Organizations invest heavily in technology, yet today’s most costly breaches are increasingly slipping through traditional defenses. The reason? Attackers target human psychology, now supercharged by ...

Malware is just one way hackers and scammers can get you. Another common tactic is social engineering—a collection of methods that exploit vulnerabilities in human behavior to steal sensitive info, ...

Human resources (HR) platform provider Workday has become the latest large organisation to fall victim to a cyber attack originating through a third-party supplier, as the impact of a wave of cyber ...

Social engineering attacks made up 36% of intrusions from May 2024 to May 2025, surpassing malware and exploits as the top breach method. A new report from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 highlights how ...

Social engineering is often described as a cybersecurity issue, but that framing increasingly misses the point. The most effective social engineering attacks today do not rely on technical exploits or ...