Crypto User Loses $282M In Bitcoin & Litecoin To Social Engineering Hack

Crypto User Loses $282M In Bitcoin & Litecoin To Social Engineering Hack. IntroductionIn one of the most significant social engineering breaches in crypto history, a hacker made off with over $282 ...
CoinTelegraph

CoinStats hack caused by ‘socially engineered’ employee, CEO suspects

The recent hack of 1,590 CoinStats crypto wallets was carried out by compromising a CoinStats employee. On June 22, the cryptocurrency portfolio manager CoinStats temporarily suspended its services ...
Homeland Security Today

North Korea Using Social Engineering to Enable Hacking of Think Tanks, Academia, and Media

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Department of State, and the National Security Agency (NSA), together with the Republic of Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS), National ...
Security

Hacking humans: Devious tricks attackers use to infiltrate via employees

When we hear the word “hacking” we typically imagine a hooded bad guy coding in a dark room, using cyber skills to breach technical systems and networks. But what if we told you that 80-95% of all ...
Forbes

Top 14 Social Engineering Attack Types And Their Subcategories

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Vakulov is a cybersecurity expert focused on consumer security. Mar 29, 2025, 02:10pm EDT Mar 29, 2025, 02:13pm EDT Text sign ...
techtimes

BattleRoyal Hack: Threat Actors Use 'Special' Type of Social Engineering to Deliver ...

In a sweeping wave of cyber onslaughts this fall, a threat actor, dubbed "BattleRoyal," executed a myriad of sophisticated social engineering campaigns against organizations in the United States and ...