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Social engineering definition

In cybersecurity, social engineering is a broad term used to describe an information technology attack that relies heavily on human interaction and often involves tricking other people to break normal security procedures.

According to Kaspersky, refer to point 2 under the References section, social engineering is a form of techniques employed by cybercriminals designed to lure unsuspecting users into sending them their confidential data, infecting their computers with malware or opening links to infected sites.

Social engineering in the EC-Council's CEH materials, refer to point 3 under the References section, is defined as any type of attack that is nontechnical in nature and that involves some type of human ...