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Cyber Scammers now Experimenting With QR Codes

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Social Engineering Attack

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Cyber Scammers now Experimenting With QR Codes

Microsoft started limiting macros in Office files by default in February 2022, making it more difficult for attackers to execute malicious code. According to data gathered by...

Twitter Data Breach Indicates How APIs Are a Goldmine for PII and Social Engineering

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Twitter Data Breach Indicates How APIs Are a Goldmine for PII and Social Engineering

A Twitter API vulnerability that was detected in June 2021, and was later patched, has apparently been haunting the organization yet again. In December 2022, a hacker claimed...

Social Engineering forum hacked, data shared online

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Social Engineering Attack XenForo

Social Engineering forum hacked, data shared online

A website that deals with topics of social engineering has been hacked about two week ago, and tens of thousands of data have been leaked and sold online. The...

The Dyre Wolf of cyber street is after your money

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Spear Phishing attacks

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The Dyre Wolf of cyber street is after your money

The Dyre malware affecting the corporate banking sector has successfully stolen upwards of million dollars from unsuspecting companies since its inception in mid-2014, according...

Syrian Electronic Army hacks Forbes website and twitter accounts

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Syrian Electronic Army hacks Forbes website and twitter accounts

Forbes, american business magazine, is appeared to be the latest victim of the Syrian Electronic Army. The group has managed to post articles entitled "hacked by syrian...

Target data breach started with a Spear phishing attack targeting HVAC firm

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Target data breach started with a Spear phishing attack targeting HVAC firm

A latest information on Target data breach published by security blogger Brian Krebs shows the power of Social Engineering attacks. It appears everything began from...

Hacker manipulates Paypal and Godaddy to extort a twitter account worth $50,000

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Hacker manipulates Paypal and Godaddy to extort a twitter account worth $50,000

We aware that one of the powerful attack method in the hacking world is Social Engineering. Here is a story how social engineering attack helped a hacker to extort a...

Microsoft confirms phishing attack compromised the employee's email account

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Syrian Electronic Army

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Microsoft confirms phishing attack compromised the employee's email account

Social Engineering attacks is one of the most successful attack method- Even the system which is claimed to be 100% secure can be hacked, if an attacker is able to manipulate...

8 Telegraph Twitter accounts and Facebook hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

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8 Telegraph Twitter accounts and Facebook hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

The Daily Telegraph , UK based international news portal, is the latest victim to the social media hacks of Syrian Hacker group. Earlier today, the Syrian Electronic Army has...

Phishing Scam alert: Samantha very hot scene from Telugu Movie

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Phishing Scam alert: Samantha very hot scene from Telugu Movie

The recent report from Symantec shows that, even Cyber criminals became a fan of Telugu actresses Kajal agarwal and Samantha. Cybercriminals started to use these actresses'...

Celebrities Hacked and Doxed ! (Exclusive:Hack analysis)

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Social Engineering Attack

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Celebrities Hacked and Doxed ! (Exclusive:Hack analysis)

The private details of many Celebrity's have been leaked on a website :" http://www.exposed.su/ (Currently Going in and out of service)" This is the list...

Browser Event Hijacking allows hacker to steal your password

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Social Engineering Attack

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Browser Event Hijacking allows hacker to steal your password

Be careful what you type on your web browser. Hacker can hijack search command in browser and steal your password or any other sensitive data by social engineering...

South Carolina Department of Revenue hacked by Social Engineering attack

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South Carolina Department of Revenue hacked by Social Engineering attack

End of the last month, we reported that the South Carolina Department of Revenue website breached and hackers steal sensitive information. The Cyber crime investigation...

Hackers hijack Gizmodo Reporter's iCloud account via Social Engineering attack

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Hackers hijack Gizmodo Reporter's iCloud account via Social Engineering attack

Yesterday, we report that Gizmodo's twitter account hijacked after hackers compromised the iCloud account of Mat Honan, a former Gizmodo employee. At the time it was assumed...

UGNazi hacked WHMCS by Social Engineering attack

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UGNazi hacked WHMCS by Social Engineering attack

UGNazi hacke group have manage to break into the WHMCS, a company that provides billing and customer support tech to many web hosts . They leaked data and deleted all the files...

Fraudster conned Citibank to get Paul Allen's Debit Card

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Social Engineering Attack

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Fraudster conned Citibank to get Paul Allen's Debit Card

FBI charged an alleged Army deserter 'Brandon Price' of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with the bank fraud in connection to the social engineered hijacking of Microsoft co-founder...

Hackers steal millions of pounds from Xbox Live customers using Phishing Attack

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Hackers steal millions of pounds from Xbox Live customers using Phishing Attack

CyberCriminals used phishing attack on Xbxo Live Accounts and stolen millions of pounds. The average loss to gamers in 35 countries hit by the scam is around £100, but many...

New Facebook scam leads to Youtube Phishing page

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Spam Report

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New Facebook scam leads to Youtube Phishing page

Microsoft spotted a spam that leads to Youtube Phishing page, which suggest to update browser with a bogus Active object(setup.exe. Of course, it is malware, detected as Backdoor:Win32/Caphaw.A. This...

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