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Types of Social Engineering Attacks
In this chapter, we are going to review the most common types of social engineering attacks to help you identify all the different types of attacks.
Understanding the different types of attacks is key because it will help you identify and apply the appropriate method or solution to avoid or mitigate that type of attack in your day-to-day life, as well as in your organization.
As mentioned previously, in this chapter, we will review the most common types of social engineering attacks, while also mentioning some unusual or unexpected types of scams such as dumpster diving, which, while they sound a bit silly, in reality, are very effective (in part because people don’t expect those attacks, so they become ...
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