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Phishing exercises are an important tool towards promoting security awareness in an organization. Phishing is effective, simply because it works. However, any social engineer can devise a marvelously deceptive message with an irresistible link that only the most tech-savvy person would spot as a phishing test. Sometimes, the phish can be sent at a time of day that catches the recipient off-guard, which causes a person to click the malicious link. These techniques are so effective, that even the most experienced people have gotten fooled, not only by phishing tests, but also by real scams.
As social engineers, it is easy to play on people’s vulnerabilities; their fears, hopes, and dreams. Fears, such as those used in scams against the elderly; hopes, such as those used against the optimistically trusting; and dreams, such as those…
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Posted by: Bob Covello |
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April 26, 2021 at 09:09AM
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