French researchers have developed an automated social engineering tool that uses a man-in-the middle attack and strikes up online conversations with potential victims. The proof-of-concept HoneyBot ...

Developed by cybersecurity researcher, mr. d0x, a FileFix attack is a new version of the ever popular ClickFix social engineering tool. For those unfamiliar with ClickFix, it tricks users into ...

Organizations invest heavily in technology, yet today’s most costly breaches are increasingly slipping through traditional defenses. The reason? Attackers target human psychology, now supercharged by ...

Carpinteria, CA, September 14, 2009 — Today Jetmetric announces the launch of its Social Engineering assessment tool Social PET, www.jetmetric.com. Jetmetric, which provides Web-based security ...

Social engineering is arguably one of the most potent and persistent forms of cybercrime. There’s a reason why social engineering is so popular with cybercriminals: Hacking people is a lot simpler ...

Social engineering is often described as a cybersecurity issue, but that framing increasingly misses the point. The most effective social engineering attacks today do not rely on technical exploits or ...

This content has been created by the Finextra editorial team with inputs from subject matter experts at the funding sponsor. Social engineering and authorised push payment (APP) scams have been on the ...