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Bigwigs creating big risks of social-engineering attack

...High-level executives are one of the biggest social engineering risks for organisations, according to a security expert. Senior executives often... Read more

18 June, 2010 by Vivian Yeo

Phishing scammers tap Google Docs for data gathering

...anyone can create a form, Google is trusted as a brand, making social-engineering attacks based on Google Docs forms more likely to succeed, said... Read more

31 May, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Russian space systems hacked in Lurid attack

...detection of a cyberattack dubbed 'Operation Shady Rat' by security vendor McAfee. Social-engineering attacksIn the Lurid campaign, hackers infected the systems through a series... Read more

23 September, 2011 by Tom Espiner

The overlooked risk to the internet

...criminal ends. The typical methods used in these attacks rely either on social engineering, where attempts are made to dupe users into divulging information, or... Read more

8 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Symantec highlights iOS and Android flaws

...to Symantec's UK security strategist Siân John. "People are open to social engineering," she told ZDNet UK. For security, software makers can restrict their... Read more

29 June, 2011 by Tom Espiner

How IE9 uses app reputation to axe malware

...that sort of stuff. And then there are attacks on the users, social engineering — that's what we focus on. We already deal with two... Read more

5 February, 2011 by Mary Branscombe

Koobface botnet gang exposed by researchers

Researchers have identified five people believed to be the leaders of the cybercriminal ring that runs the lucrative Koobface botnet, which spreads Trojans via social networks such as Facebook Read more

17 January, 2012 by Jack Clark

How to Protect Your Company From Social Engineering Attacks

...offers advice for companies on how to prepare themselves for potentially dangerous social engineering situations: basic security awareness training, the best way to do it... Read more

17 December, 2010

User Awareness Measurement Through Social Engineering

...Institute of Electronics and Cryptology (UEKAE) Department of Information Systems Security makes social engineering attacks to Turkish public agencies within the frame of "Information Security... Read more

1 December, 2010

Case Study on Social Engineering Techniques for Persuasion

...Spyware is provided. In this case study, they got 100% success using social engineering techniques for deception on Linux operating system, which is considered as... Read more

1 June, 2010

Hacking: A Reference Guide 18

...If you ever wanted to know what a SQL injection is, what social engineering is, or simply already know most of the material and just... Read more

13 March, 2012

Cr4cker J4ck 1.0

...identify the characters used in their passwords. With the help of your social engineering skills and general knowledge, together you and J4ck can match up... Read more

12 February, 2012

Threat Center 1.3

...computer threats, how they operate and how to avoid the latest in social engineering ploys and other exploits.Learn how to keep an eye out... Read more

8 February, 2012

Metasploit 4.1.2

...risk intelligence. Capabilities include smart exploitation, password auditing, web application scanning, and social engineering. Teams can collaborate in Metasploit and present their findings in consolidated... Read more

11 November, 2011

duoFactor 1.0

...drastically recently. Also, concluding an individuals password after conducting a series of social engineering activities against the persons lifestyle and personal habits is something that... Read more

13 September, 2011

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If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

7 minutes ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

2 hours ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

4 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

11 hours ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

12 hours ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

13 hours ago by Iain Sutherland via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

16 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Huawei, ZTE face EU 'illegal state subsidies' probe

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

17 hours ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

17 hours ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report