Social Enginnering Techniques Changing
Another article has been added to the Messaging and Web Security library. This one is on how social engineering techniques are changing to lure more victims.
Here's an excerpt from the article:
Phishing is a well-known and established fact of life for just about anyone with an email account. Phishers have been trying to lure us with scare tactics, like messages that our bank accounts may have been compromised, with appeals to greed, have you collected your millions from the Nigerian account holding your share?, and just about any other way the phishers can come up with to trick us. But we are getting better at recognizing these well-worn scams. Not to be outdone, phishers are changing their tactics. A key to the change is crafting new and more subtle social engineering techniques. This article will briefly describe social engineering and then look at three ways phishers have adapted to an increasingly sophisticated pool of potential victims.
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