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Are you susceptible to 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 ...
BizTech

How SMBs Must Manage Rising Ransomware and Social-Engineering Attacks

Dave Nyczepir is a senior editor at BizTech. “I think the chief reason that a lot of SMBs get attacked is that they're targets of opportunity,” says John Shier, field CISO for threat intelligence at ...
Wired

Social Engineering Scams Help Spark Uptick in Cybercrime

Social-engineering attacks are rising in the workplace, adding to widespread concerns about escalating cybersecurity threats, according to new data from Ernst & Young LLP. Notably, Gen Z and ...
Accounting Today

Firms face growing threat of social engineering

Social engineering raises some serious questions about data protection and compliance of accounting firms. Therefore, accounting firms should have measures to protect their IT assets against this ...
CSOonline

You should be aware of these latest social engineering trends

Instead of relying on advanced tools or complex scripts, experienced attackers penetrate systems and steal data using the most effective weapon of all: social engineering. Social engineering lies at ...