The term “pretexting” indicates the practice of presenting oneself as someone else to obtain private information. Usually, attackers create a fake identity and use it to manipulate the receipt of information. Attackers leveraging this method of social engineering use several identities that they have created during their carrier. The success Read more…
A watering hole attack consists of injecting malicious code into the public web pages of a site that the targets usually visit. Once a victim visits the page on the compromised website, malware can be installed on the visitor’s computer. The watering hole method of attack is very common for Read more…
“Whaling” is another evolution of phishing attacks that uses sophisticated social engineering techniques to steal confidential information, personal data, access credentials to restricted services/resources, and specifically information with relevant value from an economic and commercial perspective. What distinguishes whaling from phishing and spear phishing is the choice of targets: relevant Read more…