Consider this scenario: An employee receives a call from someone claiming to be from IT support.
They say there’s an urgent security issue with the account, and they need the password to fix it. The employee is busy, and the caller sounds important and seems to need help.
Without thinking, the employee shares the data.
This is social engineering in action!
Social engineering is the art of convincing an individual to give up sensitive information or take actions that can lead to a security breach. It’s a form of psychological manipulation that exploits human nature rather than technical vulnerabilities.
Learn more about social engineering, and other ways cyber criminals can attack, in this pdf.
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