threats“Puss in Boots” APT campaign
Charles Perrault explains how hired hackers use social engineering and watering hole attacks for political purposes.
social engineering
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social engineeringMachine learning–aided scams
Social engineering augmented with machine-learning algorithms can deceive even high-ranking executives.
Remote access — for a scammer
Using persuasion instead of viruses: How scammers talk people into granting remote access to their computers.
Soccer club defrauded
How to steal a million (OK, half a million), or what happened to the Boca Juniors
human factor
Holiday shopping and holiday phishing
The winter sales season is the hottest time of the year for shoppers and financial phishers. Be careful!
scamTwitter cryptocurrency scams: A hundred Elon Musks — and now Target
Twitter cryptocurrency scams are becoming more and more advanced and convincing, with scammers using new techniques and some heavy artillery.
How Instagram accounts get hijacked
Instagram hacking has been on the rise lately. Here’s what you need to know to avoid losing your precious account.
RansomwareRakhni Trojan: To encrypt and to mine
The Rakhni encrypting ransomware, known since 2013, is now trying its hand at mining Monero.
Three real incidents: how to hack, rob and make somebody’s life a hell using Internet
These incidents sound like a detective story, but are taken from real life. It’s almost impossible to avoid targeted hacking and here we explain why is that so.
Snapchat caught in phishing campaign
Over the weekend, Snapchat was compromised via a phishing email pretending to be from company CEO.
Is it time to re-Think Enterprise IT Security?
Top-level IT security pros believe there’s a significant, unaddressed gap between enterprise security priorities and the serious threats that keep them awake at night.
As Ice Bucket Challenge Goes Viral, Scams Follow
Beware of phishing, malware, spam and other online scams based on the extremely popular ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.
Can we beat social engineering?
Is social engineering beatable? Just as much as you can beat any other kind of deceit. Actually, social engineering is about “exploiting flaws in a human hardware”.
securityDavid Jacoby on Social Engineering
Kaspersky Lab Senior Security Researcher, David Jacoby talks about countering social engineering in an office environment. Protecting your company from attack is easy if you take the right steps.
Social Engineering, Hacking The Human OS
Social engineering, sometimes called the science and art of human hacking, has become quite popular in recent years given the exponential growth of social networks, email and other forms of