Tag: social-engineering
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CISOs should stop freaking out about attackers getting a boost from LLMs
Tags: ai, attack, automation, ciso, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, defense, disinformation, exploit, hacker, hacking, infrastructure, LLM, malware, network, offense, penetration-testing, phishing, programming, ransomware, risk, social-engineering, startup, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, warfareA common refrain from cybersecurity professionals in recent years has been the need for a diversification of the CISO role to meet the demands of increased responsibility across numerous categories. In the past year, this refrain has grown louder, specifically around the topic of generative AI.Large language models (LLMs) have added a new dimension to…
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Texas Tech Fumbles Medical Data in Massive Breach
The cyberattack impacts at least 1.4 million patients, as tranches of highly sensitive personal, medical, and financial data fall into the hands of cyber crooks who have everything they need to carry out convincing social engineering and fraud attacks. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/texas-tech-medical-data-breach
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Attackers Exploit Microsoft Teams and AnyDesk to Deploy DarkGate Malware
A new social engineering campaign has leveraged Microsoft Teams as a way to facilitate the deployment of a known malware called DarkGate.”An attacker used social engineering via a Microsoft Teams call to impersonate a user’s client and gain remote access to their system,” Trend Micro researchers Catherine Loveria, Jovit Samaniego, and Gabriel Nicoleta said.”The attacker…
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Data Security Predictions for 2025: Putting Protection and Resilience at Center Stage
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, breach, business, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, credentials, crypto, cryptography, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, dora, encryption, framework, hacker, infrastructure, international, law, ml, monitoring, network, nis-2, nist, PCI, phishing, privacy, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, skills, social-engineering, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-trustData Security Predictions for 2025: Putting Protection and Resilience at Center Stage madhav Tue, 12/17/2024 – 05:10 Cybersecurity is a remarkably dynamic industry. New trends, technologies, and techniques reshape the landscape at an extraordinary pace, meaning keeping up can be challenging. Protecting data, the driving force of modern businesses, will continue to be the primary…
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Guarding against AI-powered threats requires a focus on cyber awareness
Tags: ai, attack, awareness, breach, ciso, cloud, communications, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, fortinet, incident, incident response, malware, phishing, privacy, risk, risk-management, saas, social-engineering, technology, threat, trainingThreat actors will always find nefarious uses for new technologies, and AI is no exception. Attackers are primarily using AI to enhance the volume and velocity of their attacks. They’re also using the technology to make phishing communications more believable with perfect grammar and context-aware personalization.As cybercriminals harness new technologies to advance their operations, it’s…
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Hackers Weaponizing Microsoft Teams to Gain Remote Access
Tags: access, attack, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, hacker, malicious, microsoft, social-engineering, tacticsRecent cybersecurity research has uncovered a concerning trend where hackers are exploiting Microsoft Teams to gain remote access to victim systems. Utilizing sophisticated social engineering tactics, these malicious actors pose as legitimate employees or trusted contacts, leveraging video calls on Microsoft Teams to deceive users into downloading harmful software. The attack typically begins with an…
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Video: How Two Crypto Scammers Stole $230 Million in Bitcoin
This video covers the $230 million Bitcoin heist by two scammers, Malone Lam and Jeandiel Serrano, who used social engineering to bypass security measures. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/video/crypto-thieves-steal-230-million-dollars-in-bitcoin/
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‘Dubai Police’ Lures Anchor Wave of UAE Mobile Attacks
A sophisticated social engineering cybercrime campaign bent on financial gain was observed being run from Tencent servers in Singapore. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/dubai-police-lures-uae-mobile-attacks
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Social-Engineering-Threats stufen fast alle Unternehmen als größtes Cybersicherheitsrisiko ein
KnowBe4 veröffentlicht die Ergebnisse seiner aktuellen Umfrage von der it-sa 2024. Die Umfrage zum Thema Compliance und Cyberrisiken wurde unter 50 Messebesuchern durchgeführt. Dabei zeigte sich, dass ganze 97 Prozent Social-Engineering-Threats als größtes Cybersicherheitsrisiko ansehen. Dicht gefolgt von Ransomware mit 90 Prozent und Insider-Threats mit 82,5 Prozent. Ebenfalls häufig genannt wurden Ressourcenknappheit (40 Prozent) sowie…
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Antidot Malware Attacking Employees Android Devices To Inject Malicious Payloads
Researchers discovered a new variant of the AntiDot banking trojan targeting Android mobile devices through a mobile-phishing (mishing) campaign, where this variant builds upon the version identified by Cyble in May 2024. The attackers leverage social engineering tactics, posing as recruiters offering job opportunities to lure victims. Once a user clicks on a malicious link…
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The 7 most in-demand cybersecurity skills today
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, backup, best-practice, breach, business, cloud, compliance, computing, control, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, encryption, exploit, framework, gartner, GDPR, google, governance, grc, group, hacker, Hardware, healthcare, incident response, infrastructure, injection, intelligence, jobs, LLM, malicious, mitigation, ml, network, penetration-testing, phishing, privacy, ransomware, risk, risk-analysis, risk-assessment, risk-management, saas, service, skills, social-engineering, software, spear-phishing, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-trustCybersecurity teams find themselves understaffed, overburdened, and rushing to keep up with a rapidly changing threat landscape, as cyberattackers continually devise new ways to attack organizations, and organizations accelerate their embrace of the latest technologies.As a result, security professionals must continually upskill themselves to ensure they keep pace with organizations’ latest skill demands. Unfortunately, deciding…
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UAC-0185 APT Leverages Social Engineering to Target Ukrainian Defense Industrial Base
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has issued a security advisory (CERT-UA#12414) detailing a sophisticated phishing campaign targeting organizations within Ukraine’s defense industrial base. The attacks, attributed to... First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/uac-0185-apt-leverages-social-engineering-to-target-ukrainian-defense-industrial-base/
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Black Basta Ransomware Uses MS Teams, Email Bombing to Spread Malware
The Black Basta ransomware group is using advanced social engineering tactics and a multi-stage infection process to target organizations. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/black-basta-gang-ms-teams-email-bombing-malware/
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Webinar Today: Inside a Hacker’s Playbook How Cybercriminals Use Deepfakes
Tags: business, cybercrime, deep-fake, email, exploit, hacker, social-engineering, tactics, technologyJoin the live, eye-opening session that pulls back the curtain on how bad actors exploit social engineering tactics, like deepfake technology and Business Email Compromise (BEC). The post Webinar Today: Inside a Hacker’s Playbook How Cybercriminals Use Deepfakes appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/webinar-today-inside-a-hackers-playbook-how-cybercriminals-use-deepfakes/
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Black Basta Ransomware Leverages Microsoft Teams To Deliver Malicious Payloads
In a resurgence since May 2024, the Black Basta ransomware campaign has exhibited a troubling escalation in its attack methods, incorporating a multi-stage infection chain that blends social engineering, a custom packer, a mix of malware payloads, and advanced delivery techniques. In order to distribute malicious commands that serve as the initial infection vector, the…
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Black Basta Ransomware Evolves with Email Bombing, QR Codes, and Social Engineering
The threat actors linked to the Black Basta ransomware have been observed switching up their social engineering tactics, distributing a different set of payloads such as Zbot and DarkGate since early October 2024.”Users within the target environment will be email bombed by the threat actor, which is often achieved by signing up the user’s email…
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Hackers Use Artificial Intelligence to Create Sophisticated Social Engineering Attacks
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning about a growing trend in cybercrime, hackers leveraging generative artificial intelligence (AI) to develop highly sophisticated social engineering attacks. With advancements in AI technology, cybercriminals are crafting fraud schemes that are more convincing, scalable, and difficult to detect than ever before. Generative AI, a technology…
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Exclusive: Feds are probing 764, The Com’s use of cybercriminal tactics to carry out violent crimes
The child sextortion group 764 and the global collective of loosely associated groups known as “The Com” are using tools and techniques normally used for financially motivated cybercrime tactics, such as SIM swapping, IP grabbing and social engineering, to commit violent crimes, according to exclusive law enforcement and intelligence reports reviewed by CyberScoop. […] First…
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Why HNWIs are Seeking Personal Cybersecurity Consultants
Tags: access, attack, breach, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, finance, phishing, ransomware, risk, social-engineering, threatFrom phishing schemes and ransomware attacks to social engineering and doxxing, high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) face an ever-evolving array of cyber threats, and the risks of digital exposure are greater than ever. Wealth, influence, and access make HNWIs prime targets for cybercriminals, and the financial, professional, and reputational consequences of a breach can be devastating. This……
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Identity Phishing: Using Legitimate Cloud Services to Steal User Access
Identity phishing doesn’t just lead to data theft it can also lead to financial fraud, targeted social engineering attacks and lateral movement across endpoints. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2024/12/identity-phishing-using-legitimate-cloud-services-to-steal-user-access/
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Is the tide turning on macOS security?
The Apple ecosystem has been recognized for years by users and cybersecurity experts as among the most secure, offering flagship security features and a high level of user privacy protection.But macOS security may be experiencing a turning point in 2024, as experts point to a sharp increase in malware created specifically to target the operating system, as well…
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A Look at the Social Engineering Element of Spear Phishing Attacks
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/native/a-look-at-the-social-engineering-element-of-spear-phishing-attacks
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Over 600,000 Personal Records Exposed by Data Broker
The exposed database creates opportunities for staging convincing phishing and social engineering attacks, among other issues. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/sl-data-services-exposure/
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10 most critical LLM vulnerabilities
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, awareness, backdoor, breach, business, compliance, control, corporate, credit-card, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, email, exploit, guide, injection, intelligence, jobs, leak, least-privilege, LLM, malicious, privacy, RedTeam, risk, sans, service, social-engineering, spam, strategy, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, unauthorized, update, vulnerability, zero-trustEnterprise adoption of generative AI technologies has exploded in 2024 due to the rapid evolution of the technology and the emergence of a variety of business use cases. According to Menlo Ventures, AI spending surged to $13.8 billion this year, up six-fold from 2023, and 72% of US decision makers say they are expanding their…
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Want to be a cybersecurity pro? Use generative AI to get some simulated training
Tags: access, ai, application-security, attack, authentication, awareness, backup, business, chatgpt, compliance, control, cve, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, firewall, group, guide, healthcare, HIPAA, infrastructure, intelligence, jobs, law, lockbit, mitigation, mitre, network, phishing, ransomware, risk, service, siem, skills, social-engineering, strategy, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerabilityI often get approached by young, ambitious people looking to start a cybersecurity career. Some are studying cybersecurity in college, some are looking to jump from IT, and some believe that the field is synergistic with past experiences in law enforcement or the military.Regardless, all are looking for guidance as they struggle to find an…
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Intelligent Privilege Controls: A quick guide to secure every identity
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, browser, business, chrome, cloud, control, credentials, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, endpoint, exploit, finance, guide, identity, infrastructure, jobs, malicious, mfa, password, phishing, risk, saas, service, social-engineering, threat, unauthorized, update, zero-trustSecurity used to be simpler. Employees, servers, and applications were on site. IT admins were the only privileged identities you had to secure, and a strong security perimeter helped to keep all the bad guys out.Times have changed. Attackers targeting identities is not new. What’s different is the dramatic increase in the quantities and types…
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Microsoft Ignite: Redefining email security with LLMs to tackle a new era of social engineering
First seen on thesecurityblogger.com Jump to article: www.thesecurityblogger.com/microsoft-ignite-redefining-email-security-with-llms-to-tackle-a-new-era-of-social-engineering/