Tag Archives: phishing attacks
ALERT: CRIMINALS REQUESTING W-2s VIA SIMPLE SOCIAL ENGINEERING
By Todd Hacke Tax season is a hectic time of year for not only organizations but their employees. This year attackers are looking to take advantage of this turbulence with a simple social engineering inquiry that could land them a gold mine of personal and financial information. It turns out all they have to do […]
Fun with Social Engineering
I recently wrote about Security Awareness Training, and mentioned that a well-trained staff and general employee population can be a good deterrent against Social Engineering practitioners. Social Engineering is a service offering of Halock Security Labs, and it’s probably one of our team’s favorite exercises. Social engineering is basically a test of the security awareness […]