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SpearPhish Your Phamily and Phriends!
I tried InfoSec Institute’s Phishing service, and here is how it played out! Over the past couple of days, while having some discussions regarding social engineering at work, I stumbled across this service. The InfoSec Institute provides phishing as a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, aware, education and awareness, fun, learning, phishing, Security Awareness, spear phishing, spearphishing
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Your Data From Ashley Madison Was Leaked
A new phishing scam, to out cheaters, is being played out by bad actors. A phishing scam like the one below is being sent in mass in both phishing and spear phishing. Unfortunately, your data was leaked in the recent … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, Ashley Madison, phishing, Security Awareness, spear phishing, spearphishing
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Phishing and Vishing Attacks are Up
With the recent OPM hack… I use hack loosely because of this. A lot of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) was stolen. About 32 million records. The PII consisted of Names, Addresses, Social Security Numbers, Dates of Birth, places one lived … Continue reading
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Tagged malware, OPM, phishing, Security Awareness, social engineering, vishing
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Vishing Voicemail? Sounds Serious!
I got a voicemail yesterday on my Google Voice number, a number I haven’t used in a year. Vishing is voice phishing, a category of social engineering and the act of using the telephone in an attempt to scam a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, Danny Archer, fraud, phishing, Security Awareness, vishing, voice phishing
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Ring! Ring! Yes, This is the I.R.S! NOT!
Criminals have been calling taxpayers and insisting they must “immediately give up their personal information or make a payment,” Don’t fall for it! It’s a scam! The I.R.S. will never call as their method is to send old fashioned mail. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, cybercrime, fraud, hackers, IRS, privacy, risk, scam, Security Awareness, social engineering
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Billion Dollar Bank Hack
Multiple banks to be exact, over the last two years, by an unknown but very organized group. The bank’s internal computers, used by employees who process daily transfers and conduct bookkeeping, had been penetrated by malware, through social engineering/phishing attacks, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 billion dollars, ATM, Carbanak, kapersky, phishing, social engineering
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Stuart Varney, Fox Host, Gets Demo-Hacked By John McAfee
This was in the news yesterday, it is proof that social engineering is the master key to unlock many locks. It is also proof that to keep your lock secured, security awareness and training is needed with the end goal … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, Fox News, Information Technology Security Awareness, John McAfee, passwords, phishing, Security Awareness, social engineering, sony, spoof, spoofing, Stuart Varney
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The Raven
An adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s famous poem of the Raven. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten security lore. While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, Edgar Allan Bro, Security Awareness, The Raven
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Harvesting Birthdays
When participating in social media, there are all sorts of fun things to be part of, like “Who would be in your Zombie Apocalypse team?”. Though it’s fun, it’s also easy to give up your personal information. Why the heck … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, birthdays, cybercrime, fullz, harvesting, Security Awareness, social engineering
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German Steel Mill Hacked
A spear phishing attack led to a German steel mill to perform an unscheduled shut down and a blast furnace could not be shut down as normal. Attackers were very skilled and used both targeted emails and social engineering techniques … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, auf der steel mill, hacked, Information Technology Security Awareness, Security Awareness, spear phishing, spearphishing
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