Results for 'social engineering'

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How to protect your small business from social engineering

May 1, 2023 - When Alvin Staffin received an email from his boss, he didn’t question it. In the email, Gary Bragg, then-president of Pennsylvania law...

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Twilio breached after social engineering attack on employees

August 9, 2022 - Cloud-based communication platform provider Twilio has announced a breach via a social engineering attack on employees. On August 4, 2022, Twilio says...

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FIFA 22 phishers tackle customer support with social engineering

January 12, 2022 - Players of smash hit gaming title FIFA 22 have become the target of a wave of attacks focused on account compromise....

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Malsmoke operators abandon exploit kits in favor of social engineering scheme

November 16, 2020 - Exploit kits continue to be used as a malware delivery platform. In 2020, we’ve observed a number of different malvertising campaigns...

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SBA phishing scams: from malware to advanced social engineering

August 10, 2020 - A number of threat actors continue to take advantage of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic through phishing scams and other campaigns distributing...

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Spelevo exploit kit debuts new social engineering trick

December 18, 2019 - 2019 has been a busy year for exploit kits, despite the fact that they haven’t been considered a potent threat vector...

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New social engineering toolkit draws inspiration from previous web campaigns

September 3, 2019 - Some of the most common web threats we track have a social engineering component. Perhaps the more popular ones are those...

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Social engineering attacks: What makes you susceptible?

August 2, 2018 - We now live in a world where holding the door open for someone balancing a tray of steaming hot coffee—she can’t...

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Exploits and vulnerabilities | News | Threats

Disdain exploit kit and a side of social engineering deliver Neutrino Bot

November 9, 2017 - Today we picked up new activity from an exploit kit that was first discovered back in August of this year. The...

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New social engineering scheme triggers on mouse movement

June 8, 2017 - One of threat actors’ favorite malware delivery schemes is social engineering as it remains highly effective against a variety of targets....

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