Social engineering attacks are incredibly common. Can you avoid being a victim?

Social engineering is the very common practice of exploiting a human element to initiate and/or execute a cyberattack. Human weakness and ignorance present such easy targets that fully 82% of the ...

In recent years, and particularly with the rise in use of social media, cyber criminals have taken to using psychological as well as technical methods of attack. Human beings, after all, are ...

Was your company targeted during last week's Social Engineering Capture the Flag event at the Defcon conference? If it was, would you know? The contest caused quite a stir in several industries-- in ...

Cybercriminals continue to launch creative social engineering attacks to trick users. Meanwhile, social engineering misconceptions are exacerbating the risks of falling victim. Social engineering is ...

According to the latest Netskope Cloud and Threat Report, during Q1 2023, social engineering continued to be a dominant malware infiltration technique, with attackers abusing search engines, email, ...

Social engineering is unique in that the victim is not consciously aware that their actions are wrong when being targetted Social engineering attack lifecycle The telephone is a popular channel for ...

Cybercriminals are investing in deepfake technology to make social engineering and authentication bypass campaigns more effective. Here are strategies for defending against the most notable deepfake ...