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Category : Social Engineering
Web Trackers Collect Much More Info About Your Users’ Browsing Activity Than Previously Believed
Researchers at Norton LifeLock have found that web trackers are collecting much more information about users’ browsing activity than had previously been believed. Such trackers...
Ransomware Operators Try to Recruit Insiders
Sixty-five percent of organizations report that their employees have been contacted by ransomware attackers in an attempt to recruit insider threats, according to researchers at...
A Generational Divide Among Social Engineering Victims
Younger and older people differ in their susceptibility to different types of social engineering attacks, according to researchers at Avast. Younger people tend to fall...
FBI: US Defense Industry Organizations Targeted with USB-Based Ransomware Attacks
Using mailed out “BadUSB” drives as the initial attack vector, cybercriminals are attempting to infiltrate sensitive networks and infect them with BlackMatter or REvil ransomware...
A Cyberespionage Group Uses Social Engineering
A sophisticated China-aligned threat actor is using social engineering to carry out cyberespionage and financially motivated attacks, according to researchers at Trend Micro. originally published...
North Korean Cryptocurrency Theft Relies on Social Engineering
A North Korean threat actor being called “BlueNoroff,” a subunit of Pyongyang’s Lazarus Group, has been targeting cryptocurrency startups with financially motivated attacks, researchers at...
Fifty FIFA eSports Accounts Were Hacked Via Social Engineering
Video game maker Electronic Arts (EA) has stated that around fifty high-profile accounts for the soccer game FIFA 22 were hacked after attackers manipulated the...
Business Email Compromise Attack Leads to Millions in Non-Profit Loss
A business email compromise attack at Illinois’s Office of the Special Deputy Receiver led to a loss of $6.85 million, Ray Long at the Chicago...
Obvious, but Probably Effective: Konni RAT Screensaver
A North Korean threat actor is targeting users in Russia with a New Year’s Eve-themed phony screensaver file, the Record reports. Researchers at Cluster25 spotted...