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Social Engineering
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- 1Social EngineeringThis is an attack which involves people tricking other people into breaking normal security procedures, the get 'tricked' into giving away private information
- 2PhishingCriminals set up fake websites or banks to then steal any private & valuable information such as credit card details.
- 3PretextingThis can occur physically over a phone call where the criminal gains the trust of the victim and then scams them into providing information in order to confirm the identity of the victim
- 4BaitingA type of adware that tricks people into clicking a link which involves a type of malware inside of it to enable viruses onto your computer
- 5Piggybackingphysical security breach where an unauthorised individual follows an authorised one into gaining access to a certain place
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- Year 10 IT Flashcards on Social Engineering, created by Liam Tibbs on 26/11/2018.
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