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Noun Concept

Categories: Cybercrime, Social engineering (computer security), Articles with short description

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In the context of information security, social engineering is the psychological manipulation of people into performing actions or divulging confidential information. Wikipedia

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In the context of information security, social engineering is the psychological manipulation of people into performing actions or divulging confidential information. Wikipedia

Obtaining confidential information by manipulating and/or deceiving people and artificial intelligence Wikipedia Disambiguation

Information security concept: psychological manipulation of people into performing actions or divulging confidential information Wikidata

The practice of tricking a user into giving, or giving access to, sensitive information, thereby bypassing most or all protection. Wiktionary

Practice of tricking a user. Wiktionary (translation)

After our hacking attempts failed, we tried social engineering, walking into the building and claiming we had to do some urgent work in the server room. Wiktionary

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vulnerability

manipulation

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social engineering (security)

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social engineering

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social engineering

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Social engineering attacks