
Social Engineering Attacks: Tricks That Hack Humans
“Congrats! You won the lottery”. In this digitally advanced era, we all must have received such calls, some of us might even have believed the same and lost our sensitive information to the hackers.
Social engineering is the art of manipulating and deceiving the victim to gain control over a computer system or gain access to sensitive information. This is a common practice these days. With advancing technology, hackers these days use several tactics to play with the emotions of common people by sending fake emails and generating false links and OTPs. This paves the way to gain access to your bank details and many other personal data. Social engineering is often referred to as ‘Hacking Humans’ because it is not just technical hacking, it is a psychological attack on the human brain to deceive them.
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