RIAs and other financial service firms have been targeted in a phishing campaign of fraudulent emails claiming to be from David Bottom, chief information officer for the Securities and Exchange ...

X Corp. is urging a federal appellate court to reject a Washington state resident's attempt to revive claims that the company violated an “anti-pretexting” law by asking users to provide contact ...

Imagine a world where a co-worker asking to click a video could be a trap, where a familiar voice on the phone could be a digital illusion, and where a text from a trusted friend might be a fabricated ...

Phishing attacks on businesses create an ongoing threat of data compromise, which is why so many companies invest in phishing awareness training. That training has made more employees aware of ...

Learn how to spot a bogus story. Among the wide range of hacking techniques known collectively as social engineering, pretexting is a tactic that hinges on telling a compelling (and, spoiler alert, ...

Among the wide range of hacking techniques known collectively as social engineering, pretexting is a tactic that hinges on telling a compelling (and, spoiler alert, fake!) story. With pretexting, ...