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Types of Social Engineering Attacks [Recent 2020 Scams]
Be real careful- since CoVID these computer scammer techniques have increased
What Is Social Engineering?
In social engineering attacks, scammers impersonate trusted officials, like customer service representatives at a bank, to con unsuspecting victims out of millions of dollars every year. According to the FBI's 2018 Internet Crime Report, over 25,000 individuals reported being a victim of one of several types of social engineering attacks, resulting in nearly $50 million in losses. And that’s only reported scams — true numbers are exponentially higher.
The most prevalent social engineering scams are those taking place over the phone or through malicious links in emails. Well-crafted schemes carry all the signs of legitimacy, using personal details collected from the dark web or even from social media to catch even the most careful individuals off-guard. Though the spotlight has been on how fraudsters use stolen data for account originations, data breaches also give social engineers more personal information to exploit in a social engineering attack, improving their ability to target individuals and commit fraud in the digital age.
Types of Social Engineering Attacks
There are two main types of social engineering attacks. The first type is credential or personal information harvesting, designed to steal sensitive information from the user for the purpose of selling this information on the dark web to be later used for account creation or account takeover. Examples are phishing, vishing, and smishing. The second type, which is more sophisticated, involves coercing the user to defraud themselves in real time, via a phone scam. Examples include voice scams and remote access tools (RAT) attacks. These attacks pose significant risk to businesses worldwide, including banks and insurance companies.
Phishing is the most common form of social engineering attack, accounting for 90% to 95% of all successful cyberattacks worldwide in 2017. Attackers disguise false communications to appear as though they are coming from a legitimate source. Unwitting victims may then click a false link and install malware on their device or enter in personal information, such as credit card info, that the hackers then steal.
Today, fraudsters are developing targeted attacks specifically designed to manipulate and trick a particular group of users rather than the large, bulk email attacks of past years. Some of the top targets for phishing attacks are popular payment providers and financial institutions. Vade Secure, a security company that keeps a running list of the most-imitated brands, found that PayPal took the top ranking in the third quarter of 2019, followed by Microsoft and Netflix.
Vishing
Vishing, or phone based phishing is a common type of credential or personal information harvesting. The scammer will impersonate as the IRS or another tax related official, an IT professional, a tech support or car warranty company, claiming that something is wrong, or expired with your account and they will ask for information to verify your account and then additional information to be able to fix the situation, whether personal information and credit card information or credentials. Some scammers use positive psychology, informing the victim that they have won a vacation or some other good news, asking them to provide personal information to be able to receive the prize. In the United States, the Federal Trade Commission reported that 77% of its fraud complaints involve contacts by telephone, of which social engineering is a subset.
Smishing
Smishing, or SMS phishing, is an emerging form of social engineering attack that cyber criminals are using to target victims on their smartphones. In smishing, fraudsters use text messaging to trick users into giving out confidential information or to download malware or a virus onto their phone. Fraudsters are also using smishing to bypass two-factor authentication and multi-factor authentication (MFA). In 2019, the FBI issued a warning about the vulnerabilities of MFA to social engineering.
Be real careful- since CoVID these computer scammer techniques have increased
What Is Social Engineering?
In social engineering attacks, scammers impersonate trusted officials, like customer service representatives at a bank, to con unsuspecting victims out of millions of dollars every year. According to the FBI's 2018 Internet Crime Report, over 25,000 individuals reported being a victim of one of several types of social engineering attacks, resulting in nearly $50 million in losses. And that’s only reported scams — true numbers are exponentially higher.
The most prevalent social engineering scams are those taking place over the phone or through malicious links in emails. Well-crafted schemes carry all the signs of legitimacy, using personal details collected from the dark web or even from social media to catch even the most careful individuals off-guard. Though the spotlight has been on how fraudsters use stolen data for account originations, data breaches also give social engineers more personal information to exploit in a social engineering attack, improving their ability to target individuals and commit fraud in the digital age.
Types of Social Engineering Attacks
There are two main types of social engineering attacks. The first type is credential or personal information harvesting, designed to steal sensitive information from the user for the purpose of selling this information on the dark web to be later used for account creation or account takeover. Examples are phishing, vishing, and smishing. The second type, which is more sophisticated, involves coercing the user to defraud themselves in real time, via a phone scam. Examples include voice scams and remote access tools (RAT) attacks. These attacks pose significant risk to businesses worldwide, including banks and insurance companies.
Phishing is the most common form of social engineering attack, accounting for 90% to 95% of all successful cyberattacks worldwide in 2017. Attackers disguise false communications to appear as though they are coming from a legitimate source. Unwitting victims may then click a false link and install malware on their device or enter in personal information, such as credit card info, that the hackers then steal.
Today, fraudsters are developing targeted attacks specifically designed to manipulate and trick a particular group of users rather than the large, bulk email attacks of past years. Some of the top targets for phishing attacks are popular payment providers and financial institutions. Vade Secure, a security company that keeps a running list of the most-imitated brands, found that PayPal took the top ranking in the third quarter of 2019, followed by Microsoft and Netflix.
Vishing
Vishing, or phone based phishing is a common type of credential or personal information harvesting. The scammer will impersonate as the IRS or another tax related official, an IT professional, a tech support or car warranty company, claiming that something is wrong, or expired with your account and they will ask for information to verify your account and then additional information to be able to fix the situation, whether personal information and credit card information or credentials. Some scammers use positive psychology, informing the victim that they have won a vacation or some other good news, asking them to provide personal information to be able to receive the prize. In the United States, the Federal Trade Commission reported that 77% of its fraud complaints involve contacts by telephone, of which social engineering is a subset.
Smishing
Smishing, or SMS phishing, is an emerging form of social engineering attack that cyber criminals are using to target victims on their smartphones. In smishing, fraudsters use text messaging to trick users into giving out confidential information or to download malware or a virus onto their phone. Fraudsters are also using smishing to bypass two-factor authentication and multi-factor authentication (MFA). In 2019, the FBI issued a warning about the vulnerabilities of MFA to social engineering.
“You get a call saying your car warranty is about to expire, but that you can pay a little extra to extend it. It might sound like it's coming from your dealership or another reputable company associated with it. The caller might even have information about the year, make and model of your vehicle.
They might even be selling a real product. That product would be a service contract that costs a ton, covers nothing and is impossible to collect. Or, they might just be trying to straight up steal your money or your identity.
They might tell you to press zero for an operator. You might do it so you can ask the operator to stop calling you. They might tell you to press one to be taken off their call list. That will sound like an attractive option, as well.
But, if you press any buttons, the robocallers will know they've hit a "live" number. They'll call you more often. And they'll resell your number over and over to other deadbeats because they've established that you're a hot lead.
Of course, this robocalling nonsense is old news to you by now. You probably already know you should hang up the second you know who is calling. And most of you realize you shouldn't have picked up the phone in the first place.
You've learned by now not to answer calls from numbers you don't recognize. And you've learned that calls that seem to come from places you do recognize – the police station, your credit card company, someone from your area code – are likely spoofed on your caller ID to disguise their real origin.
The car warranty calls are just part of an unending, infuriating stream of telemarketing scams and schemes.
They might even be selling a real product. That product would be a service contract that costs a ton, covers nothing and is impossible to collect. Or, they might just be trying to straight up steal your money or your identity.
They might tell you to press zero for an operator. You might do it so you can ask the operator to stop calling you. They might tell you to press one to be taken off their call list. That will sound like an attractive option, as well.
But, if you press any buttons, the robocallers will know they've hit a "live" number. They'll call you more often. And they'll resell your number over and over to other deadbeats because they've established that you're a hot lead.
Of course, this robocalling nonsense is old news to you by now. You probably already know you should hang up the second you know who is calling. And most of you realize you shouldn't have picked up the phone in the first place.
You've learned by now not to answer calls from numbers you don't recognize. And you've learned that calls that seem to come from places you do recognize – the police station, your credit card company, someone from your area code – are likely spoofed on your caller ID to disguise their real origin.
The car warranty calls are just part of an unending, infuriating stream of telemarketing scams and schemes.
this been happening to me.
and every time I report the number as spam and block it, I get some other number from out of nowhere calling me days later on the same shyt.
DikDrizzle
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1. 96 Cadillac Deville
2. 97 Cadillac Deville
3. 86 Buick Regal
4. 2006 Audi A6
5. 2007 Audi A8
6. 2016 Nissan Maxima
7. 2004 Toyota Sienna
8. Moving out of Louisiana soon, planning to go real big. Audi A7, S7, S6, S8, really was and RS6 or Lexus LS 500
2. 97 Cadillac Deville
3. 86 Buick Regal
4. 2006 Audi A6
5. 2007 Audi A8
6. 2016 Nissan Maxima
7. 2004 Toyota Sienna
8. Moving out of Louisiana soon, planning to go real big. Audi A7, S7, S6, S8, really was and RS6 or Lexus LS 500
I had 2 of your cars lol
84 cutlass brougham-high school, 1st car
89 caprice brougham, 2nd car
2020 Aventdor(too much attention, becomes annoying after a good 2-3 months)
2020 Urus(perfecto)
2020 AMG GTR
2017 Rolls Royce Wraith(huge whip)
Get yo certs up you broke fukks
This da coli nikka
2020 Urus(perfecto)
2020 AMG GTR
2017 Rolls Royce Wraith(huge whip)
Get yo certs up you broke fukks
This da coli nikka
Ford tauras…NO AC…had to drive it in drive 2
Acura….great on gas but old and if a car ever hit me it would be curtains for me
Bmw 530…current…its at the shop on monday smh
Acura….great on gas but old and if a car ever hit me it would be curtains for me
Bmw 530…current…its at the shop on monday smh
Like tens of thousands of people in your city/state don’t own the exact same car as you
yall try too hard. Yeah, he can dox me based off some beater Camry I had when I was 17
Cats post their bikes, whips, boats, ATVs all the time in the showroom.
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95 Ford Probe
07 Dodge Charger
14 Dodge Charger
09 Dodge Challenger
Got that Camp Lejeune resumé
07 Dodge Charger
14 Dodge Charger
09 Dodge Challenger
Got that Camp Lejeune resumé