Phishing and Social Engineering

Social Engineering has become a primary means used by attackers to obtain personal information from unsuspecting victims. Their strategy involves exploiting human curiosity and a desire for reward by manipulating unsuspecting users into performing actions they wouldn’t normally take.

For more information on phishing and social engineering, please check out these sites:

• http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/tips/ST04-014
• http://phishinginfo.org/links.html