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An Imperfect Machine
People have been, and will always be, targeted in the tech world—and with tech advancements come more advanced attacks. Specific attacks, or ‘social engineering attacks, are the most common and oldest trick in the book. All an attacker needs is one person in order to trick another successfully.
The simplest forms of social engineering involve talking to targets — tricking them so someone can take advantage of an opportunity. In movies, shady attackers telephone vulnerable workers late at night convincing them to read passwords from under modems or post-it notes on desks. In the real world, it’s a little more sophisticated.
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