Developed by cybersecurity researcher, mr. d0x, a FileFix attack is a new version of the ever popular ClickFix social engineering tool. For those unfamiliar with ClickFix, it tricks users into ...

French researchers have developed an automated social engineering tool that uses a man-in-the middle attack and strikes up online conversations with potential victims. The proof-of-concept HoneyBot ...

With organizations becoming more digitally interconnected, threat actors are placing greater emphasis on manipulating people instead of breaching systems directly. One of the most deceptive and ...

Social Engineering Attacks Surge in 2025, Becoming Top Cybersecurity Threat Your email has been sent A new report from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 highlights how attackers are shifting away from ...

Was your company targeted during last week's Social Engineering Capture the Flag event at the Defcon conference? If it was, would you know? The contest caused quite a stir in several industries-- in ...

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 ...

Social engineering is the very common practice of exploiting a human element to initiate and/or execute a cyberattack. Human weakness and ignorance present such easy targets that fully 82% of the ...