ZDNET's key takeaways The ClickFix social engineering tactic is rising in popularity.Microsoft said this initial access ...

Hackers are increasingly breaching corporate IT systems by exploiting age-old human behaviours with the help of sophisticated ...

Twitter is still trying to figure out who is behind that high-profile hack. Tweets were sent out from verified accounts, saying they would send money to anyone who sent cash to a bitcoin address.

Crypto wallet hacks surge in 2025 as AI-driven attacks rise. Explore causes, losses, and global responses to this cybercrime ...

AI isn’t yet transforming how hackers launch phishing attacks, although it is helping them clean up their lures, the security firm Intel 471 said in a report published on Wednesday. Several factors ...

In a sweeping wave of cyber onslaughts this fall, a threat actor, dubbed "BattleRoyal," executed a myriad of sophisticated social engineering campaigns against organizations in the United States and ...

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 ...

Famed hacker and social engineer Kevin Mitnick, who was at one time one of the most wanted cyber criminals in the world, has died peacefully at the age of 59 from complications arising from pancreatic ...

For over 15 years I have been focused on this field called social engineering, and after all this time, we are at a point in human history where we will start to discuss these tactics from a ...

Senior executives and high-net-worth individuals are increasingly at risk as hackers use deepfakes, voice cloning and other tactics for targeted attacks.