social engineering

Ransomware groups are facing an economic downturn of their own: In Q3 2025, only 23 percent of victims paid a ransom, and for data theft incidents that involved no encryption, …

Palo Alto Networks researchers have discovered and analyzed “IUAM ClickFix Generator”, a phishing kit that allows less skilled attackers to infect unsuspecting …

North Korean hackers have stolen more than $2 billion in cryptocurrency in 2025, according to blockchain analytics firm Elliptic, and the year isn’t over yet. Though …

Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters launched a data leak site over the weekend, aiming to pressure organizations whose Salesforce databases they have plundered into paying to prevent …

Cyber threats are shifting in 2025, and while large companies are still targets, attackers are turning their attention to smaller and mid-sized firms. According to Allianz’s …

MacOS users looking to download popular software such as LastPass, 1Password, After Effects, Gemini, and many others are in danger of getting saddled with the Atomic …

Doppel has introduced a new product called Doppel Simulation, which expands its platform for defending against social engineering. The tool uses autonomous AI agents to create …

Criminals are taking advantage of macOS users’ need to resolve technical issues to get them to infect their machines with the Shamos infostealer, Crowdstrike researchers …

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Brandolini’s law, also known as the “bullshit asymmetry principle”, is simple but devastating: “The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude …

Cybercriminals are getting better at lying. That’s the takeaway from a new LevelBlue report, which outlines how attackers are using social engineering and legitimate tools to …

In this Help Net Security interview, Seth Ruden, Senior Director of Global Advisory at BioCatch, discusses how financial institutions are addressing fraud. He explains how …