salesforce-linked access, exposing limited customer details through social engineering tactics. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/shinyhunters-target-chanel-salesforce-data-breach/
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6 ways hackers hide their tracks
Tags: access, ai, antivirus, api, attack, backdoor, breach, captcha, ceo, computer, control, credentials, crypto, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, email, endpoint, exploit, github, hacker, injection, intelligence, jobs, law, linux, LLM, login, malicious, malware, monitoring, network, open-source, openai, phishing, programming, RedTeam, resilience, reverse-engineering, risk, rust, service, social-engineering, software, supply-chain, threat, tool, virus, windowsBackdoors in legitimate software libraries: In April 2024, it was revealed that the XZ Utils library had been covertly backdoored as part of years-long supply-chain compromise effort. The widely used data compression library that ships as a part of major Linux distributions had malicious code inserted into it by a trusted maintainer.Over the last decade,…
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Datenpanne bei Google: ShinyHunters hat zugeschlagen
Google-Leak aufgedeckt: ShinyHunters dringt mit Social Engineering und OAuth-Missbrauch in Salesforce-Daten für KMUs ein. First seen on tarnkappe.info Jump to article: tarnkappe.info/artikel/it-sicherheit/datenpanne-bei-google-shinyhunters-hat-zugeschlagen-319227.html
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Hackers Exploit Social Engineering to Gain Remote Access in Just 5 Minutes
Tags: access, attack, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, group, hacker, incident response, social-engineering, threatCybersecurity experts are raising alarms over a sophisticated social engineering attack that allowed threat actors to compromise corporate systems in under five minutes, according to a recent incident response investigation by NCC Group’s Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) team. The attack began with threat actors impersonating legitimate IT support personnel, targeting approximately twenty employees…
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Google’s Salesforce Environment Compromised User Information Exfiltrated
Google has confirmed that one of its corporate Salesforce instances was breached in June by sophisticated threat actors, resulting in the theft of contact information for small and medium businesses. The incident highlights the growing threat of voice phishing attacks targeting enterprise cloud environments and demonstrates how social engineering tactics continue to evolve in sophistication…
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Social Engineering Attacks Surge in 2025, Becoming Top Cybersecurity Threat
Social engineering attacks made up 36% of intrusions from May 2024 to May 2025, surpassing malware and exploits as the top breach method. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-social-engineering-top-cyber-threat-2025/
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Chollima APT Group Targets Job Seekers and Organizations with JavaScript-Based Malware
Tags: apt, cyber, espionage, group, jobs, malware, north-korea, programming, social-engineering, software, threatThe North Korean-linked Chollima advanced persistent threat (APT) group, also known as Famous Chollima, has been orchestrating a persistent cyber espionage campaign since at least December 2022, primarily targeting job seekers in the software development and IT sectors to infiltrate a wide array of United States-based organizations. This operation leverages intricate social engineering techniques, where…
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Ransomware goes cloud native to target your backup infrastructure
Tags: access, api, authentication, backup, cloud, container, control, credentials, cybercrime, data, defense, exploit, google, group, identity, infrastructure, least-privilege, linkedin, linux, malicious, malware, mfa, north-korea, ransomware, social-engineering, strategy, threat, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementCredential compromise and misconfiguration woes: More sophisticated threat groups have developed social engineering techniques to the point where they reliably trick targets into helping them to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) controls before ransacking compromised cloud-hosted environments.For example, threat actors are using compromised OAuth tokens to bypass MFA and inject malicious code into developer ecosystems via…
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Ransomware attacks: The evolving extortion threat to US financial institutions
Tags: access, ai, antivirus, attack, backup, banking, breach, business, cloud, communications, compliance, control, credentials, crime, crimes, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, ddos, defense, detection, edr, email, encryption, endpoint, extortion, finance, firewall, governance, group, identity, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, intelligence, international, korea, law, leak, least-privilege, lessons-learned, linkedin, linux, lockbit, login, malicious, mfa, monitoring, network, north-korea, organized, phishing, ransom, ransomware, resilience, risk, rust, service, soc, social-engineering, software, startup, strategy, supply-chain, tactics, theft, threat, tool, training, update, usa, vmware, vulnerability, warfare, windows, zero-trustBefore sunrise on a chilly November morning, I got the kind of call no security leader ever wants. A mid-sized U.S. bank had been hit overnight hard. Customers couldn’t access their accounts, ATMs were non-functional and every screen in the company’s environment glowed with the same ominous message: their systems were encrypted, and data had…
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A new era of cyberthreats from sophisticated threat actors is here
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, backdoor, china, cisa, cloud, communications, control, credentials, crowdstrike, data, data-breach, detection, edr, encryption, endpoint, exploit, group, identity, intelligence, Internet, kev, linux, network, password, phishing, ransomware, remote-code-execution, service, siem, social-engineering, tactics, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, windows, zero-dayIdentity threats: Scattered Spider: Identity-oriented adversaries exploit human weaknesses to leverage compromised credentials obtained through social engineering and AI-based tools to gain access to networks.Voice-based phishing is one identity-based attack tool rising in prominence, having increased in use by 443% last year, according to Myers. “This is on track to double by the end of…
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Social engineering attacks surged this past year, Palo Alto Networks report finds
Unit 42 said social engineering, the method of choice for groups as diverse as Scattered Spider and North Korean tech workers, was the top initial attack vector over the past year. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/social-engineering-top-attack-vector-unit-42/
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Hackers Exploit Microsoft 365’s Direct Send Feature for Internal Phishing Attacks
Threat actors are leveraging Microsoft 365’s Direct Send feature to launch sophisticated phishing campaigns that mimic internal organizational emails, eroding trust and heightening the success rate of social engineering exploits. This feature, designed for unauthenticated relaying of messages from devices like multifunction printers and legacy applications to internal recipients, allows external attackers to spoof sender…
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Scattered Spider: Social Engineering erfolgreich wegen Drittanbietersoftware
Tags: social-engineeringFirst seen on datensicherheit.de Jump to article: www.datensicherheit.de/scattered-spider-social-engineering-drittanbietersoftware
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Scattered Spider: Social Engineering erfolgreich wegen Drittsoftware
Tags: social-engineeringDie Herausforderung für Sicherheitsteam ist, dass sich Unternehmen zu oft auf Drittanbieter verlassen, um wichtige Sicherheitsfunktionen wie Identitäts- und Zugriffskontrolle bereitzustellen. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/scattered-spider-social-engineering-erfolgreich-wegen-drittsoftware/a41564/
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Inside a Real Clickfix Attack: How This Social Engineering Hack Unfolds
ClickFix abuses clipboards. FileFix hijacks File Explorer. Both social engineering attacks start in the browser”, and end in malware. See how Keep Aware stops these stealthy attacks before they break out of the browser in a run down of a real attack. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/inside-a-real-clickfix-attack-how-this-social-engineering-hack-unfolds/
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N. Korean Hackers Used Job Lures, Cloud Account Access, and Malware to Steal Millions in Crypto
The North Korea-linked threat actor known as UNC4899 has been attributed to attacks targeting two different organizations by approaching their employees via LinkedIn and Telegram.”Under the guise of freelance opportunities for software development work, UNC4899 leveraged social engineering techniques to successfully convince the targeted employees to execute malicious Docker containers in their First seen on…
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Warum Lösegeldzahlungen Unternehmen noch verwundbarer machen
Ein Ransomware-Angriff ist längst kein isoliertes Ereignis mehr, sondern ein hochdynamischer Prozess. Die Bedrohungslage hat sich in den letzten Jahren schnell verändert. Während Systeme ausfallen und der wirtschaftliche Schaden mit jeder Stunde wächst, setzen Angreifer immer raffiniertere Social-Engineering-Methoden ein, um maximalen psychologischen Druck aufzubauen. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/ransomware-warum-loesegeldzahlungen-unternehmen-noch-verwundbarer-machen/a41558/
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GenAI als Security-Gamechanger?
Tags: ai, ciso, cloud, compliance, cve, cyber, cyberattack, cyersecurity, data, deep-fake, governance, hacker, LLM, mail, malware, mobile, phishing, risk, social-engineering, threat, tool, vulnerabilityFür CISOs bietet generative KI nicht nur eine bloße Arbeitserleichterung, sondern zahlreiche neue Möglichkeiten für die Cybersicherheit.Durch den Einsatz von GenAI ergeben sich für CISOs neue Chancen, da bewährte Verteidigungsmethoden immer mehr an ihre Grenzen stoßen. Doch auch Cyberkriminelle haben längst die Möglichkeiten erkannt, damit ihre Angriffe zu verstärken. Dies hat bereits jetzt zu einem…
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Tangled in the web: Scattered Spider’s tactics changing to snare more victims
Tags: access, attack, authentication, awareness, business, cisa, control, credentials, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, google, group, guide, identity, marketplace, mfa, microsoft, mitigation, monitoring, network, nist, password, phishing, phone, social-engineering, software, spear-phishing, tactics, threat, tool, training, vpn-helpdesk or a type of SSO to add credibility.In some instances, Scattered Spider members purchase employee or contractor credentials on illicit marketplaces to gain access. More commonly, they search business-to-business websites to gather information about specific individuals. Once they identify usernames, passwords, personally identifiable information (PII), and conduct SIM swapping (transferring a victim’s phone number…
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Google Cloud Security Threat Horizons Report #12 Is Out!
Tags: access, ai, apt, attack, backup, business, cloud, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, exploit, finance, google, group, identity, incident response, intelligence, malicious, mfa, ransomware, service, social-engineering, theft, threat, unauthorized, vulnerabilityThis is my completely informal, uncertified, unreviewed and otherwise completely unofficial blog inspired by my reading of our next Threat Horizons Report, #12 (full version) that we just released (the official blog for #1 report, my unofficial blogs for #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10 and #11). My favorite quotes from the report…
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Scattered Spider tactics continue to evolve, warn cyber cops
CISA, the FBI, NCSC and others have clubbed together to update previous guidance on Scattered Spider’s playbook, warning of new social engineering tactics and exploitation of legitimate tools, among other things. First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366628069/Scattered-Spider-tactics-continue-to-evolve-warn-cyber-cops