In recent years, and particularly with the rise in use of social media, cyber criminals have taken to using psychological as well as technical methods of attack. Human beings, after all, are ...

It’s been a boom time for social engineering. Pandemic panic, desperation as income concerns grew, and worry over health and wellness made it easier for criminals to tap into fear. Social engineering, ...

Social engineering is the very common practice of exploiting a human element to initiate and/or execute a cyberattack. Human weakness and ignorance present such easy targets that fully 82% of the ...

Specific examples of Scattered Spider’s social engineering tactics include “impersonating employees or contractors to deceive IT help desks into granting access,” or “convincing help desk services to ...

Organizations invest heavily in technology, yet today’s most costly breaches are increasingly slipping through traditional defenses. The reason? Attackers target human psychology, now supercharged by ...

Pretextingis form of social engineering in which an attacker fabricates a story to convince a victim to give up valuable information or access to a service or system. The distinguishing feature of a ...