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Social engineering attacks

Social engineering attacks

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Social engineering attacks

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In this video, we're going to consider some common examples of social engineering attacks. And most of these fall under the category of hoaxes, where an attacker is attempting to convince someone within an organization that that person in the organization, they're visiting a trusted website, they're using a safe application, they're granting access, or they're giving confidential information to somebody that's authorized to receive that access or receive that information. First, consider phishing. You've probably received those emails claiming to be from a company or an organization that you would normally trust. Maybe it's your bank or a department in your country's government. And those emails might tell you something like, "You need to log in and reset your password, otherwise your account might not be secure." Or they might try to create urgency, saying something like, "Your account is going to be closed if you don't log in and update your profile." Now by the way, what is up with…

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