Social Engineering: The Non-technical Strategy to a Successful Cyber Attack
Cyber threat actors and their techniques have evolved, but most attacks still contain elements of social engineering. Without complex tools, software or extensive knowledge about the security platform, social engineering is an effective, non-technical strategy used by cyber criminals. It relies primarily on human interaction to gain trust and manipulates people into breaking standard security practices.
Common social engineering techniques used to target users include phishing and pretexting.
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