Social Engineering attacks

                             

Pretexting – A hacker calls an individual and lies to them in an attempt to gain access to privileged data.

                    

Phishing - A malicious party sends a fraudulent email disguised as being from a legitimate, trusted source.

           

              

Spam - Use spam email to trick a user to click an infected link or download an infected file.

Baiting - A hacker leaves a malware-infected physical device, such as a USB flash drive in a public location such as a corporate washroom.