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social engineering
[ soh-shuhl en-juh-neer-ing ]
noun
- Political Science. the manipulation of social beliefs and behaviors by public or private entities through legislation, policy, and investment.
- a technique that uses psychological manipulation, fraud, or dishonesty to force people to disclose private personal or corporate information, or to take a particular action:
Hackers are using social engineering to perpetrate phishing scams.
social engineering
noun
- the manipulation of the social position and function of individuals in order to manage change in a society
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- so路cial en路gi路neer noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of social engineering1
Example Sentences
It highlighted press speculation around "social engineering" as a way hackers may have gained access to accounts.
Criminals use social engineering techniques to get people to trust them when they email, text or call pretending to be from a company's IT help desk - ultimately tricking employees into handing over their log in passwords and security codes.
Although cyber criminals could be anywhere in the world, young English-speaking hackers in the UK and US have become adept at using social engineering in their attacks.
Mr Murtagh describes using such social engineering techniques on chatbots for retailers: "I would try and make the chatbot cause a request or even trigger itself to give me another user's order or another user's data."
鈥淣inety percent of all cyberthreats now originate from scams and social engineering threats 鈥 a figure that has almost tripled since 2021,鈥 Sanchez-Rola said.
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