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Social Engineering Attacks

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Social engineering attacks are more prevalent than most people think. The reason for their prevalence is that they are relatively easy to implement. Social engineering is the term used for a broad range of malicious activities accomplished through human interactions. People are weakest link in the security chain, and in recent years hackers have be [...]

Phishing Attacks

Phishing is a type of social engineering attack often used to steal user data, including login credentials and credit card numbers. There is another definition for this attack. We can say Phishing is the fraudulent use of electronic communications to deceive and take advantage of users. Phishing attacks attempt to gain sensitive, confidential information such as usernames, [...]