‘I suspected I was being socially engineered.’ Why crypto’s hacking epidemic is getting even worse

Hackers are targeting decentralised finance protocols. Humans are often to blame. Advancements in AI are making hackers’ work ...
Engadget

How a social engineering hack turned these Facebook pages into a dumping ground for spam

Hannah Shaw, better known as the “Kitten Lady,” teaches people how to care for neonatal cats, and has raised more than $1 million for animal shelters and rescues. Her Facebook page has gained over a ...
The Currency Analytics

Crypto Hackers Drain $1.08 Billion in 68 Attacks as Social Engineering Surges

Hackers took 160.08 billion from crypto platforms in 68 separate incidents through April 2026. April alone saw 30 of those ...
The Hacker News

North Korea's APT37 Uses Facebook Social Engineering to Deliver RokRAT Malware

APT37 spreads RokRAT via Facebook and trojanized PDFelement accounts created Nov 10, 2025, enabling espionage and data theft.
Inc

5 AI-Fueled Social Engineering Risks to Watch

Social engineering is arguably one of the most potent and persistent forms of cybercrime. There’s a reason why social engineering is so popular with cybercriminals: Hacking people is a lot simpler ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Binance, Kraken Are Said to Have Been Targets of Hacks

Binance and Kraken are among major crypto exchanges that have been targeted by the same type of social-engineering hack that was recently disclosed by Coinbase Global Inc., according to people ...
techtimes

BattleRoyal Hack: Threat Actors Use 'Special' Type of Social Engineering to Deliver DarkGate RAT Malware

In a sweeping wave of cyber onslaughts this fall, a threat actor, dubbed "BattleRoyal," executed a myriad of sophisticated social engineering campaigns against organizations in the United States and ...