Social engineering is a psychological manipulation technique used by attackers to trick individuals into divulging confidential or personal information that may be used for fraudulent purposes.
It relies on human interaction and may involve tactics such as:
Impersonation
Pretexting
Phishing
Baiting
Rather than attacking systems directly, attackers exploit human trust and error.
From CEH v13 Courseware:
Module 7: Social Engineering
[Reference:CEH v13 Study Guide – Module 7: Human-Based and Computer-Based Social Engineering, , , , , ]
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