Social-Engineer LLC is proud to celebrate its fifteenth year of success in the information security (InfoSec) industry. Founded in 2010 by CEO Christopher Hadnagy, the company specializes in applying ...

CrowdStrike’s new Global Threat Report finds voice phishing is up, China and North Korea are finding their way into the cloud ...

Senior executives and high-net-worth individuals are increasingly at risk as hackers use deepfakes, voice cloning and other tactics for targeted attacks.

Oxford University has been accused of “social engineering” because black applicants who miss their required A-level grades are more likely to be accepted than white candidates.

Social events are enjoyable. It is always nice to meet new and current professionals. Talking in person can help your business. But one kind of social contact — social engineering — can be deadly for ...

AI social engineering is just getting started. Employers must make employees aware of these risks and train them to exercise their security intuition. Here’s how. Generative AI technology such as ...

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 ...

Several U.S. intelligence departments, working with key agencies in South Korea, warn that North Korean state-sponsored actors continue to use social engineering to target employees of think tanks, ...

AI-enabled technology enhances threat actors’ ability to engage in advanced and difficult-to-detect forms of social engineering to deceive employees and circumvent companies’ security controls.

It seems counterintuitive to hand over sensitive information to a complete stranger, but attackers have developed ways to trick you into feeling comfortable doing just that. Those could include ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. Social engineering is the next cybersecurity battleground. In ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. It’s no surprise firewalls and encryption are instrumental to help defend against ...