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Ethical Social Engineering: A Force for Good

Security Through Education

Here at Social-Engineer, LLC we define social engineering (SE) as β€œthe act of influencing someone to take an action that may or may not be in their best interest.” If you Google search β€œsocial engineering” you will find a much more negative definition. This is because, as humans, we like to be right.

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Social Engineering 2.0: The Rise of Deepfake Phishing

SecureWorld News

And one of the most successful and increasingly prevalent ways of attack has come from social engineering, which is when criminals manipulate humans directly to gain access to confidential information. Social engineering is more sophisticated than ever, and its most advanced iteration is the topic of today's discussion: deepfakes.

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The Rise of AI Social Engineering Scams

Identity IQ

The Rise of AI Social Engineering Scams IdentityIQ In today’s digital age, social engineering scams have become an increasingly prevalent threat. Social engineering scams leverage psychological manipulation to deceive individuals and exploit the victims’ trust.

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Human Hacking Conference 2021 Goes Virtual!

Security Through Education

The HHC was created by Chris Hadnagy, the CEO of Social-Engineer, LLC. After running several social engineering villages at other conferences, Chris was inspired to create his own conference. The conference centered around training workshops that allow attendees to learn skills from professionals of various fields.

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Protected: Hak5 tool workshops β€” Achieving Security Awareness Through Social Engineering Attacks BlackHat USA 2019

Architect Security

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Europol warns of criminal use of ChatGPT

Security Affairs

Cybercriminal groups can use chatbot like ChatGPT in social engineering attacks, disinformation campaigns, and other cybercriminal activities, such as developing malicious code. “The identified use cases that emerged from the workshops Europol carried out with its experts are by no means exhaustive.

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Emotions Used in Human Hacking

Security Through Education

However, they often overlook the role of social engineering in cyber security. Hackers use emotions as a social engineering tool, to persuade their victims to take an action they normally would not. Hackers use emotions as a social engineering tool, to persuade their victims to take an action they normally would not.