Social Engineering
How to Stay Ahead of Deepfakes and Other Social Engineering Attacks
As companies work to reap the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI), they also must beware of its nefarious potential. Amid an AI-driven uptick in social engineering attacks, deepfakes have emerged as a new and convincing threat vector. Earlier this year, an international company lost $25 million after a financial employee fell for a deepfake video […]
How social engineering is related to Cybersecurity
Social engineering is a term used to describe the manipulation of people into revealing sensitive information or performing actions that they otherwise wouldn’t. It is an ever-increasing threat to cybersecurity, as it can be used to gain unauthorized access to systems, steal sensitive data, or carry out fraudulent activities. Social engineering is an age-old tactic […]
Interpol arrests 2000 criminals launching social engineering attacks
In what appears as an operation first of its kind, Interpol has arrested over 2000 criminals who launched social engineering attacks worldwide. The operation to nab thousands of cyber criminals at a time was named ‘ First Light 2022’ and was performed with the coordination of police forces from about 76 countries. Social engineering attacks […]
Top 3 Social Engineering Scams
Think about hackers breaking into accounts. If you think they need top-notch computer skills, you would be wrong. These days, instead of requiring skills behind a keyboard, hackers generally rely on strategy…specifically a strategy called social engineering. This means that hackers don’t have to be technical, but they DO have to be clever and crafty […]
