The medical device supplier said that a threat actor accessed company systems through a social engineering attack.

(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 ...

Social engineering is often described as a cybersecurity issue, but that framing increasingly misses the point. The most effective social engineering attacks today do not rely on technical exploits or ...

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 ...

The lessons learned this past year are that the bad guys are not outpacing technology; rather, they are outmaneuvering people. As 2025 draws to a close, the cybersecurity community is taking stock of ...

The cybersecurity threat landscape is shifting, and in 2026 it is expected that cybercriminals will continue to keep companies on their toes. Andrius Buinovskis, a cybersecurity expert at NordLayer ...

Signal has introduced new in-app confirmations and warning messages as additional safeguards against phishing and social engineering attempts that could lead to various forms of fraud. The purpose is ...

You have been warned. A new attack lets hackers “gain full access in WhatsApp." This uses social engineering to target phone numbers and hack accounts, "without ...

The Axios attack has highlighted the sophistication, scalability, and industrialization of social engineering attacks. Late last month, the NPM package of Axios, an extremely popular JavaScript HTTP ...

A new malware campaign using a Python-based delivery chain to deploy the emerging CastleLoader family has been discovered by cybersecurity researchers. According to Blackpoint, the activity revolves ...