Social Engineering Attacks Definition | Becker

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Social Engineering Attacks

The use of psychological manipulation or deception to get users to divulge sensitive information, provide unauthorized access, or assist an attacker in committing fraud. This could be done through phishing, spear phishing, business email compromise (BEC), pretexting, catfishing, pharming, or vishing.

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