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The many variants of the ClickFix social engineering tactic
2025-05-08 15:31

As new malware delivery campaigns using the ClickFix social engineering tactic are spotted nearly every month, it’s interesting to see how the various attackers are trying to refine the two main...

How cybercriminals exploit psychological triggers in social engineering attacks
2025-05-06 05:00

Most attacks don’t start with malware; they begin with a message that seems completely normal, whether it comes through email, a phone call, or a chat, and that is exactly what makes them so...

Cybercriminals blend AI and social engineering to bypass detection
2025-04-21 05:00

Attackers are focusing more on stealing identities. Because of this, companies need to use zero trust principles. They should also verify user identities more carefully, says DirectDefense....

State-sponsored hackers embrace ClickFix social engineering tactic
2025-04-20 14:14

ClickFix attacks are being increasingly adopted by threat actors of all levels, with researchers now seeing multiple advanced persistent threat (APT) groups from North Korea, Iran, and Russia...

CrowdStrike Security Report: Generative AI Powers Social Engineering Attacks
2025-02-27 08:01

Trends in cybersecurity across 2024 showed less malware and phishing, though more social engineering. CrowdStrike offers tips on securing your business.

AI-Powered Social Engineering: Ancillary Tools and Techniques
2025-02-14 11:00

Social engineering is advancing fast, at the speed of generative AI. This is offering bad actors multiple new tools and techniques for researching, scoping, and exploiting organizations. In a...

AI-Powered Social Engineering: Reinvented Threats
2025-02-07 11:10

The foundations for social engineering attacks – manipulating humans – might not have changed much over the years. It’s the vectors – how these techniques are deployed – that are evolving. And...

Top 5 AI-Powered Social Engineering Attacks
2025-01-31 11:15

Social engineering has long been an effective tactic because of how it focuses on human vulnerabilities. There’s no brute-force ‘spray and pray’ password guessing. No scouring systems for...

Scam Yourself attacks: How social engineering is evolving
2025-01-21 05:30

We’ve entered a new era where verification must come before trust, and for good reason. Cyber threats are evolving rapidly, and one of the trends getting a fresh reboot in 2025 is the “scam...

Social Engineering to Disable iMessage Protections
2025-01-17 12:05

I am always interested in new phishing tricks, and watching them spread across the ecosystem. A few days ago I started getting phishing SMS messages with a new twist. They were standard messages...