Tag: social-engineering
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Bogus npm Packages Used to Trick Software Developers into Installing Malware
An ongoing social engineering campaign is targeting software developers with bogus npm packages under the guise of a job interview to trick them into … First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article: thehackernews.com/2024/04/bogus-npm-packages-used-to-trick.html
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APT42 Hackers Posing As Event Organizers To Hijack Victim Network
APT42, a group linked to the Iranian government, is using social engineering tactics such as impersonating journalists and event organizers to trick N… First seen on gbhackers.com Jump to article: gbhackers.com/apt42-event-hijack-network/
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Verizon DBIR: Basic Security Gaffes Underpin Bumper Crop of Breaches
MOVEit drove a big chunk of the increase, but human vulnerability to social engineering and failure to patch known bugs led to a doubling of breaches … First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/verizon-dbir-basic-security-gaffes-underpin-bumper-crop-of-breaches
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Iranian hackers pose as journalists to push backdoor malware
The Iranian state-backed threat actor tracked as APT42 is employing social engineering attacks, including posing as journalists, to breach corporate n… First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/iranian-hackers-pose-as-journalists-to-push-backdoor-malware/
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68% of Data Breach Occurs Due to Social Engineering Attacks
In the latest edition of Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) for 2024, a concerning trend has been highlighted, a significant 68% of da… First seen on gbhackers.com Jump to article: gbhackers.com/data-breach-occurs/
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U.S. Govt Warns of Massive Social Engineering Attack from North Korean Hackers
The United States government has issued a stark warning about a new wave of social engineering attacks orchestrated by North Korean hackers. The Depar… First seen on gbhackers.com Jump to article: gbhackers.com/u-s-govt-warns/
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AI-driven phishing attacks deceive even the most aware users
Vishing and deepfake phishing attacks are on the rise as attackers leverage GenAI to amplify social engineering tactics, according to Zscaler. AI auto… First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/05/02/genai-phishing-attacks-rise/
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Pyongyang Hackers Deploy Backdoors Via Fake Job Interviews
North Korean Prediliction for Elaborate Social Engineering Attacks Strikes Again. Likely North Korean threat actors are using fake job interviews to t… First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/pyongyang-hackers-deploy-backdoors-via-fake-job-interviews-a-24966
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Open Source Groups Warn of Social Engineering Backdoors
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GenAI can enhance security awareness training
One of the biggest concerns over generative AI is its ability to manipulate us, which makes it ideal for orchestrating social engineering attacks. Fro… First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/04/24/genai-security-awareness-training/
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Cisco Duo’s Multifactor Authentication Service Breached
A third-party telephony service provider for Cisco Duo falls prey to social engineering, and the company advises customer vigilance against subsequent… First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/cisco-duo-multifactor-authentication-service-breached
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OpenSSF Warns of Fake Maintainers Targeting JavaScript Projects
Alarming social engineering attacks target critical open-source projects! Learn how to protect your project and the open-source community from takeove… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: www.hackread.com/openssf-fake-maintainers-target-javascript-projects/
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How to make your web apps resistant to social engineering
Tags: social-engineeringThere are things that you can do to make your web apps more resistant to social engineering. Learn more from Outpost24 on securing your web applicatio… First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/how-to-make-your-web-apps-resistant-to-social-engineering/
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Cisco Duo Says Hack at Telephony Supplier Exposed MFA SMS Logs
Cisco Duo warns that breach exposed phone numbers, phone carriers, metadata and other logs that could lead to downstream social engineering attacks. T… First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/cisco-duo-says-hack-at-telephony-supplier-exposed-mfa-sms-logs/
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After XZ Utils, More Open-Source Maintainers Under Attack
Fresh Social Engineering Attacks Resemble Tactics Used Against XZ Utils Maintainer. Major open-source software projects are warning that more pieces o… First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/after-xz-utils-more-open-source-maintainers-under-attack-a-24870
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Health sector help desks duped by social engineering scams, HHS warns
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Healthcare IT Help Desk Employees Targeted in Payment-Hijacking Attacks
The US Department of Health warns of financially motivated social engineering attacks targeting healthcare organizations. The post epartment of Health… First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/healthcare-it-help-desk-employees-targeted-in-payment-hijacking-attacks/
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US Health Dept warns hospitals of hackers targeting IT help desks
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warns that hackers are now using social engineering tactics to target IT help desks across the … First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-health-dept-warns-hospitals-of-hackers-targeting-it-help-desks/
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Police Probe Honeytrap Sexting Scam Targeting British MPs
Warning: Low-Tech, Deceptive Social Engineering Attacks Remain Difficult to Detect. British police are investigating attempts to target Members of Par… First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/police-probe-honeytrap-sexting-scam-targeting-british-mps-a-24800
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On Point: The New Impersonation-Social Engineering Attacks
How AI and Deepfakes Make Impersonation Attacks Stronger – and How to Stop Them Industrious attackers are using cutting-edge deepfake and AI technolog… First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/blogs/on-point-new-impersonation-social-engineering-attacks-p-3595
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‘PhantomBlu’ Cyberattackers Backdoor Microsoft Office Users via OLE
The cyber campaign uses social engineering and sophisticated evasion tactics, including a novel malware-delivery method, to compromise hundreds of Mic… First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/phantomblu-cyberattackers-backdoor-microsoft-office-users-ole
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The Rise of Social Engineering Fraud in Business Email Compromise
First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/the-rise-of-social-engineering-fraud-in-business-email-compromise
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95% believe LLMs making phishing detection more challenging
More than 95% of responding IT and security professionals believe social engineering attacks have become more sophisticated in the last year, accordin… First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/03/04/social-engineering-phishing-attacks/
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Scattered Spider: Advanced Techniques for Launching High-Profile Attacks
Scattered Spider is a threat group responsible for attacking several organizations since May 2022 by using techniques like social engineering, ransomw… First seen on gbhackers.com Jump to article: gbhackers.com/scattered-spider-attacks/
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Clean links and sophisticated scams mark new era in email attacks
Analysis of 7 billion emails shows clean links are duping users, malicious EML attachments increased 10-fold in Q4, and social engineering attacks are… First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/02/20/eml-attachments/
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Malware Response Checklist
Whether an infection is the result of a disgruntled employee, hardware vulnerability, software-based threat, social engineering penetration, robotic a… First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/resource-library/toolstemplates/malware-response-checklist/
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New ‘Gold Pickaxe’ Android, iOS malware steals your face for fraud
A new iOS and Android trojan named ‘GoldPickaxe’ employs a social engineering scheme to trick victims into scanning their faces and ID documents, whic… First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-gold-pickaxe-android-ios-malware-steals-your-face-for-fraud/
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Microsoft, OpenAI warn nation-state hackers are abusing LLMs
Microsoft and OpenAI observed five nation-state threat groups leveraging generative AI and large language models for social engineering, vulnerability… First seen on techtarget.com Jump to article: www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/366569937/Microsoft-OpenAI-warn-nation-state-hackers-are-abusing-LLMs
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SentinelOne untersucht die neue Kimsuky Social-Engineering-Kampagne
Tags: social-engineeringSentinelLabs beobachtet weiterhin sehr genau die Aktivitäten der Bedrohungsakteure. Die bisherigen Erkenntnisse verdeutlichen das anhaltende Bedrohung… First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/sentinelone-untersucht-die-neue-kimsuky-social-engineering-kampagne/a34535/
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secIT 2024: Dreiste Social-Engineering-Maschen live miterleben
Tags: social-engineeringFirst seen on heise.de Jump to article: heise.de/news/secIT-2024-Dreiste-Social-Engineering-Maschen-live-miterleben-9618970.html