Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) are like sailing captains navigating their organizations through treacherous waters. The threats are ever-changing, and the stakes are incredibly high. Shifting winds sometimes originate from within the organization’s top leadership, not just from external events,... Read More
Ben Andreas, VP of Managed Services at Picnic, offers a demo of the digital risk protection services (DRPS) platform to the attendees of UniCon24, a virtual day-long event hosted by Scythe and sponsored by Picnic. Read More
In an era where digital footprints are left everywhere, the recent unveiling of “The Mother of All Breaches” has sent shockwaves through the cybersecurity community. This extensive data breach, affecting platforms like LinkedIn, X (Twitter), and Dropbox, has compromised an unprecedented 26 billion records. Such a... Read More
In this session, recorded on 02/05/2024, Picnic and Scythe joined forces to offer a perspective on prevention that spans the entire kill chain. Learn how attackers conduct target reconnaissance pre-access by leveraging OSINT and exploiting human vulnerabilities. Discover how emulating... Read More
Customer service centers, commonly known as call centers and IT support teams, often referred to as help desks, are becoming an increasingly popular target for threat actors to infiltrate organizations through social engineering. These employee groups typically possess elevated privileges... Read More
If you want to learn about Picnic and how we protect the human attack surface with digital risk protection services, this is the webinar to watch. Matt Polak, CEO and founder of Picnic, explains the rationale behind Picnic’s approach to... Read More
Download PDF Incident Name: Retool August 2023 Social Engineering Attack Date of Incident: August 27th, 2023 Summary: Retool, a popular software company, announced on September 13, 2023, that it had fallen victim to a cyber attack in August 2023. According to their... Read More
Download PDF Incident Name: Okta August 2023 Social Engineering Attack Advisory Date of Incident: August 2023 Summary: Okta, a provider of identity and authentication services, recently issued a warning to its customers regarding an ongoing, sophisticated social engineering attack that has been... Read More
Download PDF Incident Name: Coinbase Social Engineering Attack Date of Incident: February 5th, 2023 Summary: Coinbase is an American cryptocurrency exchange platform. On February 5th, 2023, the company came under a social engineering attack in which several employees were targeted with SMS messages... Read More
Everyone is familiar with the case in which the proverbial “little old lady” is duped out of her life savings by a villain contacting her through the phone or email. The “Nigerian Scam” or “Advance-fee Scam” is once such classic... Read More
