The Role of Social Engineering in Cybercrime

In today’s cybersecurity landscape, the most dangerous vulnerability isn’t a software bug; it’s human nature.Social engineering is the psychological art of tricking people into revealing sensitive information or performing actions that compromise security.Instead of exploiting firewalls, attackers exploit trust, fear, and urgency, turning ordinary users into entry points for cybercrime. According to the FBI’s Internet Crime … Read more

Chinese hackers used an ArcGIS Server as a backdoor for more than a year

Threat actors linked to China have been attributed to a sophisticated campaign that compromised an ArcGIS system and covertly used it as a backdoor for over a year. According to ReliaQuest, the operation is the work of Flax Typhoon—also known as Ethereal Panda and RedJuliett—a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group believed to be associated with Beijing-based … Read more