Tag: social engineering
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ISC2 Think Tank: The Evolution of Email Threats: How Social Engineering is Outsmarting Traditional Defenses
Source URL: https://www.isc2.org/professional-development/webinars/thinktank Source: ISC2 Think Tank Title: The Evolution of Email Threats: How Social Engineering is Outsmarting Traditional Defenses Feedly Summary: A staggering 74% of all breaches involve the human element, proving that cybercriminals are relentlessly exploiting users through sophisticated email-based social engineering attacks. While organizations have invested in email authentication, advanced threat detection,…
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Cloud Blog: BitM Up! Session Stealing in Seconds Using the Browser-in-the-Middle Technique
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/session-stealing-browser-in-the-middle/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: BitM Up! Session Stealing in Seconds Using the Browser-in-the-Middle Technique Feedly Summary: Written by: Truman Brown, Emily Astranova, Steven Karschnia, Jacob Paullus, Nick McClendon, Chris Higgins Executive Summary The Rise of Browser in the Middle (BitM): BitM attacks offer a streamlined approach, allowing attackers to quickly compromise sessions…
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Krebs on Security: ClickFix: How to Infect Your PC in Three Easy Steps
Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/clickfix-how-to-infect-your-pc-in-three-easy-steps/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: ClickFix: How to Infect Your PC in Three Easy Steps Feedly Summary: A clever malware deployment scheme first spotted in targeted attacks last year has now gone mainstream. In this scam, dubbed “ClickFix," the visitor to a hacked or malicious website is asked to distinguish themselves from…
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Microsoft Security Blog: Phishing campaign impersonates Booking .com, delivers a suite of credential-stealing malware
Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/03/13/phishing-campaign-impersonates-booking-com-delivers-a-suite-of-credential-stealing-malware/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Phishing campaign impersonates Booking .com, delivers a suite of credential-stealing malware Feedly Summary: Starting in December 2024, leading up to some of the busiest travel days, Microsoft Threat Intelligence identified a phishing campaign that impersonates online travel agency Booking.com and targets organizations in the hospitality industry. The…
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The Register: That ‘angry guest’ email from Booking.com? It’s a scam, not a 1-star review
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/13/bookingdotcom_phishing_campaign/ Source: The Register Title: That ‘angry guest’ email from Booking.com? It’s a scam, not a 1-star review Feedly Summary: Phishers check in, your credentials check out, Microsoft warns An ongoing phishing campaign disguised as a Booking.com email casts keystroke and credential-stealing malware into hospitality employees’ inboxes for financial fraud and theft, according…
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Rekt: Not So Safe
Source URL: https://www.rekt.news/not-so-safe Source: Rekt Title: Not So Safe Feedly Summary: North Korea’s Lazarus Group stole $1.4B from Bybit’s signers by exploiting a simple vulnerability in Safe’s system. A single yaml.load execution bypassed high-end security, turning a supposedly impenetrable system into one of the industry’s biggest disasters. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text…
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The Register: Choose your own Patch Tuesday adventure: Start with six zero day fixes, or six critical flaws
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/12/patch_tuesday/ Source: The Register Title: Choose your own Patch Tuesday adventure: Start with six zero day fixes, or six critical flaws Feedly Summary: Microsoft tackles 50-plus security blunders, Adobe splats 3D bugs, and Apple deals with a doozy Patch Tuesday Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday bundle has appeared, with a dirty dozen flaws competing for…
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Microsoft Security Blog: New XCSSET malware adds new obfuscation, persistence techniques to infect Xcode projects
Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/03/11/new-xcsset-malware-adds-new-obfuscation-persistence-techniques-to-infect-xcode-projects/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: New XCSSET malware adds new obfuscation, persistence techniques to infect Xcode projects Feedly Summary: Microsoft Threat Intelligence has uncovered a new variant of XCSSET, a sophisticated modular macOS malware that infects Xcode projects, in the wild. Its first known variant since 2022, this latest XCSSET malware features…
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Threat Research Archives – Unit 42: RustDoor and Koi Stealer for macOS Used by North Korea-Linked Threat Actor to Target the Cryptocurrency Sector
Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/macos-malware-targets-crypto-sector/ Source: Threat Research Archives – Unit 42 Title: RustDoor and Koi Stealer for macOS Used by North Korea-Linked Threat Actor to Target the Cryptocurrency Sector Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details a significant malware campaign targeting macOS systems, notably linked to North Korean nation-state actors employing advanced…
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The Register: Sidewinder goes nuclear, charts course for maritime mayhem in tactics shift
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/10/sidewinder_tactics_shift/ Source: The Register Title: Sidewinder goes nuclear, charts course for maritime mayhem in tactics shift Feedly Summary: Phishing and ancient vulns still do the trick for one of the most prolific groups around Researchers say the Sidewinder offensive cyber crew is starting to target maritime and nuclear organizations.… AI Summary and Description:…