Category Archives: social media threats

Recently, PhishLabs mitigated an attack using a fake social media page to steal the credentials of a credit union (CU) customer. The below demonstrates how the attack was executed.

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Threat actors increasingly use social media to attack brands, VIPs, and customers. The types of threats on these platforms are diverse and each social network has different policies in place for how they respond to reported attacks. As a result… Continue reading How to Take Down Social Media Threats→

Threat actors are masquerading as executives on social media for purposes of stealing credentials and damaging popular brands. 
Today, many executives have accounts on these platforms to network as well as post content promoting thei… Continue reading Executive Impersonation Techniques on Social Media→

When the term data leak comes to mind, most enterprises think of the dark web. Although compromised information can damage an organization when distributed through gated and anonymous platforms, we are seeing social channels being used to allow… Continue reading Data Leakage on Social Media: Credit Card Info, Confidential Docs→

Threat actors are using social media accounts to expose and sell data that has been compromised. While information found on many of these platforms has traditionally been disclosed by enterprises and individuals with intent, cyber criminals are… Continue reading Social Media Platforms Latest Channels used to Leak Sensitive Data→