The lessons learned this past year are that the bad guys are not outpacing technology; rather, they are outmaneuvering people ...

Victims should be suspicious about extreme urgency, emotional manipulation, secrecy demands, and unusual payment methods.

Cybersecurity threats in 2026 are accelerating, driven by AI, automation, and more effective social engineering. Corelight ...

Social engineering attacks are on the rise. This means school districts and other educational entities should invest in endpoint detection and response tools, then focus on securing identities and ...

Microsoft is warning about sophisticated social engineering attacks on human resources (HR) software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms to divert employees’ salaries to threat actor-controlled accounts.

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 ...

A campaign of cyber attacks orchestrated via social engineering against users’ Salesforce instances is now being attributed to the ShinyHunters cyber crime gang with growing confidence, and the list ...

ClickFix, a deceptive social engineering tactic, is used by threat actors to manipulate unsuspecting users into unwittingly allowing a web page to silently populate the clipboard. Ultimately, the ...

Social engineering attack on third-party cloud CRM exposes customer data at North American subsidiary, with Allianz SE confirming breach contained Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America has ...

FBI warns cybercriminals are ramping up social engineering attacks, using deception, AI and deepfakes to trick victims into handing over sensitive info. NEW YORK — The Federal Bureau of Investigations ...

Social engineering attacks are on the rise. This means universities should invest in tools like cybersecurity automation and identity governance to help secure identities and establish cross-domain ...