Principles of Social Engineering Flashcards
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Q
What are principles of social engineering that attackers will use?
A
Authority (Police, Management, Help Desk)
Familiarity/Liking (Building rapport and getting you to like them)
Urgency (Similar to scarcity)
Scarcity (We are running out of time)
Trust (I’m from IT dept)
Intimidation (If you don’t help, you’re going to hold everyone up)
Consensus/Social proof (Jill did this for us last week)
