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Dealing with the Threat of Social Engineering

Social Engineering is the art of manipulating others’ trust. It is an old gig with a fresh name, because its core principles are hardly new. After all, grifters, fraudsters, and confidence tricksters have existed in human society since the very beginning.

In the 21st century threat ecosystem, however, these traditionally face-to-face manipulation techniques are increasingly used remotely by criminals, to gain access to corporate networks in order to steal secrets, funds, or confidential/personal information. This type of intrusion attempt now accounts for 65% of all successful cyber security breaches, because it’s usually far easier to exploit the human tendency to trust than it is to hack past a company’s cyber defenses. How does it work? Continue Reading...