Extortion

How Scammers Steal Information. What You Need to Know about Social Engineering.

By Shane Morris / September 20, 2022 /

Article Summary: The phrase “social engineering” is used to describe a wide variety of scamming tactics that hackers use when interacting with their potential victims. Often times, unsuspecting people are duped into divulging critical information or committing security blunders. Scammer attacks generally fall into one of these five categories: baiting, scareware, pretexting, phishing, and spear…

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