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Slideshows about social engineering

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  In Pictures: 7 social engineering scams and how to avoid them

  Even the most savvy IT professionals can fall victim to social engineering attacks. Here’s how to recognize these threats and avoid falling prey to them.

  In Pictures: 7 social engineering scams and how to avoid them
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  In Pictures: 9 classic hacking, phishing and social engineering lies

  Whether it is on the phone, online or in person, here are ten lies hackers, phishers and social engineers will tell you to get what they want

  In Pictures: 9 classic hacking, phishing and social engineering lies

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News about social engineering

• In Pictures: 7 social engineering scams and how to avoid them

  Even the most savvy IT professionals can fall victim to social engineering attacks. Here’s how to recognize these threats and avoid falling prey to them.

• Politicians and journalists hacked using 'legal' spyware tool Galileo

  Hackers use previously undiscovered mobile trojans that work on Android and iOS.

• Pro-Assad hackers compromise White House emails, Reuters Twitter feed

  Goal of the attacks was to spread pro-Assad messages

• In Pictures: 9 classic hacking, phishing and social engineering lies

  Whether it is on the phone, online or in person, here are ten lies hackers, phishers and social engineers will tell you to get what ...

• DNS reveals the top cyberthreats of 2012. And you guessed it ... no one is safe.

• The 5 worst mobile threats of 2012

Features about social engineering

• The human OS: Overdue for a social engineering patch

  Experts say training -- done well and frequently -- can make employees much more difficult to 'hack'

• Five things you need to know about social engineering

  The more victims who click links and install the bad guy's software, the more money the criminals make

• Botnets: 4 Reasons It's Getting Harder to Find and Fight Them

  Researchers say vulnerable Web 2.0 applications and peer-to-peer architecture are making it easy for hackers to maintain armies of hijacked computers