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Hacking Humans: How Social Engineering Exploits Our Trust

We have all heard the term “social engineering” before. What exactly is it, though? Social engineering is a technique used by threat actors to manipulate individuals to perform actions that can violate the security of information or disclose confidential data. Instead of attempting to exploit technical aspects, it focuses on cybersecurity’s biggest weakness: humans. How…

A Funny Little Thing Called Workplace Policies

Security policies are the bane of everyone’s existence. Those documents define the rules of your workplace, but you may not always agree with them. When creating these documents, it is important to balance them so that users can do their jobs, but the information systems are also protected in an organization. Now, you may ask…

Don’t Let the CAPTCHA Catch Ya

Starting in late 2024, the rise of fake CAPTCHA tests began to take the internet by storm. These CAPTCHAs are used as a way to trick users into executing malicious PowerShell scripts by following the instructions provided. The PowerShell command will download and execute malicious software such as Lumma Stealer infostealer and SecTop RAT (Remote…