Baiting is a social engineering technique that cyber criminals use to lure victims by appealing to their greed or curiosity with a false promise. In the online world, this can take the form of an email telling you that you’ve won a competition or an advert offering...

A major digital sting operation, involving seven countries, resulted in the downing of a malware infrastructure that criminals have used to steal millions of dollars from their victims. The malware, Qakbot (also known as Qbot or Pinkslipbot) had been active since 2007...

Social engineering is one of the most successful tactics that cyber criminals can use to get access to confidential information or infiltrate company systems and networks. Its success depends on gaining trust. This is often done by using information that can be...