Tag: social-engineering
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KI-Malware ist keine Theorie mehr
Tags: access, ai, antivirus, api, control, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, exploit, github, google, group, hacker, intelligence, LLM, malware, ransomware, RedTeam, service, skills, social-engineering, software, threat, tool, vulnerabilityKI boomt auch unter Cyberkriminellen. Die ersten operativen Ergebnisse dieses Trends beleuchten Google-Sicherheitsforscher in einem aktuellen Report.Was lange befürchtet und vermutet wurde, will die Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) nun im Rahmen einer aktuellen Untersuchung belegen: Cyberkriminelle nutzen KI im Rahmen ihrer Malware-Angriffskampagnen. Aber längst nicht mehr nur für Vibe-Coding-Zwecke oder zur technischen Unterstützung. Wie…
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KI-Malware ist keine Theorie mehr
Tags: access, ai, antivirus, api, control, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, exploit, github, google, group, hacker, intelligence, LLM, malware, ransomware, RedTeam, service, skills, social-engineering, software, threat, tool, vulnerabilityKI boomt auch unter Cyberkriminellen. Die ersten operativen Ergebnisse dieses Trends beleuchten Google-Sicherheitsforscher in einem aktuellen Report.Was lange befürchtet und vermutet wurde, will die Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) nun im Rahmen einer aktuellen Untersuchung belegen: Cyberkriminelle nutzen KI im Rahmen ihrer Malware-Angriffskampagnen. Aber längst nicht mehr nur für Vibe-Coding-Zwecke oder zur technischen Unterstützung. Wie…
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KI-Malware ist keine Theorie mehr
Tags: access, ai, antivirus, api, control, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, exploit, github, google, group, hacker, intelligence, LLM, malware, ransomware, RedTeam, service, skills, social-engineering, software, threat, tool, vulnerabilityKI boomt auch unter Cyberkriminellen. Die ersten operativen Ergebnisse dieses Trends beleuchten Google-Sicherheitsforscher in einem aktuellen Report.Was lange befürchtet und vermutet wurde, will die Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) nun im Rahmen einer aktuellen Untersuchung belegen: Cyberkriminelle nutzen KI im Rahmen ihrer Malware-Angriffskampagnen. Aber längst nicht mehr nur für Vibe-Coding-Zwecke oder zur technischen Unterstützung. Wie…
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Google researchers detect first operational use of LLMs in active malware campaigns
Tags: ai, api, attack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, encryption, exploit, finance, google, group, iran, LLM, malware, marketplace, phishing, RedTeam, service, skills, social-engineering, threat, tool, vulnerabilityUsing social engineering against LLMs: Additionally, GTIG found that attackers are increasingly using “social engineering-like pretexts” in their prompts to get around LLM safeguards. Notably, they have posed as participants in a “capture-the-flag” (CTF) gamified cybersecurity competition, persuading Gemini to give up information it would otherwise refuse to reveal. In one interaction, for instance, an attacker…
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Google researchers detect first operational use of LLMs in active malware campaigns
Tags: ai, api, attack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, encryption, exploit, finance, google, group, iran, LLM, malware, marketplace, phishing, RedTeam, service, skills, social-engineering, threat, tool, vulnerabilityUsing social engineering against LLMs: Additionally, GTIG found that attackers are increasingly using “social engineering-like pretexts” in their prompts to get around LLM safeguards. Notably, they have posed as participants in a “capture-the-flag” (CTF) gamified cybersecurity competition, persuading Gemini to give up information it would otherwise refuse to reveal. In one interaction, for instance, an attacker…
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ClickFix Attack Evolves: Weaponized Videos Trigger Self-Infection Tactics
ClickFix attacks have surged dramatically over the past year, cementing their position as pivotal tools in the modern attacker’s arsenal. These sophisticated social engineering campaigns coerce users into executing malicious code on their own devices, bypassing traditional awareness defenses that focus on preventing suspicious clicks, dodgy downloads, and phishing websites. During a recent threat briefing…
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New Android Malware ‘Fantasy Hub’ Spies on Users’ Calls, Contacts, and Messages
Russian-based threat actors are actively distributing a sophisticated Android Remote Access Trojan called >>Fantasy Hub
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New Android Malware ‘Fantasy Hub’ Spies on Users’ Calls, Contacts, and Messages
Russian-based threat actors are actively distributing a sophisticated Android Remote Access Trojan called >>Fantasy Hub
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New NGate Malware Lets Hackers Drain ATMs Remotely
The NGate malware uses Android NFC relays and social engineering to let attackers withdraw cash from ATMs without stealing victims’ cards. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/news-ngate-malware-poland-atm/
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Iranian Hackers Exploit RMM Tools to Target Academics and Foreign-Policy Experts
Proofpoint Threat Research has identified a previously unknown Iranian threat actor, dubbed UNK_SmudgedSerpent, that conducted sophisticated phishing campaigns against academics and foreign policy experts between June and August 2025. The group employed credential harvesting techniques, sophisticated social engineering, and remote management tools to infiltrate targets, revealing a complex web of overlapping tactics reminiscent of established…
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Iranian Hackers Exploit RMM Tools to Target Academics and Foreign-Policy Experts
Proofpoint Threat Research has identified a previously unknown Iranian threat actor, dubbed UNK_SmudgedSerpent, that conducted sophisticated phishing campaigns against academics and foreign policy experts between June and August 2025. The group employed credential harvesting techniques, sophisticated social engineering, and remote management tools to infiltrate targets, revealing a complex web of overlapping tactics reminiscent of established…
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Musk and Trump both went to Penn”, now hacked by someone sympathetic to their cause
Tags: social-engineeringSocial engineering strikes again. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2025/11/musk-and-trump-both-went-to-penn-now-hacked-by-someone-sympathetic-to-their-cause/
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Musk and Trump both went to Penn”, now hacked by someone sympathetic to their cause
Tags: social-engineeringSocial engineering strikes again. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2025/11/musk-and-trump-both-went-to-penn-now-hacked-by-someone-sympathetic-to-their-cause/
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Musk and Trump both went to Penn”, now hacked by someone sympathetic to their cause
Tags: social-engineeringSocial engineering strikes again. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2025/11/musk-and-trump-both-went-to-penn-now-hacked-by-someone-sympathetic-to-their-cause/
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In an AI World, Every Attack is a Social Engineering Attack
AI-driven social engineering is transforming cyberattacks from costly, targeted operations into scalable, automated threats. As generative models enable realistic voice, video, and text impersonation, organizations must abandon stored secrets and move toward cryptographic identity systems to defend against AI-powered deception. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/in-an-ai-world-every-attack-is-a-social-engineering-attack/
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In an AI World, Every Attack is a Social Engineering Attack
AI-driven social engineering is transforming cyberattacks from costly, targeted operations into scalable, automated threats. As generative models enable realistic voice, video, and text impersonation, organizations must abandon stored secrets and move toward cryptographic identity systems to defend against AI-powered deception. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/in-an-ai-world-every-attack-is-a-social-engineering-attack/
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Hackers Exploit AI Tools to Intensify Ransomware Attacks on European Organizations
Tags: ai, attack, breach, crowdstrike, cyber, cybercrime, defense, exploit, hacker, intelligence, leak, ransomware, social-engineering, tactics, threat, toolEuropean organizations are facing an unprecedented surge in ransomware attacks as cybercriminals increasingly adopt artificial intelligence and sophisticated social engineering tactics to breach defenses and accelerate their operations. According to the latest CrowdStrike 2025 European Threat Landscape Report, big game hunting ransomware adversaries have named approximately 2,100 European-based victims on more than 100 dedicated leak…
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Hackers Exploit AI Tools to Intensify Ransomware Attacks on European Organizations
Tags: ai, attack, breach, crowdstrike, cyber, cybercrime, defense, exploit, hacker, intelligence, leak, ransomware, social-engineering, tactics, threat, toolEuropean organizations are facing an unprecedented surge in ransomware attacks as cybercriminals increasingly adopt artificial intelligence and sophisticated social engineering tactics to breach defenses and accelerate their operations. According to the latest CrowdStrike 2025 European Threat Landscape Report, big game hunting ransomware adversaries have named approximately 2,100 European-based victims on more than 100 dedicated leak…
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How crooks use IT to enable cargo theft
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, awareness, breach, business, control, crime, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, email, endpoint, finance, fraud, government, group, incident response, infosec, infrastructure, insurance, Internet, jobs, law, login, mfa, network, password, phishing, privacy, risk, skills, smishing, social-engineering, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, vulnerabilityValue of stolen shipments has doubled: It’s hard to determine the size of this IT-related cargo theft problem. The US National Insurance Crime Bureau estimates cargo theft losses from all sources increased 27% last year compared to 2023, to $35 billion.Versik CargoNet, a company that tracks physical supply chain crime for law enforcement agencies, insurance…
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How crooks use IT to enable cargo theft
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, awareness, breach, business, control, crime, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, email, endpoint, finance, fraud, government, group, incident response, infosec, infrastructure, insurance, Internet, jobs, law, login, mfa, network, password, phishing, privacy, risk, skills, smishing, social-engineering, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, vulnerabilityValue of stolen shipments has doubled: It’s hard to determine the size of this IT-related cargo theft problem. The US National Insurance Crime Bureau estimates cargo theft losses from all sources increased 27% last year compared to 2023, to $35 billion.Versik CargoNet, a company that tracks physical supply chain crime for law enforcement agencies, insurance…
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Europe Sees Increase in Ransomware, Extortion Attacks
European organizations face an escalating cyber threat landscape as attackers leverage geopolitical tensions and AI-enhanced social engineering for attacks. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/europe-increase-ransomware-extortion
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Microsoft Teams Bugs Let Attackers Impersonate Colleagues and Edit Messages Unnoticed
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of four security flaws in Microsoft Teams that could have exposed users to serious impersonation and social engineering attacks.The vulnerabilities “allowed attackers to manipulate conversations, impersonate colleagues, and exploit notifications,” Check Point said in a report shared with The Hacker News.Following responsible disclosure in March First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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Modern supply-chain attacks and their real-world impact
Tags: access, ai, apache, attack, authentication, backdoor, breach, china, control, credentials, crowdstrike, crypto, cybersecurity, data, defense, email, espionage, exploit, github, group, infection, infosec, injection, intelligence, korea, lazarus, LLM, malicious, malware, marketplace, mfa, microsoft, network, north-korea, open-source, password, phishing, pypi, qr, risk, social-engineering, software, supply-chain, tactics, theft, threat, tool, worm, zero-dayThis is what modern software supply-chain attacks look like. Since the industry-shaking SolarWinds compromise of 2020, the threat landscape has changed dramatically. Early high-profile incidents targeted build servers or tampered software updates. Today’s attackers prefer a softer entry point: the humans maintaining open-source projects.In the last two years, the majority of large-scale supply-chain intrusions have…
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Modern supply-chain attacks and their real-world impact
Tags: access, ai, apache, attack, authentication, backdoor, breach, china, control, credentials, crowdstrike, crypto, cybersecurity, data, defense, email, espionage, exploit, github, group, infection, infosec, injection, intelligence, korea, lazarus, LLM, malicious, malware, marketplace, mfa, microsoft, network, north-korea, open-source, password, phishing, pypi, qr, risk, social-engineering, software, supply-chain, tactics, theft, threat, tool, worm, zero-dayThis is what modern software supply-chain attacks look like. Since the industry-shaking SolarWinds compromise of 2020, the threat landscape has changed dramatically. Early high-profile incidents targeted build servers or tampered software updates. Today’s attackers prefer a softer entry point: the humans maintaining open-source projects.In the last two years, the majority of large-scale supply-chain intrusions have…
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Modern supply-chain attacks and their real-world impact
Tags: access, ai, apache, attack, authentication, backdoor, breach, china, control, credentials, crowdstrike, crypto, cybersecurity, data, defense, email, espionage, exploit, github, group, infection, infosec, injection, intelligence, korea, lazarus, LLM, malicious, malware, marketplace, mfa, microsoft, network, north-korea, open-source, password, phishing, pypi, qr, risk, social-engineering, software, supply-chain, tactics, theft, threat, tool, worm, zero-dayThis is what modern software supply-chain attacks look like. Since the industry-shaking SolarWinds compromise of 2020, the threat landscape has changed dramatically. Early high-profile incidents targeted build servers or tampered software updates. Today’s attackers prefer a softer entry point: the humans maintaining open-source projects.In the last two years, the majority of large-scale supply-chain intrusions have…
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Hackernoon: How AI Phishing Is Putting Schools at Risk
This article was originally published in Hackernoon on 10/29/25 by Charlie Sander. AI is super-charging social engineering, and K-12 is still a precious target With an average of 2,739 edtech tools per district, staff and students rely heavily on laptops and classroom tech that must be protected from the latest threats. Today, these include anything from convincing…
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Hackernoon: How AI Phishing Is Putting Schools at Risk
This article was originally published in Hackernoon on 10/29/25 by Charlie Sander. AI is super-charging social engineering, and K-12 is still a precious target With an average of 2,739 edtech tools per district, staff and students rely heavily on laptops and classroom tech that must be protected from the latest threats. Today, these include anything from convincing…
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Legitime Plattformen werden zunehmend von Cyberkriminellen missbraucht
KnowBe4 veröffentlich neue Forschungsergebnisse aus ihrem ‘2025 Phishing Threat Trends Report Vol. Six” , die grundlegende Veränderungen in den Taktiken von Cybersicherheitsangreifern aufzeigen und zu einem deutlichen Anstieg der Phishing-Angriffe aus kompromittierten Konten führen. ‘Da Cyberkriminelle technische Abwehrmaßnahmen mithilfe von Techniken wie der Übernahme legitimer Plattformen umgehen und ihre Opfer durch eine Vielzahl ausgefeilter Social-Engineering-Methoden…
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TDL 008 – Defending the Frontline: Ransomware, AI, and Real-World Lessons
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, backup, breach, business, ceo, ciso, computer, country, crime, cyber, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, email, exploit, extortion, finance, firewall, framework, fraud, government, group, guide, healthcare, ibm, incident, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, intelligence, law, mfa, microsoft, penetration-testing, phone, powershell, ransom, ransomware, risk, russia, scam, service, social-engineering, strategy, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, vpn, vulnerability, zero-daySummary In this episode of “The Defender’s Log,” host David Redekop interviews Alexander Rau, a cybersecurity partner at KPMG, about the evolving incident response (IR) landscape. Rau notes that the past summer was exceptionally busy for IR, driven largely by zero-day firewall vulnerabilities. He highlights that threat actors are innovating, even using AI chatbots for…
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TDL 008 – Defending the Frontline: Ransomware, AI, and Real-World Lessons
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, backup, breach, business, ceo, ciso, computer, country, crime, cyber, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, email, exploit, extortion, finance, firewall, framework, fraud, government, group, guide, healthcare, ibm, incident, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, intelligence, law, mfa, microsoft, penetration-testing, phone, powershell, ransom, ransomware, risk, russia, scam, service, social-engineering, strategy, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, vpn, vulnerability, zero-daySummary In this episode of “The Defender’s Log,” host David Redekop interviews Alexander Rau, a cybersecurity partner at KPMG, about the evolving incident response (IR) landscape. Rau notes that the past summer was exceptionally busy for IR, driven largely by zero-day firewall vulnerabilities. He highlights that threat actors are innovating, even using AI chatbots for…