social engineering
Uber hacked, attacker tears through the company’s systems
Uber has been hacked, again – this time by an 18-year-old (allegedly). According to The New York Times, the breach happened on Thursday. The hacker claims to have gotten …
Thwarting attackers in their favorite new playground: Social media
For years, LinkedIn has been utilized by threat actors looking to refine their attacks. From simple spear-phishing attacks to reconnaissance, the professional networking site …
Defeat social engineering attacks by growing your cyber resilience
In this Help Net Security video, Grayson Milbourne, Security Intelligence Director at OpenText Security Solutions, discusses the innovation behind social engineering campaigns …
New social engineering tactics discovered in the wild
In this Help Net Security video, Otavio Freire, President and CTO at SafeGuard Cyber, offers insight on new social engineering tactics discovered in the wild, and illustrates …
Twilio confirms data breach after its employees got phished
Cloud communications company Twilio has announced that some of it employees have been phished and that the attackers used the stolen credentials to gain access to some …
How social engineering attacks are evolving beyond email
In this Help Net Security video, Chris Lehman, CEO at SafeGuard Cyber, talks about how adversaries are moving beyond email to attack companies through a wide range of digital …
Verizon 2022 DBIR: External attacks and ransomware reign
There has been an alarming rise (13%) in ransomware breaches – a jump greater than the past 5 years combined, Verizon Business has revealed in its 2022 Data Breach …
Researchers uncover URL spoofing flaws on Zoom, Box, Google Docs
Researchers have discovered several URL spoofing bugs in Box, Zoom and Google Docs that would allow phishers to generate links to malicious content and make it look like …
Google Drive emerges as top app for malware downloads
Netskope published a research which found that phishing downloads saw a sharp increase of 450% over the past 12 months, fueled by attackers using search engine optimization …
Cosumers don’t think they can dodge identity fraud
Nearly one in 10 smartphone users in the UK (9%), as many as 5.7 million people, have fallen victim to identity fraud in the last 12 months, according to a research by GBG. …
MFA still offers the best chance of keeping data secure
Keyavi Data issued a set of best practices for keeping personal and business data out of criminal hands using multi-factor authentication (MFA). These best practices explain …
Buy now, pay later fraud, romance and cryptocurrency schemes top the list of threats this year
Experian released its annual forecast, which reveals five fraud threats for the new year. With consumers continuing to take a digital-first approach to everything from …
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