social-engineering
Honey Trap
A social engineering technique where an attacker uses a romantic or attractive persona to lure a target into revealing confidential information. Increasingly used in online espionage through fake social media profiles and dating apps.
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Impersonation
social-engineeringThe act of pretending to be another person to deceive victims into trusting the attacker. In cybersecurity, impersonatio...
Pretexting
social-engineeringA social engineering technique where the attacker creates a fabricated scenario (pretext) to manipulate the victim into...
Social Engineering
social-engineeringThe psychological manipulation of people into performing actions or divulging confidential information. Social engineeri...