SYDNEY — Properly trained staff, not technology, is the best protection against social engineering attacks on sensitive information, according to security consultant and celebrity hacker Kevin Mitnick ...

Have you ever interacted with someone over the phone or via email, and based on the name you see, the words chosen, and the sound of their voice, you construct a mental image of what they look like, ...

For over 15 years I have been focused on this field called social engineering, and after all this time, we are at a point in human history where we will start to discuss these tactics from a ...

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 takes advantage of the emotions and fallibility of end users rather than relying on technical hacking techniques — and it represents a massive threat to modern organizations.

The FBI warned today of North Korean hacking groups aggressively targeting cryptocurrency companies and their employees in sophisticated social engineering attacks to deploy malware designed to steal ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Vakulov is a cybersecurity expert focused on consumer security. Mar 29, 2025, 02:10pm EDT Mar 29, 2025, 02:13pm EDT Text sign ...

Interview Scattered Spider and Iranian government-backed cyber units have more in common than a recent uptick in hacking activity, according to Ariel Parnes, a former colonel in the Israeli Defense ...