Chapter 1 covered the basic components of email messages and headers. Now it is time to get into attack techniques. Attackers use techniques and tricks to entice end users to click a link, open an attachment, or send sensitive information unwittingly. Understanding these techniques helps you identify and scrutinize email messages that employ these or similar tactics. Before jumping into the nitty-gritty details, let’s go over some of the basics.
Social engineering is the art of manipulating people to provide sensitive ...
