Nytro Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 How to Recognize and Prevent Social Engineering Attacks A few weeks ago, two malicious social engineers impersonating the IRS called one of my close family friends. They yelled at her, threatened her, and told her she owed thousands of dollars in back taxes (not true). They knew her name, her address, and family members’ names. They told her they were outside her house. She was terrified. The attackers unsuccessfully tried to use fear to elicit an irrational decision (like transferring money to a random bank account). She was experiencing a vishing attack, one of the four primary methods of social engineering and one of the topics discussed in our recent webinar: Don’t Be Another Statistic: How To Recognize and Prevent Social Engineering Attacks. These types of attacks are directed towards companies every day, and they’re coming from all angles in many different forms. Hackers are capitalizing on fear, excitement, and other emotions to swindle organizations out of millions of dollars. Last week, we hosted an hour-long webinar featuring four social engineering experts, including Chris Hadnagy, founder and CEO at Social-Engineer, Inc. and author of several books, including Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking. Chris developed the world’s first social engineering penetration testing framework and has briefed more than 30 general officers and government officials at the Pentagon about social engineering and its effect on the United States. Sursa: http://blog.bettercloud.com/how-to-recognize-and-prevent-social-engineering-attacks/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
