Hacker News with Generative AI: Social Engineering

How to get the whole planet to send abuse complaints to your best friends (delroth.net)
It all begins with one scary email late at night just before I had to go to sleep:
Social Engineering, Security, Hacking, Email
543 points by scd31 23 days ago | 119 comments
How SIM swap in alleged Bitcoin pump-and-dump scheme worked (arstechnica.com)
US officials charged a man with compromising the official Twitter/X account of the Securities and Exchange Commission for purposes of posting false information that caused the price of bitcoin to spike.
Cryptocurrency, Security, Twitter, Social Engineering, Law Enforcement
7 points by paulpauper 34 days ago | 0 comments
I'm a Professional (haxx.se)
I received this email today.
Security, Social Engineering, Email Scams
93 points by sprawl_ 50 days ago | 30 comments
Potential Attacker on the Company Payroll (twitter.com)
Cybersecurity, Security Breaches, Social Engineering
5 points by tuyguntn 63 days ago | 0 comments
'Pig Butchering' Online Scams Are Proliferating. Here's Why They Work So Well (wsj.com)
Scams, Online Security, Social Engineering, Crime
9 points by fortran77 98 days ago | 1 comments
China deploys censors to create socialist AI (ft.com)
China, Artificial Intelligence, Censorship, Politics, Social Engineering
10 points by monkeydust 127 days ago | 1 comments
Cybercriminals pose as "helpful" Stack Overflow users to push malware (bleepingcomputer.com)
Cybersecurity, Malware, Stack Overflow, Social Engineering
148 points by entuno 175 days ago | 64 comments
Stealing your Telegram account in 10 seconds flat (lyra.horse)
Cybersecurity, Telegram, Hacking, Social Engineering
24 points by marban 203 days ago | 10 comments