Social engineering works by taking advantage of people’s cognitive biases. A social engineering attacker poses as someone likable, trustworthy, or authoritative and tricks the victim into trusting them. Once the victim trusts the attacker, they’re manipulated into handing over private information. Un...
“The ideal situation in a social engineering attack is that I get you to do something you would normally not do and you believe that you’re helping me,” Lifrieri says. “And you're going to be so satisfied that you helped, that you’ll walk away feeling satisfied.”Social...
Why Social Engineering Works Share Auth0 Marketplace Discover and enable the integrations you need to solve identityExplore Auth0 Marketplace Let’s face it. We all make mistakes. Even the most diligent, well-intentioned employee can inadvertently open the floodgates to an attack. Telecoms giant ...
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In this blog, learn the various ways attackers use social engineering and human vulnerability to target businesses, and the preventive measures you can take to protect yourself and your organization.
Threat actors using social engineering can trick social media users into revealing more than they want. Check out the newest tactic and how to avoid them.
Social engineering What with all the news about China looking to snare Western technology (and Westerners snaring Chinese), we are now learning more about efforts to steal intellectual property from design firms. A reader writes, I guess you already have
Social engineering attacks on companies If social hacking works in the private sphere, then businesses are the next target up for criminals – chiefly because there are often higher sums of money up for grabs here. Hackers follow much the same approach as with private individuals, although obtaini...
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