Professional ethical social engineering testers can sometimes cross ethical and legal boundaries, which can have significant consequences, warned Sharon Conheady, director at First Defence Information ...

Cybercriminals continue to launch creative social engineering attacks to trick users. Meanwhile, social engineering misconceptions are exacerbating the risks of falling victim. Social engineering is ...

What is the purpose of social engineering? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Dr.

Officials in Cabarrus County, N.C., recently lost $1.7 million in funds to a social engineering scam, in yet another example of online malfeasance. Online scam artists posing as representatives from a ...

In 2018, Dmitri Alperovitch, co-founder and at that time CTO at CrowdStrike, warned that the U.S. government was “exceptionally vulnerable” to cyberattacks. Key vulnerabilities he highlighted included ...

Pretextingis form of social engineering in which an attacker fabricates a story to convince a victim to give up valuable information or access to a service or system. The distinguishing feature of a ...

Social engineering attacks are one of the most prevalent forms of attack against organisations. They can target any organisation, regardless of size or type. In fact, many of us will have experience ...

ZDNET's key takeaways The ClickFix social engineering tactic is rising in popularity.Microsoft said this initial access ...

Modern cyber incidents are providing powerful, real-world examples of how a cyber attack can cause a domino effect across a ...

You are walking down the street and notice a person looking skyward–odds are you will keep going. The next day, you are out walking the dog and spot four people looking upward. More than likely, you ...

In the world of cryptocurrency, security goes beyond just protecting your wallet with a password or private key. One of the most deceptive and increasingly dangerous threats to crypto users today is ...

The TikTok video's instructions are simple and promise to easily solve a problem you have - but it's a ruse. Here's what happens next.