Tag: social engineering tactics
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CSA: Why Are Cyberattacks on Transportation Surging?
Source URL: https://abnormalsecurity.com/blog/transportation-industry-email-attack-trends Source: CSA Title: Why Are Cyberattacks on Transportation Surging? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text addresses the rising cyber threats targeting the transportation industry, emphasizing the increase in various forms of cyberattacks, including phishing, business email compromise (BEC), and vendor email compromise (VEC). It highlights the critical vulnerabilities…
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The Register: The only thing worse than being fired is scammers fooling you into thinking you’re fired
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/28/fired_phishing_campaign_cloudflare/ Source: The Register Title: The only thing worse than being fired is scammers fooling you into thinking you’re fired Feedly Summary: Scumbags play on victims’ worst fears in phishing campaign referencing UK Employment Tribunal A current phishing campaign scares recipients into believing they’ve been sacked, when in reality they’ve been hacked –…
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Krebs on Security: Feds Charge Five Men in ‘Scattered Spider’ Roundup
Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/11/feds-charge-five-men-in-scattered-spider-roundup/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Feds Charge Five Men in ‘Scattered Spider’ Roundup Feedly Summary: Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles this week unsealed criminal charges against five men alleged to be members of a hacking group responsible for dozens of cyber intrusions at major U.S. technology companies between 2021 and 2023, including…
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The Register: FBI issues warning as crooks ramp up emergency data request scams
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/11/fraudulent_edr_emails/ Source: The Register Title: FBI issues warning as crooks ramp up emergency data request scams Feedly Summary: Just because it’s .gov doesn’t mean that email is trustworthy Cybercrooks abusing emergency data requests in the US isn’t new, but the FBI says it’s becoming a more pronounced issue as the year draws to…
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The Register: Alleged Snowflake attacker gets busted by Canadians – politely, we assume
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/11/infosec_in_brief/ Source: The Register Title: Alleged Snowflake attacker gets busted by Canadians – politely, we assume Feedly Summary: Also: Crypto hacks will continue; CoD hacker gets thousands banned, and more in brief One of the suspected masterminds behind the widespread Snowflake breach has been arrested in Canada – but the saga isn’t over,…
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The Register: Scattered Spider, BlackCat claw their way back from criminal underground
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/08/scattered_spider_blackcat_return/ Source: The Register Title: Scattered Spider, BlackCat claw their way back from criminal underground Feedly Summary: We all know by now that monsters never die, right? Two high-profile criminal gangs, Scattered Spider and BlackCat/ALPHV, seemed to disappear into the darkness like their namesakes following a series of splashy digital heists last year,…
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The Register: Schneider Electric ransomware crew demands $125k paid in baguettes
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/05/schneider_electric_cybersecurity_incident/ Source: The Register Title: Schneider Electric ransomware crew demands $125k paid in baguettes Feedly Summary: Hellcat crew claimed to have gained access via the company’s Atlassian Jira system Schneider Electric confirmed that it is investigating a breach as a ransomware group Hellcat claims to have stolen more than 40 GB of compressed…
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The Register: LottieFiles supply chain attack exposes users to malicious crypto wallet drainer
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/31/lottiefiles_supply_chain_attack/ Source: The Register Title: LottieFiles supply chain attack exposes users to malicious crypto wallet drainer Feedly Summary: A scary few Halloween hours for team behind hugely popular web plugin LottieFiles is overcoming something of a Halloween fright after battling to regain control of a compromised developer account that was used to exploit…
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Cloud Blog: Hybrid Russian Espionage and Influence Campaign Aims to Compromise Ukrainian Military Recruits and Deliver Anti-Mobilization Narratives
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/russian-espionage-influence-ukrainian-military-recruits-anti-mobilization-narratives/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Hybrid Russian Espionage and Influence Campaign Aims to Compromise Ukrainian Military Recruits and Deliver Anti-Mobilization Narratives Feedly Summary: In September 2024, Google Threat Intelligence Group (consisting of Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Mandiant) discovered UNC5812, a suspected Russian hybrid espionage and influence operation, delivering Windows and Android…
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The Register: Putin’s pro-Trump trolls accuse Harris of poaching rhinos
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/25/russia_china_iran_election_disinfo/ Source: The Register Title: Putin’s pro-Trump trolls accuse Harris of poaching rhinos Feedly Summary: Plus: Iran’s IRGC probes election-related websites in swing states Russian, Iranian, and Chinese trolls are all ramping up their US election disinformation efforts ahead of November 5, but – aside from undermining faith in the democratic process and confidence…