As we move into 2026, social engineering is shifting from a tactical security concern to a leadership and governance ...

Social engineering and phishing attacks represent a critical challenge in the current digital landscape, exploiting the human element to bypass technical safeguards. These attacks rely on ...

Social engineering is present in 90% of phishing attacks today. However, business email compromise (BEC) attacks stand apart in the cybercrime industry for their emphasis on social engineering and the ...

TAMPA BAY, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, today announced the establishment of National Social ...

Social Engineering is a method that bad actors will use to trick people into giving them sensitive information or access. The types of information these criminals are seeking can vary. Criminals use ...

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 ...

Over the last decade, social engineering cyberthreats have surged among retailers just as the sector's reliance on customer data, financial transactions and e-commerce platforms has intensified. See ...

According to Verizon’s data breach report, a full three-quarters of data breaches in the last year (74%) involved the human element. In all likelihood, this number is much higher if one analyzes the ...

Social engineering takes advantage of the emotions and fallibility of end users rather than relying on technical hacking techniques — and it represents a massive threat to modern organizations.

Social engineering has become the go-to tactic for foreign adversaries, affording the ability to access and steal data and IP quickly, easily and at scale. This is largely due to social platforms, ...

MANILA, Philippines — Cybercrime threats driven by social engineering, hacking and card fraud remain the biggest risks confronting the country’s financial system last year, accounting for the bulk of ...