The University of Pennsylvania has confirmed that a “sophisticated social-engineering attack” was responsible for last week’s ...

“In a social engineering attack, an attacker uses human interaction (social skills) to obtain or compromise information about an organization or its computer systems,” the Homeland Security Department ...

AI-driven social engineering is transforming cyberattacks from costly, targeted operations into scalable, automated threats. As generative models enable realistic voice, video, and text impersonation, ...

This week, three very different data breaches proved one thing: no sector is safe. From nation-state espionage to data theft to social engineering, the tactics vary — but the results are the same: ...

Think you could never fall for an online scam? Think again. Here's how scammers could exploit psychology to deceive you and ...

The University of Pennsylvania has confirmed that a hacker breached numerous internal systems related to the university's ...

"The proliferation of cybercrime services supporting each step of the Booking.com attack chain reflects a professionalization ...

Modern cyber incidents are providing powerful, real-world examples of how a cyber attack can cause a domino effect across a company's entire supply chain.

“Spear phishing is also a growing threat as these attacks are becoming more sophisticated and difficult to detect,” Alex ...

Microsoft Teams flaws allowed message edits, spoofed alerts, and forged caller identities Attackers could exploit these bugs ...

Instead of relying on advanced tools or complex scripts, experienced attackers penetrate systems and steal data using the most effective weapon of all: social engineering. Social engineering lies at ...

Social engineering scams remain the leading threat to crypto users, according to 2025 data from cryptocurrency trading platform WhiteBIT shared with CoinDesk. In its report, the exchange said it found ...