Phishing, The fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers, Vishing, The fraudulent practice of making phone calls or leaving voice messages purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as bank details and credit card numbers, Shoulder Surfing, The practice of spying on the user of an ATM, computer, or other electronic device in order to obtain their personal access information, Whaling, Highly targeted phishing attack - aimed at senior executives - masquerading as a legitimate email, Tailgating, Physical security breach whereby an unauthorized person follows an authorized individual into a secured premise, Impersonation, A malicious actor pretends to be a legitimate user or service to gain access to protected information, Dumpster diving, Process of investigating an individual or organization's trash to retrieve information that could be used to compromise network resources or plan a cyberattack, Typosquatting, www.googgle.com, Pharming, redirects users from a legitimate website to a malicious one, Pretexting, The use of a carefully crafted story with convincing or intimidating details

Social Engineering Attacks

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