Tag: social-engineering
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VoidProxy phishing-as-a-service operation steals Microsoft, Google login credentials
Tags: 2fa, access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, breach, credentials, cybersecurity, data, defense, email, endpoint, finance, google, Hardware, infrastructure, login, mfa, microsoft, monitoring, okta, passkey, password, phishing, risk, sans, service, social-engineering, theft, tool, trainingCredentials go to adversary-in-the-middle server: If a victim is unwise enough to enter their primary Microsoft or Google credentials on the phishing page, the data is sent to VoidProxy’s core AitM proxy server. It’s here that the sophisticated, multi-layered nature of VoidProxy comes into play, says Okta.Federated users are redirected to additional second-stage landing pages…
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Financial Firms Elevate Cyber Resilience Under Pressure
Barclays’ Becky Pinkard on Regulation, Containment, Leadership and AI. Regulatory pressure has made cyber resilience an operational necessity. Becky Pinkard, managing director, global cyber operations at Barclays, discusses how social engineering, containment strategies, leadership practices and automation shape stronger defenses. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/financial-firms-elevate-cyber-resilience-under-pressure-a-29432
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Why domain-based attacks will continue to wreak havoc
Tags: access, ai, apple, attack, authentication, breach, business, cisa, cisco, cloud, control, crowdstrike, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, detection, dkim, dmarc, dns, edr, email, endpoint, exploit, firewall, infrastructure, leak, linkedin, login, malicious, malware, network, phishing, ransomware, risk, service, soc, social-engineering, tactics, threat, tool, training, unauthorized, vulnerabilityWebsite spoofing, where pseudo-sites are designed to trick visitors into believing they are on the real site.Domain spoofing, when the URL mimics the URL of the real site.Email domain phishing, which involves messages sent from legit-looking email domains to trick people into clicking on dangerous links or open malicious attachments.DNS hijacking redirects traffic from legitimate…
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Hackers Reap Minimal Gains from Massive npm Supply Chain Breach
On September 8th, 2025, at approximately 9AM EST, the npm ecosystem faced an acute supply chain attack. A threat actor leveraged social engineering techniques to compromise the account of well-known npm developer Qix, subsequently publishing malicious releases for several widely-used packages, most notably debug, chalk, and dozens of related dependencies. Within two hours of the…
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Menschenzentrierte Cybersicherheit gewinnt an Bedeutung
Tags: ai, awareness, ciso, cyersecurity, deep-fake, gartner, mail, monitoring, password, phishing, risk, risk-management, social-engineering, threat, tool, trainingLesen Sie, worauf es beim Human Risk Management ankommt.Die Rolle des CISO in Unternehmen hat sich stark gewandelt, vom Cybersicherheitsexperten mit Technikfokus hin zu einem Manager von Mensch und Maschine. Gerade diese Kompetenzen sind insbesondere essentiell, um größten Cybersicherheitsrisiken zu reduzieren. Immer wieder nutzen Cyberkriminelle Social Engineering und somit menschliches Handeln, um Unternehmen effektiv zu…
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KI-Vishing Wenn eine bekannte Stimme zum Sicherheitsrisiko wird
Künstliche Intelligenz verändert die Bedrohungslage im Bereich Social-Engineering grundlegend insbesondere durch sogenanntes Voice-Phishing, kurz Vishing. Bei dieser Methode inszenieren Cyberkriminelle mit KI-generierten Stimmen täuschend echte Anrufe, um Mitarbeiter zu Zahlungen oder zur Herausgabe sensibler Informationen zu bewegen. Wenn KI die Stimme von Vorgesetzten imitiert Die Methode ist ebenso raffiniert wie gefährlich: Angreifer nutzen […] First…
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APT37 Targets Windows with Rust Backdoor and Python Loader
Tags: api, attack, backdoor, cctv, cloud, computer, control, data, detection, exploit, government, group, infection, injection, jobs, korea, malicious, malware, microsoft, monitoring, north-korea, organized, password, phishing, powershell, programming, rust, service, social-engineering, spear-phishing, startup, tactics, theft, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, windowsIntroductionAPT37 (also known as ScarCruft, Ruby Sleet, and Velvet Chollima) is a North Korean-aligned threat actor active since at least 2012. APT37 primarily targets South Korean individuals connected to the North Korean regime or involved in human rights activism, leveraging custom malware and adopting emerging technologies.In recent campaigns, APT37 utilizes a single command-and-control (C2) server…
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APT37 Targets Windows with Rust Backdoor and Python Loader
Tags: api, attack, backdoor, cctv, cloud, computer, control, data, detection, exploit, government, group, infection, injection, jobs, korea, malicious, malware, microsoft, monitoring, north-korea, organized, password, phishing, powershell, programming, rust, service, social-engineering, spear-phishing, startup, tactics, theft, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, windowsIntroductionAPT37 (also known as ScarCruft, Ruby Sleet, and Velvet Chollima) is a North Korean-aligned threat actor active since at least 2012. APT37 primarily targets South Korean individuals connected to the North Korean regime or involved in human rights activism, leveraging custom malware and adopting emerging technologies.In recent campaigns, APT37 utilizes a single command-and-control (C2) server…
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APT37 Targets Windows with Rust Backdoor and Python Loader
Tags: api, attack, backdoor, cctv, cloud, computer, control, data, detection, exploit, government, group, infection, injection, jobs, korea, malicious, malware, microsoft, monitoring, north-korea, organized, password, phishing, powershell, programming, rust, service, social-engineering, spear-phishing, startup, tactics, theft, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, windowsIntroductionAPT37 (also known as ScarCruft, Ruby Sleet, and Velvet Chollima) is a North Korean-aligned threat actor active since at least 2012. APT37 primarily targets South Korean individuals connected to the North Korean regime or involved in human rights activism, leveraging custom malware and adopting emerging technologies.In recent campaigns, APT37 utilizes a single command-and-control (C2) server…
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Lazarus APT Deploys ClickFix Technique to Exfiltrate Sensitive Intelligence Data
The notorious Lazarus APT group, suspected of having Northeast Asian origins and internally tracked as APT-Q-1 by Qi’anxin, has evolved its attack methodologies by incorporating the sophisticated ClickFix social engineering technique into their cyber espionage operations. This development represents a significant escalation in the group’s capabilities to deceive victims and steal sensitive intelligence data through…
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Cyberkrimineller Arbeitsmarkt: Warnendes Indiz für Angriffszunahme mittels Social Engineering
Tags: social-engineeringFirst seen on datensicherheit.de Jump to article: www.datensicherheit.de/cyberkriminelle-arbeitsmarkt-warnung-indiz-zunahme-angriffe-social-engineering
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You should be aware of these latest social engineering trends
It’s raining (phishing) emails: Unlike other attacks in the cybersecurity landscape, social engineering does not focus on exploiting vulnerabilities in code or network architecture. Instead, it exploits human behavior, which is often the weakest link in the security chain. And stress on an already busy day is an extremely effective trigger.The following examples show how…
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You should be aware of these latest social engineering trends
It’s raining (phishing) emails: Unlike other attacks in the cybersecurity landscape, social engineering does not focus on exploiting vulnerabilities in code or network architecture. Instead, it exploits human behavior, which is often the weakest link in the security chain. And stress on an already busy day is an extremely effective trigger.The following examples show how…
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Kimsuky APT Is Using Social Engineering and AppleSeed Malware to Spy on South Korea
The post Kimsuky APT Is Using Social Engineering and AppleSeed Malware to Spy on South Korea appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity. First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/kimsuky-apt-is-using-social-engineering-and-appleseed-malware-to-spy-on-south-korea/
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Datenpanne bei Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler und Cloudflare
Tags: access, ai, api, ciso, cyber, cyberattack, data-breach, endpoint, framework, group, mail, network, phishing, risk, saas, smishing, social-engineering, software, strategy, supply-chain, tool, zero-trustAuch IT-Unternehmen, selbst im Bereich Cyber-Security sind nicht vor erfolgreichen Cyber-Attacken gefeit.Palo Alto Networks, ZScaler und Cloudflare haben bekannt gegeben, dass sie von einem Cyberangriff über Salesloft Drift getroffen wurden. Hierbei handelt es sich um eine Drittanbieteranwendung, die Vertriebsabläufe automatisiert. Sie ist in Salesforce-Datenbanken integriert ist, um Leads und Kontaktinformationen zu verwalten. Im Statement von…
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Datenpanne bei Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler und Cloudflare
Tags: access, ai, api, ciso, cyber, cyberattack, data-breach, endpoint, framework, group, mail, network, phishing, risk, saas, smishing, social-engineering, software, strategy, supply-chain, tool, zero-trustAuch IT-Unternehmen, selbst im Bereich Cyber-Security sind nicht vor erfolgreichen Cyber-Attacken gefeit.Palo Alto Networks, ZScaler und Cloudflare haben bekannt gegeben, dass sie von einem Cyberangriff über Salesloft Drift getroffen wurden. Hierbei handelt es sich um eine Drittanbieteranwendung, die Vertriebsabläufe automatisiert. Sie ist in Salesforce-Datenbanken integriert ist, um Leads und Kontaktinformationen zu verwalten. Im Statement von…
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The Deepfake CEO Scam: A New Era of Social Engineering Threats
A recent TechRadar Pro article warns of a dramatic rise in deepfake-enabled scams targeting executive leadership”, and the numbers are hard to ignore. Over half of cybersecurity professionals surveyed (51%) say their organization has already been targeted by a deepfake impersonation, up from 43% last year. The targets are high-value: CEOs, CFOs, and other senior…
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Varonis Acquires Email Security Provider SlashNext to Enhance BEC Defenses
Varonis plans to integrate SlashNext’s advanced phishing, BEC, and social engineering attack protection capabilities into its data security platform. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/varonis-acquires-email-security-provider-slashnext-enhance-bec-defenses
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Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler, Cloudflare hit by the latest data breach
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, breach, business, ciso, credentials, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, email, endpoint, group, identity, incident response, jobs, login, monitoring, network, password, phishing, phone, risk, saas, scam, service, social-engineering, software, strategy, supply-chain, theft, threat, tool, zero-trustCSO, in response to a request for clarification. “In the case of Zscaler and Palo Alto, because they sell solutions in the SASE space, their compromise can be particularly problematic since this may end up unfolding into a third-party or even fourth-party compromise,” said Flavio Villanustre, SVP and CISO for LexisNexis Risk Solutions. “Keep in mind…
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Varonis Acquires SlashNext to Combat Phishing, Email Attacks
Acquisition Targets Business Email Compromise, Impersonation and Spear-Phishing. Varonis has acquired SlashNext to strengthen detection of phishing and social engineering attacks. The integration will help prevent identity compromises via email, SMS and collaboration tools while enhancing Miami-based Varonis’ AI-driven data protection. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/varonis-acquires-slashnext-to-combat-phishing-email-attacks-a-29347
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Lazarus Group Expands Malware Arsenal With PondRAT, ThemeForestRAT, and RemotePE
The North Korea-linked threat actor known as the Lazarus Group has been attributed to a social engineering campaign that distributes three different pieces of cross-platform malware called PondRAT, ThemeForestRAT, and RemotePE.The attack, observed by NCC Group’s Fox-IT in 2024, targeted an organization in the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector, ultimately leading to the compromise of an…
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Threat Actors Exploit Windows Search in AnyDesk ClickFix Attack to Spread MetaStealer
In a novel twist on the year-long trend of ClickFix scams, threat actors have blended human-verification social engineering with the Windows search protocol to deliver MetaStealer, a commodity infostealer notorious for harvesting credentials and exfiltrating sensitive files. While the attack superficially resembles classic ClickFix and FileFix techniques, its unique infection chain”, from a fake AnyDesk…
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Wie Erpresser an Coinbase scheiterten
Tags: blockchain, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, intelligence, mail, password, ransomware, RedTeam, risk, social-engineering, threat, usaTransparenz und schonungslose Aufarbeitung stehen bei Coinbase im (Security-)Fokus. CoinbaseAnfang Mai 2025 ging beim auf Kryptowährungen spezialisierten Finanzdienstleister Coinbase eine E-Mail von Cyberkriminellen ein. Wie dem zugehörigen Bericht an die US-Börsenaufsicht SEC zu entnehmen ist, behaupteten die Kriminellen, Kundendaten sowie interne Dokumente des Unternehmens erlangt zu haben. Sie drohten damit, diese im Netz zu veröffentlichen,…
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AI Waifu RAT Exploits Users with Advanced Social Engineering Tactics
A sophisticated new malware campaign has emerged that weaponizes artificial intelligence and social engineering to target niche online communities. Security researchers have identified the >>AI Waifu RAT,
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Microsoft Teams Abused in Cyberattack Delivering PowerShell-Based Remote Access Malware
Tags: access, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, defense, email, exploit, malware, microsoft, network, powershell, social-engineering, threat, unauthorized, windowsIn a concerning development for enterprise security, cybercriminals have begun exploiting Microsoft Teams”, long trusted as an internal messaging and collaboration tool”, to deliver PowerShell-based malware and gain unauthorized remote access to Windows systems. By impersonating IT support personnel and leveraging social engineering, these threat actors bypass traditional email filters and network defenses, striking directly…
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Help Wanted: Dark Web Job Recruitment is Up
Cybercriminal forums are experiencing a recruitment boom, with dark-web job postings for hackers, AI experts, and social engineers doubling year over year. Research from Reliaquest highlights growing demand for English-speaking social engineering, IoT compromise, AI-driven attacks, and deepfake capabilities, signaling how adversaries are scaling organized cybercrime operations. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/08/help-wanted-dark-web-job-recruitment-is-up/
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Weaponized ScreenConnect RMM Tool Deceives Users into Installing Xworm RAT
The SpiderLabs Threat Hunt Team recently discovered a cyber campaign in which threat actors used the genuine ScreenConnect remote management application as a weapon to spread the Xworm Remote Access Trojan (RAT) through a multi-phase infection chain. The attack begins with social engineering tactics, including phishing, malvertising, and deceptive social media posts, luring users to…
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Lazarus Group Targets Windows 11 with ClickFix Tactics and Fake Job Offers
The notorious Lazarus advanced persistent threat (APT) organization, which Qi’anxin internally tracks as APT-Q-1, has been seen using the ClickFix technique to penetrate Windows 11 and macOS systems in a sophisticated progression of social engineering attacks. Known for high-profile incidents like the 2014 Sony Pictures hack, Lazarus has shifted from intelligence theft to financial asset…
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Ziplining into the Minds of US Supply Chains
A recent report from Check Point Research uncovered Zipline, a phishing campaign that fuses subtle, patient social engineering with stealthy in-memory malware, together enabling attackers to slip past traditional defences and manipulate human behaviour on a wide scale. “‹ How did they do it, and who was targeted? “‹ A typical phishing attack relies on…