Despite training employees about phishing attacks and scams, the reasons for data breaches are human error. According to a study, more than 30% of the phishing messages are opened by their target, 15 % of the employees still open the attachments which enable the attack to succeed. The same employees still keep of falling, which has been trained and warned for years. Employees are blamed for … [Read more...] about Five social engineering tricks and tactics employees still fall for
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05 common social engineering tactics
Tricking someone into doing something has been around for ages, but the word social engineering was brought forward in the 90s. The cybercriminals these days aim to steal a password install malware by using old and new tactics. Here are some of the most common social engineering tactics used by phone, email, and Web. Ten degrees of separation The goal of a social engineer over the … [Read more...] about 05 common social engineering tactics
All about social engineering
Social engineering is an art of gaining access to buildings, systems and data without breaking in and using hacking techniques but trough exploiting human psychology. The hacker will call an employee in an organization and pose as an IT expert instead of searching for software vulnerability. The hackers will try to trick the employees into exposing sensitive data, including password. The … [Read more...] about All about social engineering
What is Botnet and how to prevent Botnet attack
A Botnet is a group of internet-connected devices which are compromised by the cyber attackers. It works as a force multiplier for the cyber attackers that are working individually or in a group to target a system. As the numbers of connected devices are more significant, it can send a large volume of spam and spay on people and firms. The cyber attacker infects a system by malware and builds … [Read more...] about What is Botnet and how to prevent Botnet attack
Are all Bluetooth security device secure?
The Bluetooth Low Energy standards is a Bluetooth technology that was designed to allow Bluetooth devices to be paired easily by sending their Bluetooth MAC address to the channels. A user from within a few meters of the device can easily connect to the protocol and collect a unique identifier. The user will be able to track a Bluetooth device whoever it has went. Besides this, the device has … [Read more...] about Are all Bluetooth security device secure?
