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AI-enabled technology enhances threat actors’ ability to engage in advanced and difficult-to-detect forms of social engineering to deceive employees and circumvent companies’ security controls.

AI is making astounding progress, opening a whole new world of possibilities—and a can of worms. On the one hand, AI creators have facilitated incredibly fast adoption by equipping advanced AI ...

In today’s digital age, phone-based attacks have become increasingly common as cybercriminals exploit social engineering tactics to manipulate individuals into revealing sensitive information. These ...

Social engineering is a strategy used by individuals or groups to manipulate and deceive people into revealing sensitive information or performing actions that compromise their security. It relies on ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a perfect opportunity for many types of social engineering attacks. It is not surprising that 2020 saw a spike in breaches. With users working remotely, attackers ...

John Wilson is a Senior Fellow responsible for Threat Research at Agari by Fortra where he heads up the Agari Cyber Intelligence Division (ACID). John researches business email compromise scams and ...

Social Engineering is a form of cyberattack that uses acts of deception to exploit individuals and entities for their personal information. These attacks can expose sensitive information, like social ...

Vibe hacking is an emerging form of AI-enabled social engineering that weaponizes tone, timing, and persona to trick people – and even other AI models – into handing over data, money, or access.

This content has been created by the Finextra editorial team with inputs from subject matter experts at the funding sponsor. Social engineering and authorised push payment (APP) scams have been on the ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.

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 ...