Earlier this month, US insurance giant Allianz Life experienced a serious data breach where hackers stole personal information belonging to most of its 1.4 million customers, along with financial ...

SYDNEY — Properly trained staff, not technology, is the best protection against social engineering attacks on sensitive information, according to security consultant and celebrity hacker Kevin Mitnick ...

A major crypto theft has sent shockwaves through the industry, with $330 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) stolen. Experts say this was a social engineering attack and not a technical hack.

Workday has confirmed that it fell victim to a wide-ranging social engineering campaign that allowed hackers to access information at one of its third-party vendors. The hackers work by impersonating ...

Keen to the importance of not simply clicking on any email I receive in my inbox, I recently received a message with a subject line I could not resist: “Kevin Mitnick Security Awareness Training.” For ...

The ride-hailing service Uber said Friday that all its services were operational following what security professionals are calling a major data breach, claiming there was no evidence the hacker got ...

A hacker stole $282 million worth of litecoin and bitcoin following a hardware wallet social-engineering attack, according to blockchain researcher ZachXBT. The victim lost 2.05 million LTC and 1,459 ...