Social engineering attacks are on the rise in the 21st century. Cyber-criminals are targeting organizations with social engineering tactics, due to human weaknesses. As reports of social engineering attacks on businesses continue, security professionals are unable to prohibit social engineering in the ...
While it may seem like social engineering is the “long way” around for bad actors,98% of cyber attacksrely on social engineering in some capacity. Here, we’ll discuss how and why social engineering is on the rise, and why you need to protect your organization from these attacks. Socia...
Social engineering attacks are not only becoming more common against enterprises and SMBs, but they're also increasingly sophisticated. With hackers devising ever-more clever methods for fooling employees and individuals into handing over valuable company data, enterprises must use due diligence in an ...
Some major brands were targeted in this competition. A higher score above means that the company gave away more information to the social engineer. This illustrates just how vulnerable companies are to social engineering attacks. How to Protect Yourself From Social Engineering Attacks Now that you u...
Social engineering attacks leverage human interaction and emotions to manipulate the target. Learn what social engineering is, its techniques, examples and how to protect against it.
Social Engineering Attacks Aren’t Going Anywhere Social engineers and the threats they pose are here to stay. In fact, threat actors are using social engineering tactics more blatantly than ever before as seen with the recent criminal activities of the hacking group, “LAPSUS$.” Known asDEV-...
Mimecast has compiled six reasons social engineering attacks are more successful during the holidays, hoping to arm organizations with the insight needed to help stop these attacks. Cyberattacks are continually on the rise, becoming more and more sophisticated as time goes on. Organizations attempt ...
What makes social engineering attacks dangerous A social engineering attack doesn't require a complete attack on everyone in an organization before it can cause severe damage. This makes it very dangerous. An attacker only needs to manipulate a user with enough privilege in the organization to caus...
Popular types of social engineering attacks include the following techniques: Baiting.An attacker leaves a malware-infected physical device, such as aUniversal Serial Bus flash drive, in a place it is sure to be found. The target then picks up the device and inserts it into their computer, un...
Social Engineerings Attacks Are Clever but Can Be Avoided As an individual, you have "privacy through obscurity." So, unless you are a celebrity or employee of a company, then you are unlikely to be specifically targeted. Regardless, you should keep these habits in mind, but don't let the...