Title: Social engineering and the role it plays in cybersecurity | Official EC-Council Blog
Headings: Social engineering and the role it plays in cybersecurity
Social engineering and the role it plays in cybersecurity
What is social engineering?
Why is social engineering important?
Five important facts about social engineering
What is an example of social engineering?
Phishing
Vishing
Baiting
Pretexting
Quid Pro Quo
What is social engineering as relates to cybersecurity?
Tips to prevent social engineering
Why become a Certified Ethical Hacker?

Content: Vishing
Vishing is like phishing, the objective is the same, except a voice is applied here. For example, the ‘ Visher ’ uses urgent voice calls, voice mails, or voice notes to convince the target into believing that they must act swiftly’ to defend themselves against a sack, an arrest, or other risks. Baiting
This type of social engineering tactic involves the target victim falling for the ‘bait.’ The social engineer is aware that humans are naturally swayed when you dangle a seemingly irresistible offer, so they exploit this. For example, a malicious actor might intentionally place a USB stick labelled as “Confidential” in a location where the victim can notice it. However, unknowing to the target the stick is infected with malware. The target may then take the ‘bait’ and connect it to a computer system out of curiosity. Immediately this activity is performed, the malware will be injected into the computer. Pretexting
In this scheme, the cyber-criminal retrieves sensitive information through successions of shrewdly crafted lies. The rip-off is usually introduced by an attacker pretending to be in need of the user’s delicate information so they can carry out a significant task.