SOCIAL ENGINEERING

Phishing is the use of digital communications to trick people into revealing sensitive data or deploying malicious software.

Vishing refers to the use of electronic voice communications to obtain sensitive information or impersonate a known source.

The stages of a social engineering attack include to prepare, establish trust, use persuasion tactics, and disconnect from the target. Attackers typically break communications with their target after collecting the information they want. They do this to cover their tracks if they decide to target others in an organization.

Phishing kits typically contain tools such as malicious attachments, fake data-collection forms, and fraudulent web links in order to help attackers avoid detection.

The stages of a social engineering attack may be to establish trust, use persuasion tactics, and disconnect from the target. An attack may also include preparing information about the target. The use of persuasion tactics is when the attacker manipulates their target into volunteering information.