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Phishing and Pretexting Dominate Social Engineering-Related Data Breaches

May 15, 2024 11:15:31 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
New data shows that despite the massive evolution of the cybercrime economy, threat actors are sticking with the basics in social engineering attacks, with a goal at stealing data.
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Pretexting Defined

Jun 10, 2020 8:23:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
Pretexting is a social engineering tactic in which an attacker attempts to gain information, access, or money by tricking a victim into trusting them, according to Josh Fruhlinger at CSO ...
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[Heads-up] It's OK To Just Say No To Phone Scams

Jan 31, 2020 6:40:29 AM By Eric Howes
Earlier this week a credit union located in the Midwest United States alerted its members via email to a pair of phone-and-text-based scams designed to trick unwitting users into coughing ...
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Insecure Database Exposes Millions of Private SMS Messages

Dec 3, 2019 7:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
Researchers discovered an unprotected TrueDialog database hosted by Microsoft Azure with diverse and business-related data from tens of millions of users.
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A massive international email scam netted $3 million worth of top-secret US military equipment

Nov 21, 2019 6:42:43 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
In a recent case first reported by Quartz, a crew of international cyber criminals allegedly convinced an unidentified US defense contractor to send them millions of dollars worth of ...
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It's Happening The World Over: $300K Lost To Phone Scammer

Nov 21, 2019 5:51:23 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
A woman in Singapore lost $300,000 to a scammer posing as a Singtel customer service employee, according to the Straits Times. The scammer told the victim he would fix some problems with ...
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CNN Says "Hack Our Reporter," and White Hat Rachel Tobac *Does*

Oct 24, 2019 6:54:14 AM By Stu Sjouwerman
It’s “disturbingly easy” to steal someone’s personal data using information gleaned from their social media accounts, according to Donie O’Sullivan at CNN. O’Sullivan met with Rachel ...
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