Tag Archives: spearphishing

Remember the Fappening?

Some time ago, back in 2014, I wrote about the Fappening, when someone hacked a bunch of Apple cloud accounts and stole personal pictures of famous celebrities. Turns out that some of the victims to this hack was due to … Continue reading

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Social Engineering Fraud Losses Doubled in 2015

Consider the largest breaches of 2015 and realize they weren’t about getting financial data directly. It was all about personal details. Identity theft is a hotter commodity on the dark web, than credit card numbers. Anthem 80 million (Personal Details) Ashley … Continue reading

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Facebook Scam…

It’s been seen all over Facebook, really highlighting those who are probably gullible enough to fall for Phishing and Spearphishing attacks.

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Fake Profiles on LinkedIn, a Gateway to SpearPhishing Attacks

Posing as recruiters, the LinkedIn fake accounts allow hackers to map the networks of business professionals and gain the trust of those in them. Symantec has worked with LinkedIn to remove all of the fake accounts it identified. By making … Continue reading

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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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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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Spear Phishing in Florida Nearly Leads to Half Million Dollar Loss

Orange Park City Hall nearly lost $500,000 from the city’s bank account at Wells Fargo, according to Security Info Watch. An email with an attachment was sent to an employee. Once the attachment was opened, similar emails were sent to … Continue reading

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SpearPhishing in Omaha Tricked a Financial Controller to send $17.2 Million to China

The FBI was brought in to investigate The Scoular Company after the controller wired $17.2 million dollars to China through their accounting firm, KPMG. There were emails to the controller from an email address that resembled but was not the … Continue reading

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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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Spearphishing and Why Education and Awareness is Important

It was revealed yesterday that after an investigation by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which oversees the US nuclear power grid, three incidents uncovered that hackers were able to access internal documents. One of the hacking incidents, involved emails sent … Continue reading

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