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 ...

Social engineering is unique in that the victim is not consciously aware that their actions are wrong when being targetted Social engineering attack lifecycle The telephone is a popular channel for ...

When was the last time you had to threaten to shoot an unauthorized executive who was demanding access to a secure area? Read on for a real-life story and an important lesson on effective security ...

Social Engineering is a method that bad actors will use to trick people into giving them sensitive information or access. The types of information these criminals are seeking can vary. Criminals use ...

Social engineering may be a term you’ve heard of – much like with phishing, it’s a method used by hackers and other bad ...

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 ...

In March 2024, a record was set at the Four Winds Casino in Michigan for a $700,000 theft. What made this crime particularly alarming was that it was not carried out through traditional means, such as ...

It’s no surprise firewalls and encryption are instrumental to help defend against cyberattacks, but those tools can’t defend against one of the largest cybersecurity threats: people. Social ...

AI social engineering is just getting started. Employers must make employees aware of these risks and train them to exercise their security intuition. Here’s how. Generative AI technology such as ...

Business email compromise (BEC) continues to evolve on the back of sophisticated targeting and social engineering, costing business worldwide more than $50 billion in the last 10 years — a figure that ...

In the realm of cybersecurity, social engineering typically involves attackers manipulating individuals into revealing confidential information or performing actions that compromise security. However, ...