Tag: social-engineering
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Researchers warn threat actors in UK retail attacks are targeting US sector
Google Threat Intelligence researchers say the hackers behind intrusions at multiple British retailers are launching similar social engineering attacks against American companies.; First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/threat-actors-uk-retail-attacks-targeting-us/748198/
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Coinbase suffers data breach, gets extorted (but won’t pay)
Cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase has suffered a breach, which resulted in attackers acquiring customers’ data that can help them mount social engineering … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/05/15/coinbase-suffers-data-breach-gets-extorted/
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Sicherheitsbewusstsein sollte angesichts zunehmender Cyberbedrohungen in Europa geschärft werden
Die weltweit renommierte Cybersicherheitsplattform KnowBe4, die sich umfassend mit Human-Risk-Management befasst, hat heute ihren ‘Phishing by Industry Benchmarking Report 2025″ veröffentlicht. Der Bericht misst den ‘Phish-Prone-Percentage” (PPP) einer Organisation, also den Prozentsatz der Mitarbeiter, die wahrscheinlich auf Social-Engineering- oder Phishing-Angriffe hereinfallen, und gibt damit Aufschluss über deren allgemeine Anfälligkeit für Phishing-Bedrohungen. Der diesjährige Bericht ergab…
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Swan Vector APT Targets Organizations with Malicious LNK and DLL Implants
A newly identified advanced persistent threat (APT) campaign, dubbed >>Swan Vector
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Deepfake Defense in the Age of AI
The cybersecurity landscape has been dramatically reshaped by the advent of generative AI. Attackers now leverage large language models (LLMs) to impersonate trusted individuals and automate these social engineering tactics at scale. Let’s review the status of these rising attacks, what’s fueling them, and how to actually prevent, not detect, them. The Most Powerful Person…
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Detecting Remote Monitoring and Management Tools Used by Attackers
Tags: access, browser, chrome, cloud, control, credentials, data, detection, endpoint, exploit, identity, intelligence, ivanti, microsoft, monitoring, network, open-source, risk, saas, service, social-engineering, software, strategy, theft, threat, tool, unauthorized, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, windowsFollowing up on last year’s LOLDriver plugin, Tenable Research is releasing detection plugins for the top Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) tools that attackers have been more frequently leveraging in victim environments. Background In August 2024, Tenable Research released a detection plugin for Nessus, Tenable Security Center and Tenable Vulnerability Management to help customers identify…
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Scattered Spider Malware Targets Klaviyo, HubSpot, and Pure Storage Platforms
Silent Push researchers have identified that the notorious hacker collective Scattered Spider, also known as UNC3944 or Octo Tempest, continues to actively target prominent services in 2025, including Klaviyo, HubSpot, and Pure Storage. This group, active since at least 2022, has built a reputation for executing sophisticated social engineering attacks to harvest usernames, login credentials,…
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Threat Actors Leverage Multimedia Systems in Stealthy Vishing Attacks
Threat actors have begun exploiting multimedia systems as a pivotal component of their voice phishing (vishing) attacks. Unlike traditional vishing schemes that rely solely on spoofed phone numbers and social engineering tactics, these advanced operations integrate compromised multimedia platforms, such as VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) systems and streaming services, to orchestrate highly convincing and…
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The many variants of the ClickFix social engineering tactic
As new malware delivery campaigns using the ClickFix social engineering tactic are spotted nearly every month, it’s interesting to see how the various attackers are … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/05/08/clickfix-social-engineering-tactic-variants/
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Protect Yourself From Cyber’s Costliest Threat: Social Engineering
Today, it is safe to say that social engineering has become the most dangerous and costly form of cybercrime that businesses face. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/05/protect-yourself-from-cybers-costliest-threat-social-engineering/
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Phishing-Resistant MFA: Why FIDO is Essential
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, breach, business, cloud, compliance, credentials, cryptography, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, dora, encryption, exploit, fido, framework, GDPR, Hardware, iam, identity, ISO-27001, malicious, mfa, mobile, network, nist, passkey, password, phishing, phone, ransomware, regulation, risk, service, social-engineering, software, strategy, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, unauthorizedPhishing-Resistant MFA: Why FIDO is Essential madhav Thu, 05/08/2025 – 04:47 Phishing attacks are one of the most pervasive and insidious threats, with businesses facing increasingly sophisticated and convincing attacks that exploit human error. Traditional Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), while a step up from password-only security, is no longer enough to fight modern phishing schemes. Today’s…
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Russian Hackers Using ClickFix Fake CAPTCHA to Deploy New LOSTKEYS Malware
The Russia-linked threat actor known as COLDRIVER has been observed distributing a new malware called LOSTKEYS as part of an espionage-focused campaign using ClickFix-like social engineering lures.”LOSTKEYS is capable of stealing files from a hard-coded list of extensions and directories, along with sending system information and running processes to the attacker,” the Google Threat First…
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‘Eine Krisensituation erfordert klare Entscheidungen”
Tags: ai, awareness, ciso, cyersecurity, group, incident response, nis-2, phishing, risk, risk-management, social-engineering, training, vulnerabilityVolker Buß, CISO bei der Merck Group: “Das Wichtigste bei einem Cybervorfall ist, Ruhe zu bewahren.” Merck GroupDie Merck Gruppe beschäftigt weltweit rund 63.000 Mitarbeiter. Wie behalten Sie den Überblick in Sachen Cybersicherheit?Buß: Zum Glück haben wir ein sehr engagiertes Team, das in alle Richtungen den Überblick behält. Unser Security Operations Center bildet dabei das…
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Retail Sector in Scattered Spider Crosshairs
Don’t Fall for Easy Social Engineering Traps, Advises Mandiant. The teenage hackers behind Scattered Spider tend to launch attacks in waves against specific sectors – and it may be the retail sector’s turn. High street British mainstays Marks & Spencer, Co-op and Harrods have all felt a wave of incidents. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Over 2,800 Hacked Websites Targeting MacOS Users with AMOS Stealer Malware
Tags: apple, blockchain, crypto, cyber, cybersecurity, macOS, malware, password, social-engineering, technologyCybersecurity researcher has uncovered a massive malware campaign targeting MacOS users through approximately 2,800 compromised websites. The operation, dubbed >>MacReaper,
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Hackers Exploit Fake Chrome Error Pages to Deploy Malicious Scripts on Windows Users
Hackers are leveraging a sophisticated social engineering technique dubbed >>ClickFix>fix
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How cybercriminals exploit psychological triggers in social engineering attacks
Most attacks don’t start with malware; they begin with a message that seems completely normal, whether it comes through email, a phone call, or a chat, and that is exactly … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/05/06/social-engineering-human-behavior/
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Fake resumes targeting HR managers now come with updated backdoor
Tags: attack, awareness, backdoor, best-practice, ciso, control, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, email, endpoint, espionage, exploit, government, infection, infrastructure, intelligence, jobs, linkedin, malicious, microsoft, mitigation, network, password, phishing, radius, scam, soc, social-engineering, spear-phishing, theft, threat, windows%temp%\ieuinit.inf and writes obfuscated commands to it, including a Windows batch file.When this code is executed, Microsoft WordPad is automatically launched in a ploy to distract the user, who is meant to believe the promised resumé is being opened. The batch script will then covertly launch the legitimate Windows utility %windir%\system32\ie4uinit.exe, which in turn executes the commands from…
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LUMMAC.V2 Stealer Uses ClickFix Technique to Deceive Users into Executing Malicious Commands
The LUMMAC.V2 infostealer malware, also known as Lumma or Lummastealer, has emerged as a significant threat, employing the cunning >>ClickFix
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12 most innovative launches at RSA 2025
Tags: ai, attack, awareness, ciso, cloud, communications, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, detection, email, endpoint, finance, framework, governance, healthcare, identity, insurance, intelligence, login, malicious, network, nist, open-source, openai, phishing, privacy, RedTeam, resilience, risk, risk-analysis, risk-management, saas, service, siem, social-engineering, tactics, threat, tool, training, update, zero-day, zero-trustAuditBoard: AI governance solution: AuditBoard announced its AI governance solution, designed to help organizations accelerate AI risk management and promote responsible AI adoption. The solution is designed to streamline AI use case intake, review, and approval processes, establish a centralized repository for approved AI models, and dynamically link AI risks to vendors, assets, and controls…
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Threat Actors Attacking U.S. Citizens Via Social Engineering Attack
Tags: attack, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, email, exploit, malicious, phishing, social-engineering, tactics, threatAs Tax Day on April 15 approaches, a alarming cybersecurity threat has emerged targeting U.S. citizens, according to a detailed report from Seqrite Labs. Security researchers have uncovered a malicious campaign exploiting the tax season through sophisticated social engineering tactics, primarily phishing attacks. These cybercriminals are deploying deceptive emails and malicious attachments to steal sensitive…
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Was ist Vishing?
Tags: social-engineeringVishing ist eine Form des Social-Engineerings, bei der Angreifer versuchen, sensible Informationen telefonisch zu erlangen. Der Begriff setzt sich aus ‘Voice” (Stimme) und ‘Phishing” zusammen. Beim Vishing nutzen Betrüger das Telefon als Angriffsvektor. Sie geben sich beispielsweise als Bankmitarbeiter, IT-Support oder Behördensprecher aus und täuschen Dringlichkeit oder Autorität vor, um ihr Ziel zur Herausgabe vertraulicher Daten…
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Doppel Secures $35M Series B to Expand AI-Powered Social Engineering Defense Platform
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/doppel-secures-35m-series-b-to-expand-ai-powered-social-engineering-defense-platform
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Strategien für eine sichere digitale Zukunft von der RSA
Tags: ai, ciso, conference, cyberattack, cyersecurity, google, governance, government, malware, openai, phishing, resilience, risk, social-engineering, threat, tool, vulnerabilityAuf der RSA Conference wurden zentrale Strategien diskutiert, wie Unternehmen KI sicher und wirkungsvoll einsetzen können.Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) wird künftig eine noch größere Rolle für CISOs spielen. Angesichts Herausforderungen wie dem Fachkräftemangel nutzen viele Unternehmen bereits KI in der Cybersicherheit. Deren sicherer und strategischer Einsatz ist jedoch komplex. Die RSA Conference in San Francisco bot…
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Microsoft sets all new accounts passwordless by default
Microsoft announced that all new accounts will be >>passwordless by default>passwordless by default,>As part of this simplified UX, we’re changing the default behavior for new accounts. Brand new Microsoft […] First seen on securityaffairs.com Jump to article: securityaffairs.com/177339/security/microsoft-sets-all-new-accounts-passwordless-by-default.html
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10 insights on the state of AI security from RSA Conference
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, awareness, chatgpt, ciso, conference, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, endpoint, exploit, framework, google, government, intelligence, malicious, malware, penetration-testing, phishing, resilience, risk, skills, social-engineering, strategy, threat, tool, vulnerability -
Cyberkriminelle und staatliche Akteure Engineering-Kampagne ClickFix findet immer mehr Opfer
Tags: social-engineeringFirst seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/social-engineering-angriffswelle-clickfix-a-0f1d35d5c67d7e064b5bc9f74f6de5de/
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The state of intrusions: Stolen credentials and perimeter exploits on the rise, as phishing wanes
Tags: access, apt, attack, authentication, awareness, backdoor, breach, business, china, cloud, control, corporate, credentials, crypto, cyber, cyberespionage, cybersecurity, data, email, espionage, exploit, extortion, finance, fraud, group, Hardware, incident response, infection, ivanti, jobs, law, lockbit, malicious, malware, mandiant, mfa, middle-east, mobile, network, north-korea, oracle, password, phishing, ransom, ransomware, RedTeam, russia, social-engineering, software, theft, threat, tool, trainingFinancial gains, data theft, dwell time: Of the intrusions Mandiant investigated in 2024, 35% were financially motivated, with ransomware alone representing 21% of all intrusions, according to the company’s data.Financial gains were realized via data theft for the purpose of extortion, cryptomining, cryptocurrency theft, business email compromise, and cases in which attackers monetized their access…
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Cybercriminals switch up their top initial access vectors of choice
Tags: access, ai, attack, awareness, breach, ciso, credentials, cyberattack, cybercrime, cyberespionage, cybersecurity, data, defense, email, espionage, healthcare, leak, login, malicious, malware, password, phishing, ransom, ransomware, risk, social-engineering, supply-chain, switch, tactics, training, update, vulnerabilityRansomware fiends target smaller businesses: The percentage of breaches involving third parties doubled to 30%, highlighting the risks associated with supply chain and partner ecosystems.The prevalence of ransomware attacks also increased, turning up as a factor in 44% of analyzed breaches (compared to 37% in 2024). Ransomware had a disproportionate impact of on small and…
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North Korean Hackers Use Russian IP Infrastructure
Tags: breach, crypto, hacker, infrastructure, Internet, jobs, north-korea, russia, scam, social-engineeringVoid Dokkaebi Campaigns Using Russia for Cryptocurrency Theft. North Korean hackers look north toward Russia for the internet infrastructure behind the many online scams that Pyongyang has built to funnel stolen cash into the rouge nation. Void Dokkaebi hackers participate in the North Korean scam of social engineering IT job seekers. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…