Tagged: Social Engineering
LastPass has issued a formal admonition regarding a nascent phishing campaign wherein unidentified actors endeavor to usurp users’ master passwords. This incursion masquerades as a legitimate administrative communiqué from the service, specifically engineered to...
When a cryptocurrency initiative is compromised, the initial depletion of capital often proves to be the least of its tribulations. Far more perilous is the ensuing aftermath. According to industry experts, approximately 80% of...
Over the past seventeen years, penetration tester Rob Shapland has repeatedly demonstrated that breaching an office perimeter often requires nothing more than a cup of coffee, a hard hat, and an air of unwavering...
Adversaries have intensified their offensives against Facebook users by deploying one of the most inconspicuous and treacherous phishing methodologies of recent years. Cybersecurity specialists at Trellix have observed a surge in campaigns utilizing “Browser-in-the-Browser”...
Fraudulent investment stratagems are increasingly assuming a hyper-realistic façade, meticulously augmented by the advancements of artificial intelligence. Researchers at Check Point have delineated a sophisticated new campaign wherein adversaries construct an entirely fabricated milieu,...
A sophisticated malware campaign has surfaced in Brazil, leveraging the ubiquity of WhatsApp to propagate the Astaroth banking trojan. This delivery vector has proven exceptionally potent given the application’s cultural and commercial dominance in...
Cyber adversaries have conceived an ingenious method to circumvent the security protocols utilized by email services to intercept malicious QR codes. Rather than employing conventional image files, they have begun disseminating QR codes constructed...
Notifications regarding Booking.com cancellations involving substantial financial transactions appear as mere routine for hospitality providers. Yet, such correspondence serves as the harbinger for a sophisticated malicious campaign tracked by Securonix researchers under the moniker...
Coinbase has reported the first arrests in its investigation into the sale of customer data: police in Hyderabad, India, have detained a former exchange support employee suspected of accepting bribes and handing customer records...
Fraudulent job advertisements promising easy income and remote work continue to flood social media platforms, particularly across the Middle East and North Africa. Disguised as no-experience side gigs, these schemes are designed to harvest...
Within cybercriminal circles, interest in recruiting insiders from within companies is surging. Rather than mounting complex external intrusions, attackers are increasingly betting on internal sources—employees willing, for a price, to grant access to corporate...
Researchers at Gen have reported a new WhatsApp account-takeover technique dubbed GhostPairing. The attack appears mundane and arouses little suspicion, yet it ultimately grants attackers full access to a victim’s chats, media files, and...