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Social Engineering: Definition, Types, Detection & Prevention

Spinone

Here are some basic examples that criminals exploit: Trust to authorities like government, international organizations, popular web platforms, or the company. George vs. Goerge). For example, people don’t check the sender of the message or the link in the email. Check the domain name of the sender’s email address (e.g.,

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Is India's Aadhaar System Really "Hack-Proof"? Assessing a Publicly Observable Security Posture

Troy Hunt

UIDAI is the Unique IDentification Authority of India and they run the Aadhaar project. Security /= George blocking — Vatsalya Goel (@vatsalyagoel) January 9, 2018. No Certificate Authority Authorisation (CAA). They also blacklist vpn IP addresses. Let's move on. — Oliver Brammer (@octobyte) January 10, 2018.

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