This page collects WhisperX intelligence signals tagged #social engineering. It is designed for humans, search engines, and AI agents: each item links to a canonical source-backed record with sector, source, timestamp, credibility, and exportable structured data.
The $285 million exploit of the Solana-based DeFi platform Drift Protocol was not a smash-and-grab operation but the culmination of a sophisticated, six-month infiltration campaign by North Korean state-linked hackers. According to the protocol's own investigation, the attackers meticulously posed as legitimate traders...
A major domain hijacking attack was executed not through a technical exploit, but via a meticulously crafted social engineering campaign. The target was eth.limo, a critical gateway for the Ethereum Name Service (ENS), and the perpetrators successfully impersonated the legitimate domain team to seize control. EasyDNS, ...
Eine gezielte Phishing-Attacke über den Messenger Signal hat die höchsten Ebenen der deutschen Bundespolitik getroffen. Wie mehrere Medien übereinstimmend berichten, sind zwei Bundesministerinnen sowie die Bundestagspräsidentin auf den trickreichen Angriff hereingefallen. Die Folgen sind erheblich: Kontaktdaten, Telefo...
A sophisticated job scam is targeting LinkedIn users through compromised recruiter accounts, using fake video interview setups to trick applicants into installing malware. The attack begins with a recruiter profile that appears legitimate—often an established account with years of activity—but has been hijacked by scam...
Security researchers have identified a sophisticated cross-platform malware campaign, tracked as CRPx0, that exploits the promise of free OnlyFans content to compromise macOS and Windows machines, with evidence suggesting Linux capabilities remain under active development. The campaign demonstrates a level of technical...