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Baiting

Social engineers are good at baiting their targets. They are effective at finding something to dangle their targets on. They find something that the targets want and will readily take bait for. It is a common attack method on peer-to-peer sites especially where people download pirated content. Behind the illegally downloaded copyrighted content is malware that infects user's machines without them ever noticing. In 2015, it was estimated that 12 million computers were being infected per month by malware. Torrents have been a common way of downloading premium content and programs for free, thus infringing rights covering property such as movies, games, and programs. It is estimated that of the approximately 1,000 torrent sites, a third ...