Social engineering is the very common practice of exploiting a human element to initiate and/or execute a cyberattack. Human weakness and ignorance present such easy targets that fully 82% of the ...

In recent years, and particularly with the rise in use of social media, cyber criminals have taken to using psychological as well as technical methods of attack. Human beings, after all, are ...

Was your company targeted during last week's Social Engineering Capture the Flag event at the Defcon conference? If it was, would you know? The contest caused quite a stir in several industries-- in ...

Social engineering remains one of the easiest ways for cybercriminals to penetrate enterprise defenses; however, trained employees can disrupt the modern kill chain before it begins. Phishing is one ...

(NEXSTAR) – The Federal Bureau of Investigations on Friday issued an alert concerning Scattered Spider, a cybercriminal organization currently targeting the airline industry. The group, which is also ...

Cybercriminals continue to launch creative social engineering attacks to trick users. Meanwhile, social engineering misconceptions are exacerbating the risks of falling victim. Social engineering is ...

Social engineering is unique in that the victim is not consciously aware that their actions are wrong when being targetted Social engineering attack lifecycle The telephone is a popular channel for ...