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In Pictures: 9 classic hacking, phishing and social engineering lies

Whether it is on the phone, online or in person, here are ten lies hackers, phishers and social engineers will tell you to get what they want

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Article | 19/03/2013 In Pictures: 9 classic hacking, phishing and social engineering lies
Whether it is on the phone, online or in person, here are ten lies hackers, phishers and social engineers will tell you to get what they want
Article | 22/09/2011 Bigger isn't better when it comes to social engineering attacks
When it comes to social engineering attacks, larger companies attract more of them, and when they are victimized it costs more per incident, according...
Article | 22/09/2011 Open this malware or I'll sue you
The latest social engineering trick to get victims to open malicious email attachments accuses them of being spammers and threatens to sue them if the...
Article | 9/03/2011 Malvertising continues to pound legitimate websites
In the last three months of 2010 attackers managed to serve 3 million malicious advertising, or malvertising, impressions every day. That's the headli...
Article | 6/09/2010 Women did well on Defcon social engineering test
Of the 135 people Fortune 500 employees targeted by social engineering hackers in a recent contest only five of them refused to give up any corporate ...

Features about social engineering

Article | 17/12/2009 Five things you need to know about social engineering
Social engineering, the act of tricking people into giving up sensitive information, is nothing new. Convicted hacker Kevin Mitnick made a name for hi...
Article | 16/04/2009 Botnets: 4 Reasons It's Getting Harder to Find and Fight Them
The perpetual proliferation of botnets is hardly surprising when one considers just how easy it is for the bad guys to hijack computers without tippin...

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