social-engineering
Impersonation
The act of pretending to be another person to deceive victims into trusting the attacker. In cybersecurity, impersonation is used in phishing, BEC, and social engineering attacks to gain access or information.
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Business Email Compromise (BEC)
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Deepfake
social-engineeringAI-generated synthetic media where a person's likeness is convincingly replaced with someone else's. Deepfakes are incre...
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...