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Signal confirms 1,900 of its users were hit by Twilio breach

By Connor Jones published

News Last week's phishing attack on Twilio has exposed phone numbers exposed and compromised user accounts

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Twilio account breach result of sophisticated social engineering campaign

By Rory Bathgate published

News Employees were subjected to personalised texts that impersonated Twilio's IT department, in a strategic credential harvesting operation

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Hackers hiding malicious links in top Google search results, researchers warn

By Rory Bathgate published

News Malicious adverts made to resemble links to websites are targeting some of the world’s most popular websites

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Roblox hacker posts stolen documents online

By Zach Marzouk published

News The company said that it has been investigating a phishing incident in which an employee was targeted through social engineering

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Marriott hit by data breach through social engineering

By Zach Marzouk published

News Unknown attackers were reportedly able to exfiltrate 20GB of information from the company

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An animated mockup of a login in form being lifted out of a laptop screen to symbolise a phishing attack

BRATA malware has evolved to target online banking across Europe, researchers warn

By Rory Bathgate published

News The new variant can now access SMS, GPS, and device control to better steal financial data

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Security BSides commits to greater conference diversity after speaker backlash

By Connor Jones published

News A surprise booking of a divisive social engineer prompted a number of cyber security experts to pull out of BSides Cleveland

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Deepfake attacks expected to be next major threat to businesses

By Connor Jones published

News Cisco’s cyber security experts agreed that social norms may also become “super weird” as a result

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What is shoulder surfing?

By Jane McCallion last updated

In-depth This social engineering technique can pose a major security risk, so here's how to best protect against it

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A pink T-Mobile logo on a storefront in Aachen, Germany

LAPSUS$ breached T-Mobile systems, stole source code

By Sabina Weston published

News T-Mobile has denied that the hackers obtained customer or government information

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