Social Engineering Conclusions As the threat landscape continues to evolve, new tools and approaches are emerging regularly. But one thing remains constant: the human factor. More than ever, cybercriminals rely on people to download and install malware or send funds and information on their behalf. And as the shelf lives…
Social Engineering exploits More businesses are moving to the cloud, creating new kinds of risk. Analysing how attackers are getting access to this infrastructure—and how some users are inadvertently misusing it — provides critical insight into how to better protect against these new threats. The cloud and software-as-a-service (SaaS) apps…
Social Engineering exploits Human interaction and commerce are increasingly digital, and threat actors are adapting to that reality. They are following shifting trends, usage patterns and popular interests to attack people through social media channels. Many of these attacks rely on social engineering. Others simply take advantage of inclinations for…
What are the ADVANCED PERSISTENT THREATS? From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: An advanced persistent threat (APT) is a set of stealthy and continuous computer hacking processes, often orchestrated by a person or persons targeting a specific entity. An APT usually targets either private organizations, states or both for business or…
Attackers have relied more and more on social engineering to trick users into revealing credentials, installing malware or wiring funds. Few of us are still tempted to send money to distressed Nigerian princes anymore. But the basic principles behind those early email scams are alive and well. We see them…
Social engineering approaches further matured in both phishing and malware attacks, with increased geotargeted malware attacks. For all the known WordPress Security issues, these were the most identified types: BANKING TROJANS: This type of malware steals victims bank login credentials, usually by redirecting victims’ browser to a fake version of…
More and more businesses are embracing cloud services to improve employee collaboration, streamline operations and engage customers. With these new benefits come with new risks for WordPress Security, including accidental sharing, credential theft and unsafe third-party app add-ons. These are the top trends: • From all successful login attempts to…
Email remains the top attack vector and the biggest challenge for WordPress Security. WP Security threats range from SPAM that clogs inboxes and wastes resources until EMAIL FRAUD that can cost organisations and people millions of euros. The modern exploitation threat landscape also includes a variety of Web-based threats like…
Over the last year, cybercriminals increased their use of social engineering, scaling up people-centred threats and attacks that rely on human interaction and dialled down the automated exploits. Founding new ways to exploit “the human factor” — the instincts of curiosity and trust that lead well-intentioned people to click, divulge,…
