Social engineering is the very common practice of exploiting a human element to initiate and/or execute a cyberattack. Human weakness and ignorance present such easy targets that fully 82% of the ...

In recent years, and particularly with the rise in use of social media, cyber criminals have taken to using psychological as well as technical methods of attack. Human beings, after all, are ...

Physical social engineering has become a big play with social engineers, penetration testers, and red teamers. Gaining access to internal network resources can be compared to walking past the firewall ...

Cyberattacks, perhaps more so than any other type of crime, follow trends. As security professionals find ways to protect against old techniques, cybercriminals find opportunities elsewhere to ...

Cybercriminals continue to launch creative social engineering attacks to trick users. Meanwhile, social engineering misconceptions are exacerbating the risks of falling victim. Social engineering is ...

(NEXSTAR) – The Federal Bureau of Investigations on Friday issued an alert concerning Scattered Spider, a cybercriminal organization currently targeting the airline industry. The group, which is also ...