The Parallax

JANUARY 22, 2018

Its success was predicated not on “zero-day” vulnerabilities or new forms of malicious software, but rather on older, known malware delivered via an all-too-familiar method: phishing. The malware included hacked versions of end-to-end encrypted communication apps Signal and WhatsApp.

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Palo Alto Networks

APRIL 9, 2025

This proposed categorization differs from other technique-based categories, like prompt engineering, social engineering, obfuscation and knowledge poisoning. Examples include consuming excessive computational power or triggering remote code execution, which can compromise application integrity.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Menlo Security , a malware and phishing prevention startup, announced a $100 million Series E today on an $800 million valuation. “When they click a link or engage with a website, the safe visuals are guaranteed to be malware-free, no matter where you go or you end up,” Ben-Efraim said.

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CIO

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Sikorski discusses where attackers benefit from AI and how it will supercharge social engineering attacks. As Sikorski aptly puts it, “Lowering the bar for social engineering attacks means attackers are less likely to be caught due to language inconsistencies.”

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CIO

APRIL 28, 2025

Tech support and job scams thrive: With over 159 million hits in 2024, scammers use job sites, social media, and live chat tools to impersonate recruiters or IT staff, stealing sensitive information, credentials, and payment details.

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Ooda Loop

APRIL 22, 2025

Elusive Comet, a new hacking group, is using social engineering through Zoom to target cryptocurrency users. The attackers trick their victims into installing malware on their computers, enabling them to steal the victims cryptocurrency once they gain access to the device.

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The Crazy Programmer

JULY 18, 2021

Cybersecurity is more critical than ever in today’s modern world, especially with news of ransomware attacks and other forms of malware on the rise. The majority of cyber-attacks actually use phishing or social engineering, where users are tricked into revealing personal information.

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CIO

JULY 25, 2024

Malware, phishing, and ransomware are fast-growing threats given new potency and effectiveness with AI – for example, improving phishing attacks, creating convincing fake identities or impersonating real ones.

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CIO

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In fact, CIO has reported that it takes only a few minutes for experienced hackers to set up a social engineering attack against enterprises (and their managed service providers) that consider themselves to be secure and protected. Deploy email authentication standards on enterprise email servers to check and verify inbound emails.

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The Parallax

MAY 7, 2018

Malware and antivirus software usually go together like tacos and pickles. Pretty much any software can be targeted to be ripped off,” says Mark Lechtik, a security researcher on the Check Point Malware Research Team who led the investigation into SiliVaccine. Leave it to North Korea to combine them like peanut butter and jelly.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2023

Malware hiding in the woodwork: The U.S. government on Thursday announced that it seized a website used to sell malware designed to spy on computers and cell phones, Lorenzo writes. with advertisers and social media giants like Facebook, Google and TikTok. million patients in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

His areas of interest include open source software security, malware analysis, data breaches, and scam investigations. Needless to say, the sabotaged versions of node-ipc — now effectively malware — were taken down from the npm registry. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Ax Sharma is a security researcher and reporter.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

APRIL 25, 2025

Claude was used to create advanced malware and push paid political agendas on social media.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

OpenAI has shut down the accounts of threat actors using GPT for a number of activities including developing malware, generating and propagating misinformation, and phishing. Kaspersky’s behavior begs the question: When does an antimalware vendor become malware? Web Videos from XOXO 2024 have been posted.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

APRIL 1, 2025

Its been a long time since weve had much to say about social media, but with a reboot of Digg, a new attempt at Napster, and alternatives to Facebook and Instagram, were wondering: Has the world tired of the current platform? Its being purchased by a company that wants to build a music-oriented social media site. Web Napster lives ?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Joined by Didi Dotan, the former chief architect of identity at EMC and director of identity services at Cisco, Caulfield set out to launch a service that could detect and respond to identity threats — e.g. social engineering, phishing and malware — at “enterprise scale.”

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CIO

AUGUST 29, 2024

Text messages can be intercepted via malware such as SMS trojan , SIM swapping (an account breaching technique in which fraudsters pay wireless carrier employees to swap a customer’s SIM for one controlled by the threat actor), and OTP interception bots , which can access customers’ one-time-passwords.

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CIO

OCTOBER 16, 2023

I also emphasized that companies need to urgently review their employee access protocol, writing that companies must “ make it a point to do continuous employee training to help your teams avoid being duped by phishing and malware tactics.” It sounds simple, but it could be a hedge against similar social engineering and phishing hacks.

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CIO

OCTOBER 4, 2023

From embedding malware or a phishing link in a document to manipulated or outright forged documents and other types of cyber fraud, the increase in document-related attacks cannot be ignored, especially if your company handles tax forms, business filings, or bank statements–the three types of most frequently manipulated documents.

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DevOps.com

JULY 25, 2024

GitHub and similar open-source code and project repositories have become a common target of cybercriminals looking to lure developers into unknowingly downloading malicious scripts.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Elon Musk taking over Twitter has resulted in similar social media companies being highlighted. Ivan writes that Indian social network Koo is one such platform gaining popularity in Brazil, but that is turning into a number of challenges, including how to manage moderation. You can sign up here. Big Tech Inc.

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

JULY 19, 2018

Recent advances in AI have been helped by three factors: Access to big data generated from e-commerce, businesses, governments, science, wearables, and social media. Financial services companies use AI-based natural language processing tools to analyze brand sentiment from social media platforms and provide actionable advice.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Using the “same old” low-skill tactics, common tools, and a bit of social engineering, hackers can get around complex security policies such as multi-factor authentication (MFA) and identity and access management (IAM) systems. Let’s revisit the most prevalent security threats and see how they’re evolving in 2023.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2023

Speakers include Techstars’ Kerty Levy , Construct Capital’s Dayna Grayson and NFX’s James Currier.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

APRIL 16, 2024

The malware was introduced into xz Utils by one of its maintainers, an entity named Jia Tan. There’s nothing really obvious or actionable; the attackers were slow, methodical, and patient, gradually introducing components of the malware and disabling tests that might have detected the malware. or “I’m trying to help you.”

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CIO

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Social engineering – with social engineering, the cyber criminal will “trick” a victim into releasing confidential information, such as passwords and other logins. This delivers superior protection against kernel-level malware through to browser-based attacks.

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The Parallax

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

While there’s no ransomware-specific cost estimate to the health care business, Verizon’s annual Data Breach Report for 2018 estimates that ransomware is included in 85 percent of the successful malware attacks against hospitals. Cybersecurity researchers at Cylance estimated that the number of ransomware attacks tripled in 2017.

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Perficient

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Once scanned, the attacker can gain access to your personal information or install malware on your device. Social Media QR Code Posts: Hackers may create social media posts promoting offers, giveaways, or discounts, encouraging users to scan a QR code that leads to malicious websites. What are some popular quishing attacks ?

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CIO

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

These can be via social engineering, known as ‘hacking the human’, or via unsecured technology like apps, data and networks. Banks’ biggest concerns are currently malware (40%), phishing and ransomware (both 33%), data theft or misuse (30%) and business email compromise (27%), according to one study.

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 19, 2014

The FBI has determined that the intrusion into SPE’s network consisted of the deployment of destructive malware and the theft of proprietary information as well as employees’ personally identifiable information and confidential communications. Such acts of intimidation fall outside the bounds of acceptable state behavior.

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CTOvision

JUNE 28, 2016

Social engineering is one of the most problematic attack techniques to combat. User education is most effective at stopping a social engineer. Users who are aware of the potential for social engineering attacks and learn to recognize them can use simple methods to thwart these attacks successfully. Stu Sjouwerman.

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Kaseya

APRIL 15, 2020

Just like the coronavirus spreads from person to person, cybersecurity malware too can spread rapidly from computer to computer and network to network. Phishing scams typically employ social engineering to steal user credentials for both on-premises attacks and cloud services attacks. Mobile Malware.

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Kaseya

APRIL 3, 2025

This is because the human aspect can be easily manipulated through tactics such as social engineering, making end users more vulnerable than an organizations systems and networks. Social engineering Social engineering, in simple terms, is the process of hacking the human mind.

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Palo Alto Networks

MAY 1, 2024

The Phishing Threat Becomes Much Stronger In the near-term of the next 6-12 months, Sikorski believes the top way AI will be leveraged offensively is for supercharging social engineering attacks, like phishing and business email compromise (BEC).

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Malicious software used in the Anthem hack conclusively matches malware that was used to target a small U.S. The malware is so unique — the digital signature is so precise — in these two incidents that we strongly feel the same Chinese actors were involved," Barger said.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2022

It just raised $3 million to scale its social network for buyers and sellers. Meanwhile, Carly writes that Google Drive is in the spotlight after it was found that Russian hackers are using the software to hide malware.

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CIO

JULY 17, 2023

Malware Distribution: Cloud exploitation can involve hosting or distributing malware through cloud-based platforms or services. Attackers may upload malicious files or applications to cloud storage or use cloud infrastructure to propagate malware to unsuspecting users.

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