Dave Kennedy, creator of social-engineer.org's social engineering toolkit, gives an overview of how the program was created, and how it is always changing to keep pace with crime Social engineering ...

New social engineering techniques will be on full display at this week's Black Hat and DefCon events in Las Vegas. Some have already gained media attention, including a planned social engineering ...

Two years ago, Dave Kennedy, a penetration tester, social engineering expert and contributor to the website social-engineer.com, wanted to create a tool for pen testers to simulate social engineering ...

Distributing malware has never been easier for cyber criminals with the introduction of social engineering toolkits to create fake update notifications, security researchers warn. The warning follows ...

The hackers of 2026 won’t need to exploit code, they’ll exploit character. They study behavior, language, and emotion the ...

Social engineering has always been a penetration tester's (and hacker's) most effective tool. I would say it's their best weapon, but not everyone is good at the softer, human side of social ...

A new social engineering toolkit called Domen has been discovered that uses fake browser and program update alerts on compromised sites to infect users with malware and remote access software. When ...

We hear about the dangers of social engineering and see phishing e-mail messages come in an attempt to steal user credentials, but it isn't always clear just how effective social engineering can be.

A new social engineering campaign by the notorious North Korean Lazarus hacking group has been discovered, with the hackers impersonating Coinbase to target employees in the fintech industry. Hotel ...