New Research Shows Social Engineering and Phishing are the Top Threats
According to the CS Hub Mid-Year Market Report 2022, new findings shows that 75% of survey respondents believe that social engineering and phishing attacks are...
Category : Social Engineering
Twilio hacked by phishing campaign targeting internet companies
Communications giant Twilio has confirmed hackers accessed customer data after successfully tricking employees into handing over their corporate login credentials. ...
Cybercriminals Go to College with New Phishing Attacks
The summer is winding up, and the traditional academic year is approaching. And amid the welcomes from the deans of students, the activities coordinators, the...
Labor Market Social Engineering: Supply-Side and Demand-Side
We’re accustomed to social engineering being used for credential theft and business email compromise. We’re also accustomed to hearing about the increase in remote work...
New WhatsApp Scam Uses Call Forwarding Social Engineering to Hijack Accounts
This is a great example of how even the simplest of social engineering tactics can be used as the first step in a likely-larger scam....
[Heads Up] Online Fraud Now Sky-high With ‘Tinder Swindler’ Romance Scams Costing Hundreds of Millions
A new article in Bloomberg focused on new sky-high online fraud numbers, they are horrendous. Here is a short summary and I recommend you read...
Wars and Lechery, Nothing Else Holds Fashion for Phishing Attacks
Shakespeare said it first, and things haven’t changed: suffering and desire continue to drive victims to the social engineers. Researchers at Bitdefender have observed a...
Amazon Prime Day 2022 is Coming: Here are Quick Cybersecurity Tips to Help You Stay Safe
Amazon Prime Days this year are July 12 – 13th 2022. As a result, cybercriminals are taking every step to capitalize on the holiday with...
Vendor Impersonation Competing with CEO Fraud
Researchers at Abnormal Security have observed an increase in vendor impersonation in business email compromise (BEC) attacks. originally published onhttps://blog.knowbe4.com/vendor-impersonation-competing-with-ceo-fraud...
FBI Warns of Fraudsters on LinkedIn
The US FBI has warned that scammers on LinkedIn are a “significant threat,” CNBC reports. Sean Ragan, the FBI’s special agent in charge of the...