Tips: Don’t become a victim
While phishing attacks are rampant, short-lived, and need only a few users to take the bait for a successful campaign, there are methods for protecting yourself. Most don’t require much…
Category: online-security
What Does a Social Engineering Attack Look Like? (5)
Creating distrust Some social engineering, is all about creating distrust, or starting conflicts; these are often carried out by people you know and who are angry with you, but it…
What Does a Social Engineering Attack Look Like? (4)
Response to a question you never had Criminals may pretend to be responding to your ’request for help’ from a company while also offering more help. They pick companies that…
What Does a Social Engineering Attack Look Like? (3)
Baiting scenarios These social engineering schemes know that if you dangle something people want, many people will take the bait. These schemes are often found on Peer-to-Peer sites offering a download…
What Does a Social Engineering Attack Look Like? (2)
Email from another trusted source Phishing attacks are a subset of social engineering strategy that imitate a trusted source and concoct a seemingly logical scenario for handing over login credentials or…
What Does a Social Engineering Attack Look Like? (1)
Email from a friend If a criminal manages to hack or socially engineer one person’s email password they have access to that person’s contact list–and because most people use one…