social engineering
Social engineering is the art of manipulating individuals to gain access to confidential information or perform actions that may compromise security, by exploiting their psychology and trust.
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- cybersecurity
- cybersecurity awareness
- deception techniques
- drive-by downloads
- dumpster diving
- ethical hacking
- exploit frameworks
- exploiting human trust
- exploiting vulnerabilities
- hacker attacks
- hacking human behavior
- identity theft
- impersonation techniques
- information leakage
- insider threats
- malvertising
- malware development
- manipulative persuasion tactics
- metasploit framework
- network reconnaissance
- online scams
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- post-exploitation
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