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Cyber Security Threats
Social Engineering
- What Social Engineering Is
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- Blagging, Phishing & Shouldering
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Malware
- What Malware Is
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- Viruses, Trojans & Spyware
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Detecting & Preventing Threats

Blagging, Phishing & Shouldering Flashcards

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An employee receives an email that looks like it is from their bank, asking them to click a link and enter their login details. What form of attack is this?: Phishing: fraudulently obtaining private information, often using email or SMS, by pretending to be a trusted organisation. It aims to steal data such as usernames, passwords or bank details.
What is blagging?: Creating and using an invented scenario (pretexting) to persuade a targeted victim to give up information or act in an unusual way.
e.g. phoning a member of staff while pretending to be from the IT helpdesk
What is shouldering (shoulder surfing)?: Observing a person's private information over their shoulder, e.g. watching someone type their PIN at a cashpoint machine.
How can people protect themselves against shouldering?: Cover the keypad or screen when entering a PIN or password, check who is nearby, and use privacy screens on devices used in public.
How does phishing differ from blagging in who it targets?: Phishing is usually sent to large numbers of people at once, hoping some will respond. Blagging targets a particular person with an invented scenario.