Social engineering is the very common practice of exploiting a human element to initiate and/or execute a cyberattack. Human weakness and ignorance present such easy targets that fully 82% of the ...

AI is making astounding progress, opening a whole new world of possibilities—and a can of worms. On the one hand, AI creators have facilitated incredibly fast adoption by equipping advanced AI ...

Social engineering is a strategy used by individuals or groups to manipulate and deceive people into revealing sensitive information or performing actions that compromise their security. It relies on ...

Specific examples of Scattered Spider’s social engineering tactics include “impersonating employees or contractors to deceive ...

John Wilson is a Senior Fellow responsible for Threat Research at Agari by Fortra where he heads up the Agari Cyber Intelligence Division (ACID). John researches business email compromise scams and ...

Social engineering is arguably one of the most potent and persistent forms of cybercrime. There’s a reason why social engineering is so popular with cybercriminals: Hacking people is a lot simpler ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a perfect opportunity for many types of social engineering attacks. It is not surprising that 2020 saw a spike in breaches. With users working remotely, attackers ...

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 ...

Cyberattacks, perhaps more so than any other type of crime, follow trends. As security professionals find ways to protect against old techniques, cybercriminals find opportunities elsewhere to ...

It’s been a boom time for social engineering. Pandemic panic, desperation as income concerns grew, and worry over health and wellness made it easier for criminals to tap into fear. Social engineering, ...

This content has been created by the Finextra editorial team with inputs from subject matter experts at the funding sponsor. Social engineering and authorised push payment (APP) scams have been on the ...

For over 15 years I have been focused on this field called social engineering, and after all this time, we are at a point in human history where we will start to discuss these tactics from a ...