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Social Engineering from the Attacker Perspective

Security Through Education

At Social-Engineer, LLC (SECOM), we define social engineering as “any act that influences a person to take an action that may or may not be in their best interest.” If you Google “social engineering,” you will get a very different and more negative definition. Breaking it Down. What is Vishing.

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Social engineering, deception becomes increasingly sophisticated

Security Affairs

Social engineering techniques are becoming increasingly sophisticated and are exploiting multiple emerging means, such as deep fakes. He is also the author of the book “La Gestione della Cyber Security nella Pubblica Amministrazione”. Education improves awareness” is his slogan. Deepfake technology, what’s it?

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Teenager Hacks Uber by Social Engineering an Employee

SecureWorld News

According to this cyber wonderkid, they used social engineering to pull off the hack. This incident is yet another example of how easy it is for malicious threat actors to use social engineering to gain access to an organization's internal systems. They are openly taunting and mocking @Uber. September 16, 2022.

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Crooks social-engineered GoDaddy staff to take over crypto-biz domains

Security Affairs

The threat actors were able to modify DNS settings by tricking GoDaddy employees into handing over the control of the targeted domains with social engineering attacks. ” states a security notice published by the company. GoDaddy is the world’s biggest domain-name registrar and web hosting company. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Shortage of Information Security Professionals

Security Boulevard

As data breaches at corporations, educational institutions, and government agencies continue to grow, so does the need. The post Shortage of Information Security Professionals appeared first on Security Boulevard. In recent years, there has been an exponential increase in high-profile data breaches.

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Social Engineering and Healthcare

Security Through Education

Social engineering has become a larger threat to the healthcare industry in recent years. Clearly, we need to take notice of how social engineering attacks are targeting our vital healthcare systems. So, what exactly is social engineering? What is Social Engineering? In one case, $3.1

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Security awareness training: An educational asset you can’t be without

Webroot

Security awareness training is a proven, knowledge-based approach to empowering employees to recognize and avoid security compromises while using business devices. Effective security awareness training can significantly boost your organization’s security posture. To get started with a free trial, please visit, [link].