<aside> <img src="/icons/user_gray.svg" alt="/icons/user_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Social Engineering is a manipulative strategy exploiting human psychology for unauthorized access to systems, data, or physical spaces

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Motivational Triggers

• Used by Social Engineers
  • Familiarity and Likability
  • Consensus and Social Proof
  • Authority and Intimidation
  • Scarcity and Urgency

Social Engineering Techniques

• Impersonation
  • Pretending to be someone else
  • Includes brand impersonation, typo squatting, and watering hole attacks
• Pretexting
  • Creating a fabricated scenario to manipulate targets
  • Impersonating trusted figures to gain trust

Types of Phishing Attacks

• Phishing
• Vishing
• Smishing
• Spear Phishing
• Whaling
• Business Email Compromise

Frauds and Scams

• Deceptive practices to deceive people into parting with money or valuable information
• Identifying and training against frauds and scams

Influence Campaigns: spreading misinformation and disinformation, impacting politics, economics, etc.

Other Social Engineering Attacks

• Diversion Theft
• Hoaxes