Social Engineering

BadUSB: A Growing Cybersecurity Threat

December 19, 2022

BadUSB attacks have proliferated in the last year for a simple reason — they work as long as curiosity is part of human nature. The impact of BadUSB is tantamount to allowing an unknown hacker to sit at an employee’s unlocked computer and directly attack the network from the inside.

Close up of young man hand using smart phone at night showing social engineering on social media

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Why Social Media Is a Weak Spot for Companies’ Cybersecurity

September 26, 2022

Cybercriminals are using social engineering to target company employees on social media, which remains a weak point even if a company takes every precaution necessary to protect in-house information.

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Major Cybersecurity Incident at Uber: Network Breach Began With Social Engineering by Teenage Culprit, Sensitive Information Stored in Plaintext

September 19, 2022

Uber cybersecurity incident was the result of social engineering by teenage hacker. Network breach was a total compromise and that the attacker had full access to Uber's systems.

Marriott hotel showing data breach via social engineering

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Another Data Breach at Marriott as Social Engineering Attack Yields 300-400 Customer Credit Card Numbers

July 11, 2022

The data breach took place at the BWI Airport Marriott near Baltimore. A social engineering attack was executed on a member of the hotel staff, who unwittingly granted access.

Boy and father playing games showing account takeover via phishing and social engineering

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EA Confirms Account Takeover Attacks Compromising High-Profile Gamers via Phishing and Social Engineering Attacks

January 20, 2022

EA introduced new security measures to prevent account takeover attacks after hackers successfully breached high-profile players’ accounts via phishing and social engineering attacks.

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Data Breach of Robinhood Trading Platform Blamed on Social Engineering, Similar to 2020 Twitter Breach

November 15, 2021

Robinhood, the most popular app-based trading platform for non-professional investors, has confirmed that it suffered a data breach due to a social engineering attack last week that potentially compromised millions of accounts.”

Hacker pointing finger at laptop screen showing ransomware via social engineering

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Nigerian Threat Actors Skip Social Engineering, Make Direct Pitches to Employees To Install Ransomware on Company Networks

August 25, 2021

Most ransomware attacks begin with some combination of phishing and social engineering. An enterprising ransomware gang in Nigeria appears to be skipping this messy step, simply making a direct pitch to employees to join in on the attack.

Social Engineering

Hive Ransomware Shut Down by Law Enforcement Operation; FBI in Possession of Decryption Keys, Group’s Public-Facing Website

Navigating the Data Privacy Landscape in 2023

Security Breach at Riot Games Reveals Game Cheats, Source Code for Popular eSport “League of Legends”