Security News

FBI agent explores how social engineering attacks get a boost from social media (TechRepublic)
2017-02-06 22:51

Phishers’ new social engineering trick: PDF attachments with malicious links (Help Net Security)
2017-01-27 20:25

It is – or it should be – a well known fact that attackers occasionally email potential victims with PDF attachments containing malware or exploit code. But the latest attacks through PDF...

Impressive Social Engineering Display (Schneier on Security)
2016-12-15 21:43

In this impressive lc7scxvKQOo">social-engineering display, a hacker convinces a cell phone tech support person to change an account password without being verified in any way....

65% of social engineering attacks compromised employee credentials (Help Net Security)
2016-12-02 14:00

Social engineering is having a notable impact on organizations across a range of industrial sectors in the US. In fact, 60 percent of surveyed security leaders say their organizations were or may...

Healthcare Sector Among Most at Risk from Social Engineering (InfoRiskToday)
2016-10-28 15:57

Understanding Social Engineering (InfoRiskToday)
2016-10-05 18:37

Pen-test trio crafts 'Datasploit' tool for easy social engineering (The Register)
2016-08-15 07:36

Methods for Understanding and Reducing Social Engineering Attacks (SANS Reading Room)
2016-05-03 17:33

Bypassing Phone Security through Social Engineering (Schneier on Security)
2016-04-07 11:39

This works: Khan was arrested in mid-July 2015. Undercover police officers posing as company managers arrived at his workplace and asked to check his driver and work records, according to the...

Google boosts network Safe Browsing with malware, social engineering alerts (ZDNet)
2016-04-07 10:31