Category: Social Engineering

Cyber Insurance, Incident Response, Information Security, Labs, Security Breaches, Social Engineering, Vulnerability ManagementMarch 28, 2025

If you’ve been interacting with FRSecure for a while, you may recall our State of Information Security report. Published in…

Information Security, News, Personal Security, Security Standards, Social EngineeringJanuary 20, 2023

Here’s a riddle: What happens up to 2 billion times a day in the US and causes victims immense financial…

Incident Response, Information Security, Social EngineeringJune 14, 2021

Any fisherman (or phisherman) will be quick to tell you one truth—things do not always go as planned. No matter…

Information Security, Personal Security, Security Breaches, Security Standards, Social Engineering, ToolsMay 24, 2021

Welcome to the third post in our series with CCI where we break down the five common causes of breaches…

Incident Response, Penetration Testing, Security Breaches, Social EngineeringMay 12, 2021

As I sit by the stream, I’m enamored by the fluid dynamics of the water. It trickles gracefully and effortlessly…

Incident Response, Security Breaches, Social EngineeringApril 27, 2021

Phishing in Healthcare Welcome to part two of our series with CCI, where we break down the five most common…

Social Engineering, Information Security, Personal Security, ToolsOctober 14, 2020

Phishing is one of the most prevalent and effective forms of social engineering. Attackers use various methods, including email, voice,…

Culture, News, Personal Security, Social EngineeringMarch 19, 2020

The COVID-19 virus outbreak is changing the landscape of how we operate businesses. Here’s how the security landscape should adjust…

Social EngineeringJanuary 29, 2020

Robocalls are ever-prevalent, and the goal is often to get you to fork over some valuable personal information. Here are…

Culture, Information Security, Security Breaches, Security Standards, Social EngineeringAugust 1, 2019

Spear phishing is an attempt at gaining access to someone’s information using a very targeted and specific approach. It is…

Information Security, Security Breaches, Security Standards, Social EngineeringDecember 6, 2018

Using similar and common passwords across multiple platforms makes it easy for hackers to access your accounts. The recent Dunkin…