Types of Social Engineering Flashcards
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Social Media Phishing
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A threat actor collects detailed information about their target from social media sites, and then they iniate their attack.
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Social engineering
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A method used by individuals or groups to manipulate, deceive, or trick people into divulging confidential information, providing access to restricted areas, or performing certain actions that they wouldn’t normally do.
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Watering Hole attack
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A threat actor strategically leaves a malicious USB stick for an employee to find and install , to unknowingly infect a network.
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Physical Social Engineering
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A threat actor impersonates an employee, customer, or vender to obtain unauthorized access to a physical location.
