CAPTCHA Human Verification Threats
The CAPTCHA Con
Tia Carrere returns as “Heidi,” who informs us about the emerging threat of fraudulent human verification CAPTCHA screens. Use of these fraudulent prompts by hackers has increased over 50% recently. The scheme relies on the ease with which people follow the steps in a CAPTCHA prompt without thoroughly thinking them through, mostly due to people’s sense of obedience. Attackers have deceived users into executing malicious commands that ultimately lead to the installation of malware.
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Job Application Scams
Who Works Here?
Job application scams use fraudulent identities and deepfake videos to gain access to company money, IP, sensitive information, and install malware.
Consent Authorization Attacks
Consent & Consequences
“Data Dave” (Jon Lovitz) discusses malicious consent authorization apps. Attacks using this method, including the Workday breach, have increased.
Impersonation Attacks
Pretender Protocol
“Scattered Spider” cybercriminals exploit stolen data from breaches to launch impersonation attacks that take advantage of human trust.