Fintech lender Figure suffered a social-engineering breach that led to a data dump online. Have I Been Pwned found 967,200 exposed email records.

About two-thirds of crypto incidents investigated by blockchain analytics company AMLBot in 2025 were driven by social ...

Social events are enjoyable. It is always nice to meet new and current professionals. Talking in person can help your business. But one kind of social contact — social engineering — can be deadly for ...

The data breach disclosed by fintech lender Figure Technology Solutions is moving beyond a contained security incident, as reports that stolen customer information is circulating online coincide with ...

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A data breach stemming from a social engineering attack on the fintech company Betterment has exposed the personal information of 1.4 million individuals.

Figure confirms customer data breach after social engineering attack. ShinyHunters published 2.5GB; credit monitoring offered ...

A viral AI caricature trend may be exposing sensitive enterprise data, fueling shadow AI risks, social engineering attacks, ...

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 ...

For years, cybersecurity awareness training typically consisted of generic warnings about phishing, click-through annual refreshers, and mandatory presentations that were about as exciting as a root ...

Instead of relying on advanced tools or complex scripts, experienced attackers penetrate systems and steal data using the most effective weapon of all: social engineering. Social engineering lies at ...