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What is Social Engineering?
Social engineering is the manipulation of people, rather than machines, to get them to break normal security procedures, hand over credentials, or perform an action that benefits the attacker.
- Phishing, tricking victims through fake emails or websites
- Pretexting, inventing a believable story to extract information
- Baiting, leaving infected USB drives for someone to plug in
- Tailgating, following an employee through a secured door without a badge
Social engineering succeeds because it exploits trust, urgency, and helpfulness rather than a software bug, so security awareness training is the most effective countermeasure alongside technical controls like email filtering.
What does social engineering primarily target?
Which technique involves following an employee through a secured door?
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