SMiShing in Social Engineering News

SMiShing in Social Engineering News

SMiShing uses SMS (Short Message Service) as the attack vector. The attacker’s objective is to trick the target into installing […] ...
0ktapus/‘Scatter Swine’ Hacking Gang Stole 10,000 Corp Logins via Twilio

0ktapus/‘Scatter Swine’ Hacking Gang Stole 10,000 Corp Logins via Twilio

More on the Twilio débâcle from earlier this month: Researchers reveal the hackers swiped at least 9,931 user credentials from more than 130 organizations ...
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How 1-Time Passcodes Became a Corporate Liability

How 1-Time Passcodes Became a Corporate Liability

Phishers are enjoying remarkable success using text messages to steal remote access credentials and one-time passcodes from employees at some of the world's largest technology companies and customer support firms. A recent ...
Responding to the Twilio SMS Incident with Obsidian

Responding to the Twilio SMS Incident with Obsidian

Earlier this month, Twilio shared publicly that they had been targeted with an ongoing social-engineering phishing scam via SMS. This is the latest in a string of recent sophisticated breaches gaining access ...
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Multi-Factor Authentication Fatigue Attack, Signal Account Twilio Hack, Facebook and Instagram In-App Browser

A Cisco employee was compromised by a ransomware gang using a technique called multi-factor authentication fatigue, an attack on the Signal messenger app’s SMS service Twilio potentially disclosed the phone numbers of ...
Twilio Fails Simple Test — Leaks Private Data via Phishing

Twilio Fails Simple Test — Leaks Private Data via Phishing

Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) customer data has leaked—after a simple phishing attack on employees ...
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Fighting Fake EDRs With ‘Credit Ratings’ for Police

Fighting Fake EDRs With ‘Credit Ratings’ for Police

When KrebsOnSecurity last month explored how cybercriminals were using hacked email accounts at police departments worldwide to obtain warrantless Emergency Data Requests (EDRs) from social media and technology providers, many security experts ...
Sendgrid Under Siege from Hacked Accounts

Sendgrid Under Siege from Hacked Accounts

Email service provider Sendgrid is grappling with an unusually large number of customer accounts whose passwords have been cracked, sold to spammers, and abused for sending phishing and email malware attacks. Sendgrid's ...

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