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Clever Social Engineering Attack Using Captchas

ID: e8cd7514-89ce-5f9c-acd5-17a1f877c217

STIX ID: report--e8cd7514-89ce-5f9c-acd5-17a1f877c217

Feed Name: Schneier on Security

Date Published: 2024-09-20

Date Updated: 2026-04-19

Author: Bruce Schneier

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A reflective post on human factors in operational security argues that urgency (fight-or-flight) and the belief that mistakes fade lead to poor OPSEC, echoing Santayana’s warning about repeating the past; it illustrates how criminals can expose themselves through careless communications or mundane activities like food orders, without providing any specific cyber incident details or technical indicators.

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