Security Info Watch

2025 Threat Trends: How Social Engineering, VPN Exploits, and Living-Off-the-Land Attacks Redefined the Cyber Threat Landscape

The lessons learned this past year are that the bad guys are not outpacing technology; rather, they are outmaneuvering people ...

Are you susceptible to a ‘social engineering’ attack?

Specific examples of Scattered Spider’s social engineering tactics include “impersonating employees or contractors to deceive IT help desks into granting access,” or “convincing help desk services to ...
Crowdfund Insider

Betterment Discloses Social Engineering Attack Behind Recent Data Breach and Fraudulent Messages

On Jan 12, investing and savings platform Betterment revealed that a sophisticated social engineering attack was responsible ...
Business Wire

CISOs Face Widening Gaps in Defending Multi-Channel Social Engineering Threats, Dune Security Finds

Security teams are sounding the alarm: 64% of enterprises faced off-channel attacks in the past year, but most still train only for email-based attacks. Drawing from Dune Security’s 2025 Insider ...

ClickFix attack uses fake Windows BSOD screens to push malware

A new ClickFix social engineering campaign is targeting the hospitality sector in Europe, using fake Windows Blue Screen of ...
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 ...