Smishing Text Scams Have Doubled in the Last Three Years
New data shows a rise in the use of text messages as an effective vehicle to connect with potential victims for social engineering scams as...
Category : Social Engineering
New PDF-Based Phishing Attack Demonstrates that Office Docs Aren’t Passé – They are Just Obfuscated!
Security researchers have discovered a cunning PDF-based phishing attack that leverages social engineering and PDF prompt specifics to trick users into opening malicious Office docs....
Over 2000 Social Engineering Scammers Arrested in Multi-Country Crackdown on Fraud, BEC, and Money Laundering
Thousands of members of cybercriminal groups were arrested in a sting that lasted 2 months and involved coordinated efforts of the law enforcement departments of...
Vishing Attacks Increase 550% Over Last Year as the Financial Sector Continues to be a Primary Target
Cybercriminals are continuing to bypass the use of malware in favor of response-based and credential-centric social engineering attacks, according to new data from Agari and...
A Closer Look at HR Scams: Does Niceness Have a Downside?
Threat actors are targeting HR employees who are looking to hire new people, according to Lisa Vaas at Contrast Security. As part of their job,...
Spear Phishing Campaign Targets Former Israeli Officials
An Iranian threat actor is conducting a spear phishing operation against Israeli officials, according to researchers at Check Point. The targets have included the former...
Monkeypox Scams Continue to Increase
Attackers are taking advantage of the current news about monkeypox to trick people into clicking on malicious links, Pickr reports. Researchers at Mimecast have spotted...
FTC Warns that Scammers are Turning to Cryptocurrencies
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned that people have reported losing over $1 billion in crypto to scams since the beginning of 2021....
Homographic Domain Name Phishing Tactics
Bitdefender warns that Microsoft Office applications are vulnerable to phishing tactics that exploit international domain names (IDNs). Affected applications include Outlook, Word, Excel, OneNote, and...
Smishing and Home Delivery
A smishing campaign is impersonating the UK-based delivery company Evri with text messages informing recipients that their package couldn’t be delivered, according to Paul Ducklin...