Despite Hollywood’s glamorized portrayals, most hackers rely less on advanced computer skills to collect sensitive information, and more on “social engineering” to allow them access to secure networks ...

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) has become a cornerstone of access security, offering an extra layer of defense against cyber threats. However, despite its effectiveness, MFA is not impervious to ...

A major crypto theft has sent shockwaves through the industry, with $330 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) stolen. Experts say this was a social engineering attack and not a technical hack.

Social engineering is present in 90% of phishing attacks today. However, business email compromise (BEC) attacks stand apart in the cybercrime industry for their emphasis on social engineering and the ...

TAMPA BAY, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, today announced the establishment of National Social ...

Social engineering attacks are one of the most dangerous forms of cyberattacks due to their ability to compromise the human element first. Threat actors often use social engineering tactics to gain a ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. There’s a reason why the prices of attack-as-a-service phishing tools are booming on the ...

Since Emotet came out of hibernation last month, researchers are seeing the banking trojan’s authors take on a consistent trend of new evasion tactics and social engineering techniques. The notorious ...

This week, it came to light that gaming platform Roblox was breached via a phishing/social-engineering attack that led to the theft of internal documents and the leaking of them online in an extortion ...

Security researchers have uncovered a new social engineering campaign orchestrated by the North Korean advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as Kimsuky. The campaign, described in an advisory ...