Microsoft Warns of WhatsApp-Delivered VBS Malware Hijacking Windows via UAC Bypass
Ravie LakshmananApr 01, 2026Social Engineering / Malware Microsoft is calling attention to a new campaign that has leveraged WhatsApp messages...
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Kubernetes Upgrades Are Eating Engineering Time: How to Get It Back
Kubernetes powers your products, but it quietly hijacks your engineering organization. Every year, you pay senior engineers to wrestle...
LeakNet Ransomware Uses ClickFix via Hacked Sites, Deploys Deno In-Memory Loader
The ransomware operation known as LeakNet has adopted the ClickFix social engineering tactic delivered through compromised websites as an initial...
Hackers Pose as IT Staff in Microsoft Teams to Install Malware
Image: sapannpix/Adobe Microsoft Teams impersonation and social engineering tactics are being used in an ongoing campaign to deliver a stealthy...
Understanding the Differences Between WS-Federation and Other Protocols
Identity management is a mess. Let’s be honest. It feels less like engineering and more like archaeology. You dig...
SLH Offers $500–$1,000 Per Call to Recruit Women for IT Help Desk Vishing Attacks
Ravie LakshmananFeb 25, 2026Social Engineering / Cloud Security The notorious cybercrime collective known as Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters (SLH) has been...
NDSS 2025 – Generating API Specifications For Bug Detection Via Specification Propagation Analysis
Session 13B: API Security Authors, Creators & Presenters: Miaoqian Lin (Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing,...
Engineering for the Inevitable: Managing Downstream Failures in Security Data Pipelines
The post Engineering for the Inevitable: Managing Downstream Failures in Security Data Pipelines appeared first on Realm.Security. *** This...
3 Ways to Start Your Intelligent Workflow Program
Security, IT, and engineering teams today are under relentless pressure to accelerate outcomes, cut operational drag, and unlock the full...
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Context-Based Attestation: A Practical Approach to High-Confidence Identity Verification
From hiring and onboarding fraud to service desk social engineering, attackers increasingly exploit identity workflows with stolen identities, forged...
Fake CAPTCHA Scam Tricks Windows Users Into Installing Malware
Image: edhardie/Unsplash A new social engineering campaign is abusing fake CAPTCHA verification pages to trick Windows users into launching StealC...
AI Is Making Security More Agile: Highlights from ChiBrrCon 2026
In 1900, Chicago completed one of the most ambitious engineering projects ever. Engineers reversed the flow of the Chicago...
Microsoft Discloses DNS-Based ClickFix Attack Using Nslookup for Malware Staging
Microsoft has disclosed details of a new version of the ClickFix social engineering tactic in which the attackers trick unsuspecting...
Mandiant Finds ShinyHunters-Style Vishing Attacks Stealing MFA to Breach SaaS Platforms
Ravie LakshmananJan 31, 2026Social Engineering / SaaS Security Google-owned Mandiant on Friday said it identified an "expansion in threat activity"...
Helpdesk Impersonation: A High-Risk Social Engineering Attack
The post Helpdesk Impersonation: A High-Risk Social Engineering Attack first appeared on StrongBox IT. *** This is a Security Bloggers...
