Results for 'social media'
Criminals socially engineer their way to bank details with fake arrest warrants
August 22, 2022 - When an organization experiences a massive data breach, it knows (at least) that it needs to inform the federal government about...
Twilio breached after social engineering attack on employees
August 9, 2022 - Cloud-based communication platform provider Twilio has announced a breach via a social engineering attack on employees. On August 4, 2022, Twilio says...
DHS says to update your Emergency Alert Systems immediately
August 5, 2022 - The Department of Homeland Security has issued an advisory after vulnerabilities were found in its Emergency Alert Systems (EAS). EAS technology...
Malsmoke operators abandon exploit kits in favor of social engineering scheme
November 16, 2020 - Exploit kits continue to be used as a malware delivery platform. In 2020, we’ve observed a number of different malvertising campaigns...
Spelevo exploit kit debuts new social engineering trick
December 18, 2019 - 2019 has been a busy year for exploit kits, despite the fact that they haven’t been considered a potent threat vector...
New social engineering toolkit draws inspiration from previous web campaigns
September 3, 2019 - Some of the most common web threats we track have a social engineering component. Perhaps the more popular ones are those...
Social Security Number scammers are at it again
January 10, 2019 - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) once again sounded the alarm in mid-December about the latest Social Security Number (SSN) scam that continues...
Social engineering attacks: What makes you susceptible?
August 2, 2018 - We now live in a world where holding the door open for someone balancing a tray of steaming hot coffee—she can’t...
Mastodon: different social network, additional risks
April 11, 2017 - Mastodon is a social network that’s a few months old and it’s been mentioned on news sites quite a lot recently,...
New Mac OS X remediation offering and forensics capabilities for enterprise
May 26, 2016 - At Malwarebytes, our mission is to protect consumers and businesses from the most dangerous cyber threats. Today, we announced a new...
