IT Security/Threats/Social Engineering
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This lesson covers social engineering.
Objectives and Skills
editObjectives and skills for the social engineering portion of Security+ certification include:[1]
- Summarize social engineering attacks and the associated effectiveness with each attack.
- Shoulder surfing
- Dumpster diving
- Tailgating
- Impersonation
- Hoaxes
- Whaling
- Vishing
- Principles (reasons for effectiveness)
- Authority
- Intimidation
- Consensus/Social proof
- Scarcity
- Urgency
- Familiarity/liking
- Trust
Readings
editMultimedia
edit- YouTube: Shoulder Surfing - CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 3.3
- YouTube: Dumpster Diving - CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 3.3
- YouTube: Tailgating - CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 3.3
- YouTube: Impersonation - CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 3.3
- YouTube: Hoaxes - CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 3.3
- YouTube: Whaling - CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 3.3
- YouTube: The Effectiveness of Social Engineering - CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 3.3