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Social Engineering And Attacks !

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Social engineering is the tactic of manipulating, influencing, or deceiving a victim in order to gain control over a computer system, or to steal personal and financial information. It uses psychological manipulation to trick users into making security mistakes or giving away sensitive information . Types of social Engineering attacks ·        Baiting: Attack where a scammer uses a false promise to lure a victim into trap ·        Scareware: Technique that aims to scare the victim into believing that they have a virus on their device ·        Pretexting: Technique that manipulates victim into divulging information ·        Phishing: Technique to trick users into doing something dangerous      Phishing is the most common type of Social Engineering Attacks Concepts of social engineering Social engineering heavily relies on the 5 principles established...