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- #CT255 - Next Generation Technologies II
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- What is Social Engineering? #card
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- Social Engineering is the use of deception to manipulate individuals into divulging confidential or personal information that may be used for fraudulent purposes.
- What is Phishing? #card
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- Phishing usually involves sending malicious emails from supposedly trusted sources to as many people as possible, assuming a low response rate.
- What is Spear Phishing? #card
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- In Spear Phishing, the perpetrator is disguised as a trusted individual, such as a boss, friend, or spouse.
- What is Whaling? #card
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- Whaling uses deceptive email messages targeting high-level decision makers within an organisation, such as CEOs or other executives.
- Such individuals have access to highly valuable information, including trade secrets & passwords to administrative company accounts.
- Whaling uses deceptive email messages targeting high-level decision makers within an organisation, such as CEOs or other executives.
- What is Smishing? #card
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- Smishing is portmanteau for "SMS Phishing", and it works much the same as phishing.
- Users are tricked via an SMS text rather than from an email.
- Smishing is portmanteau for "SMS Phishing", and it works much the same as phishing.
- What is Vishing? #card
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- Vishing, also called VOIP Phishing is the voice counterpart to phishing.
- For example, an email asks the user to make a phone call, or victims receive an unsolicited call.
- Vishing, also called VOIP Phishing is the voice counterpart to phishing.
- What is Pretexting? #card
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- Pretexting is the practice of presenting oneself as someone else in order to obtain private information.
- It is more than just creating a lie, in some cases, it can involve creating an entirely new identity and then using that identity to manipulate the receipt of information.
- Pretexting goes hand-in-hand with vishing.
- Pretexting is the practice of presenting oneself as someone else in order to obtain private information.
- What is a Watering Hole attack? #card
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- A Watering Hole attack consists of injecting malicious code into public web pages of a website that the target visits.
- The attackers typically compromise websites within a specific sector that are typically visited by specific individuals of interest for the attacks.
- A Watering Hole attack consists of injecting malicious code into public web pages of a website that the target visits.
- What is Pharming? #card
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- Pharming scams redirect users to a copy of a popular website where personal data such as usernames, passwords, & financial information can be "farmed" & collected for fraudulent use.
