“Puss in Boots” APT campaign
Credit to Author: Nikolay Pankov| Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 09:53:22 +0000
Charles Perrault explains how hired hackers use social engineering and watering hole attacks for political purposes.
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Instagram clamps down on fake messages with anti-phishing tool
Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:51:50 +0000
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| We take a look at a new anti-phishing feature Instagram hopes will cut down on imitation messages and other social engineering attempts. Categories: Tags: anti-phishinganti-phishing toolemailemails from instagramInstagrammailmalicious emailmalspamphishingphishing scamssafetyscamsSocial Engineeringsocial engineering attackssocial media scams |
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Read MoreMachine learning–aided scams
Credit to Author: Anastasiya Gridasova| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 14:20:36 +0000
Social engineering augmented with machine-learning algorithms can deceive even high-ranking executives.
Read MoreA week in security (September 2 – 8)
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:01:30 +0000
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| A roundup of the latest cybersecurity news for the week of September 2 – 8, including TrickBot’s new trick, a social engineering toolkit, and how to keep remote workers safe. Categories: Tags: back to schoolback to school cybersecurityCapital One data breachchinacyber insurancedeepfakedeepfake for voicesfacebookiphone compromisePaige Thompsonransomwareremote workersromance scamscammersSocial Engineeringspear phishingtargeted attackstrickbotUyghur Muslims |
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Read MoreNew social engineering toolkit draws inspiration from previous web campaigns
Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 15:15:33 +0000
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| We discovered a web social engineering toolkit that allows crooks to create fake update notification campaigns on both desktop and mobile in up to 30 different languages. Categories: Tags: DomeneitestFakeUpdateshoeflertextNetSupportratSocGholishSocial Engineering |
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Read MoreQR code scam can clean out your bank account
Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 16:05:40 +0000
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| QR code scams are still popular. We should learn to treat QR codes like we do any other unrecognizable URL: with suspicion on where it will take us. Categories: Tags: banking phishlogin credentialsmalicious websitespaymentQR codeQR code scamscamscamsSocial Engineeringurl |
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Read MoreGood Twitter Samaritans accidentally prevent shoeshine scam
Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 16:45:12 +0000
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| We take a look at how a shoeshine scam nearly took place in real life—until people online trying to help in one way, ended up assisting in quite another. Categories: Tags: indiascamshoe shinesocial mediatraveltravellingtwitter |
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Read MoreMalaysia Airlines Flight 17 investigation shows Russian disinformation campaigns have global reach
Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 15:54:56 +0000
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| In June, investigators released a warrant to arrest Russian and Ukrainian nationals for shooting down Malaysian Airlines Flight 17. However, Russian disinformation campaigns have spread about the true cause of the fight’s demise. How can we separate fact from fiction and protect against fake news? Categories: Tags: bellingcatbukdisinformationfake newsIRAJITmalaysia airlinesmh17russiarussian disinformationrussian propagandasocial mediatwitterukraine |
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