Phishing

  • Social Engineering is the practice of using someone’s natural behaviors and tendencies against them
  • Social Engineering is often employed to get the target individual to reveal/disclose sensitive information they otherwise would not share
  • Phishing uses Social Engineering techniques to get a target to provide access to account credentials
  • Phishing attacks can be very sophisticated and clever in their design requiring you to be aware of these risks and to be on the lookout for suspicious clues and red flags

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