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social engineering

51 articles

Common social engineering tricks
  • social engineering

Social engineering tricks

Social engineering in the spotlight: from classic tricks to new trends.

  • Alanna Titterington

  • June 29, 2023

How to get ready for deepfake threats?
  • deepfakes

How to get ready for deepfake threats

Cybercriminals are increasingly using deepfakes in attacks against companies. What can we do to be safer?

  • Dmitry Anikin

  • May 15, 2023

Scammers are using social engineering to shake down newly onboarded employees.
  • threats

How too-eager-to-please new employees get scammed

Scammers are using social engineering to shake down newly onboarded employees.

  • John Snow

  • March 14, 2023

Prilex malware has learned how to block NFC based transactions to prevent contactless payments.
  • malware

Prilex blocks NFC transactions

The new version of Prilex malware, used to attack POS terminals, now can block NFC transactions.

  • Hugh Aver

  • February 1, 2023

How cybercriminals attack companies without using malware.
  • social engineering

Cyberattacks without malware

How cybercriminals attack companies without using malware.

  • Anastasia Starikova

  • July 25, 2022

  • social networks

Evil brand twins on Twitter

How to protect your clients from cybercriminals impersonating your company on Twitter.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • June 23, 2021

  • social engineering

How to dispose of corporate trash properly

Many companies throw out information that can pose a security or reputational risk.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • June 21, 2021

We present four rules of safe trading for gamers who earn money from in-game trades
  • gamers

How to trade in online games safely

We present four rules of safe trading for gamers who earn money from in-game trades.

  • Leonid Grustniy

  • August 21, 2020

  • phishing

Fake e-mail scanner

A detailed look at a phishing site masquerading as an e-mail scanner and its attempts to snag victims.

  • Tatyana Shcherbakova

  • August 6, 2020

  • truth

Ali Baba and the forty cyberthreats

It turns out that the tale of Ali Baba is a collection of stories from ancient Persia about … cyberthreats?

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • July 9, 2020

Fake Burning Man tickets for sale
  • scam

Scammers try to cash in on Burning Man

Inexpensive, no-fuss Burning Man tickets for sale online. Just one problem: They’re fake.

  • Tatyana Sidorina

  • February 20, 2020

Cybercriminals are attacking small online stores, trying to trick their employees into opening malicious files.
  • online stores

Dangerous letters for small online retailers

Cybercriminals are attacking small online stores, trying to trick their employees into opening malicious files.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • December 12, 2019

One explanation of phishing success lies in a known psychological effect.
  • phishing

Phishing psychology: The prevalence effect

One explanation of phishing success lies in a known psychological effect.

  • Anastasiya Gridasova

  • November 28, 2019

  • threats

“Puss in Boots” APT campaign

Charles Perrault explains how hired hackers use social engineering and watering hole attacks for political purposes.

  • Nikolay Pankov

  • October 16, 2019

  • social engineering

Machine learning–aided scams

Social engineering augmented with machine-learning algorithms can deceive even high-ranking executives.

  • Anastasiya Gridasova

  • October 4, 2019

  • social engineering

Remote access — for a scammer

Using persuasion instead of viruses: How scammers talk people into granting remote access to their computers.

  • Leonid Grustniy

  • July 8, 2019

  • social engineering

Soccer club defrauded

How to steal a million (OK, half a million), or what happened to the Boca Juniors

  • Marina Mash

  • May 29, 2019

  • human factor

Spear phishing psychology

Many vulnerabilities exist in the mind. How to neutralize them.

  • Anastasiya Gridasova

  • January 24, 2019

  • phishing

Holiday shopping and holiday phishing

The winter sales season is the hottest time of the year for shoppers and financial phishers. Be careful!

  • Andrey Kostin

  • November 21, 2018

  • scam

Twitter cryptocurrency scams: A hundred Elon Musks — and now Target

Twitter cryptocurrency scams are becoming more and more advanced and convincing, with scammers using new techniques and some heavy artillery.

  • Alex Perekalin

  • November 13, 2018

  • Instagram

How Instagram accounts get hijacked

Instagram hacking has been on the rise lately. Here’s what you need to know to avoid losing your precious account.

  • Nadezhda Demidova

  • August 24, 2018

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