Cybercrime Protection: all you Need to Know about Social Engineering Threats
Social engineering attacks can have serious consequences for companies of all sizes. Left unprotected, these types of attacks can result in data breaches, financial losses and compromised security.
For a start, consider a social engineering threat as an attempt by cybercriminals to ‘hack the people’ of your company, instead of its network or particular technologies. This cybercrime approach essentially relies on various psychological strategies that aim to trick employees into actions they wouldn’t normally perform, or into sharing specific information they would never normally share.