Two years ago, Dave Kennedy, a penetration tester, social engineering expert and contributor to the website social-engineer.com, wanted to create a tool for pen testers to simulate social engineering ...

New social engineering techniques will be on full display at this week's Black Hat and DefCon events in Las Vegas. Some have already gained media attention, including a planned social engineering ...

Distributing malware has never been easier for cyber criminals with the introduction of social engineering toolkits to create fake update notifications, security researchers warn. The warning follows ...

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and some groups in the public sector have already announced plans to address a ...

But tech alone isn’t enough. If social engineering is now 2.0, user awareness should also be 2.0. Teams need exposure to AI-generated phishing simulations so they learn to spot scams that look perfect ...

A new social engineering toolkit called Domen has been discovered that uses fake browser and program update alerts on compromised sites to infect users with malware and remote access software. When ...

You’ve gotten those extended car warranty calls, right? Or perhaps an email alerting you of suspicious activity on your bank card? These are classic examples of social engineering. They happen every ...

A new social engineering campaign by the notorious North Korean Lazarus hacking group has been discovered, with the hackers impersonating Coinbase to target employees in the fintech industry. Hotel ...