Assortment of Social Engineering Attacks in the New Digital Era

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Author(s): Geetha Manoharan (SR University, India)and Chetan Dudhagara (Anand Agricultural University, India)
Copyright: 2025
Pages: 24
Source title: Effective Strategies for Combatting Social Engineering in Cybersecurity
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Rajeev Kumar (Moradabad Institute of Technology, India), Saurabh Srivastava (Moradabad Institute of Technology, India)and Ahmed A. Elngar (Beni-Suef University, Egypt)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-6665-3.ch016

Keywords: Cyber and Network Security / Cyber Behavior / Information Science Reference / Social Sciences & Humanities

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Social engineering involves stealing secrets. Assaults seek different information each person. Deception is used to gain passwords, financial data, and viruses. This spyware may steal passwords, financial data, and computer control. Attackers utilize social engineering because victim confidence is easier to influence than program weaknesses. Phishing for a password is easier than cracking it. Fast technical change has increased social engineering assaults, which target psychology rather than technology. Hackers utilize many methods to deceive people into disclosing sensitive information or taking digital security risks. We discuss numerous digital social engineering attacks in this chapter. Discussing phishing, pretexting, baiting, quid pro quo, and whaling. We also explore attackers' psychological manipulation and their massive damage to people and organizations. We emphasize awareness, education, and training to prevent social engineering assaults and protect crucial data in the digital era.

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