Social engineering attacks made up 36% of intrusions from May 2024 to May 2025, surpassing malware and exploits as the top ...

Instead of relying on advanced tools or complex scripts, experienced attackers penetrate systems and steal data using the ...

Who are ShinyHunters? The hacking group that targeted Google - The cyber crime group first emerged in 2020 and claims to have ...

Fox-IT said ThemeForestRAT shares similarities with a malware codenamed RomeoGolf that was put to use by the Lazarus Group in ...

DeepSeek’s January 2025 database leak exposed 1M+ logs via misconfigured ClickHouse, risking chat histories and keys.

Phishing campaigns using ConnectWise ScreenConnect highlight the growing danger of AI-driven social engineering.

A teenage hacker purportedly managed to gain access to both Uber and Rockstar Games’ internal databases by deceiving a company employee using a social engineering attack.

Here at Hackaday we cover news and interesting features for the hacker community, with an emphasis more on the hardware side. Nevertheless we also cover stories from time to time from the broader w… ...

A Venus Protocol user lost $13 million to a phishing attack. The protocol was paused shortly after the attack. Losses from ...

The hackers work by impersonating IT and human-resources personnel to trick employees into sharing their personal information ...

Pretexting, where the hacker takes on an acting role, is the heart of social engineering, Mitnick said, because people need reasonable justification to fulfill a request.