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The Psychic and the Social Engineer

Security Through Education

By now you may be guessing what the psychic and the social engineer have in common. Both use techniques such as using social cues, making broad statements, and using probability to create the illusion of credibility. Similarly, a professional social engineer must exhibit confidence and never break pretext.

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The Psychic and the Social Engineer

Security Boulevard

The post The Psychic and the Social Engineer appeared first on Security Boulevard. Do you believe in psychics? Many people turn to psychics and mediums for advice or to communicate with dead loved […].

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Reaction to Social Engineering Indicative of Cybersecurity Culture

Security Boulevard

It was a master class in social engineering, one that put an organization’s security posture at risk. Social engineering attacks like phishing take advantage of an employee’s awareness of. The post Reaction to Social Engineering Indicative of Cybersecurity Culture appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Choose Your Own Adventure game animates security awareness training

SC Magazine

Infosec’s Choose Your Own Adventure training game “Deep Space Danger” tests employees on their knowledge of social engineering. The employees at your organization are badly in need of security awareness training. Two of them are fraudsters trying to socially engineer their way onto the station.

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The Business Value of the Social-Engineer Phishing Service

Security Boulevard

The post The Business Value of the Social-Engineer Phishing Service appeared first on Security Boulevard. Phishing attacks continue to plague organizations across the globe with great success, but why? Cybercriminals are targeting the human element of organizations. Additionally, they are developing techniques to use an.

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US Helped Ukraine With Infosec—Story is ‘Dangerous Arrogance’

Security Boulevard

The post US Helped Ukraine With Infosec—Story is ‘Dangerous Arrogance’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. But scratch the surface and there’s not much of a There there. What looks like a coordinated PR campaign relies on “people familiar with the.

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Phishing Benchmark Report Delivers Data, Tools to Mitigate End-User Risk

SecureWorld News

A commissioned survey of 600 InfoSec and IT professionals across those same seven countries. This year's report highlights: Trends and issues that influenced the security landscape in 2021. Volumes and impacts organizations dealt with related to socially engineered attacks in 2021. Register here!