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Slide 1 - Social Engineering and Phishing
Social Engineering and Phishing
Cybersecurity Threats and Prevention
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Social Engineering and Phishing: Cybersecurity Threats and Prevention
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It's on the topic of social engineering and phishing
This presentation provides an in-depth look at social engineering and phishing, key cybersecurity threats. It covers definitions, psychological manipulation tactics, various phishing types including email, vishing, smishing, spear phishing, and emerging trends like quishing and deepfakes. Backed by statistics showing phishing as the top cybercrime affecting most businesses, it includes real examples and concludes with essential prevention strategies such as user education, technical filters, multi-factor authentication, and verification practices.
May 13, 202614 slides
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Slide 2 - Presentation Agenda
- Introduction to Social Engineering
- What is Phishing?
- Types of Phishing Attacks
- Voice Phishing (Vishing)
- Statistics and Trends
- Prevention Measures
- Conclusion
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Slide 3 - Social Engineering
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Social Engineering
Manipulating Human Psychology for Information Access
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Slide 4 - What is Social Engineering?
- Psychological manipulation to divulge confidential information
- Influences people to perform actions not in their best interests
- Confidence trick for info gathering, fraud, or system access
- Often part of complex fraud schemes
- Phishing is a primary example
Source: Wikipedia: Social engineering (security)
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Slide 5 - Phishing
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Slide 6 - Phishing Defined
- Social engineering scam to reveal sensitive info or install malware
- Sophisticated attacks mirror target sites transparently
- Most common cybercrime (FBI IC3, 2020)
- Term originated ~1995 from 'fishing' for info
Source: Wikipedia: Phishing
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Slide 7 - Phishing Trends
- 94%: Businesses
- 86%: Businesses
- 72%: Businesses
- 1st: Cybercrime Type
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Source: Wikipedia: Phishing
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Slide 8 - Phishing Vectors
- Email spam
- Vishing (voice phishing)
- Spear phishing & whaling (targeted)
- Smishing (SMS phishing)
- Quishing (QR code phishing)
- Cross-site scripting (XSS)
- Man-in-the-Middle (MiTM) 2FA attacks
Source: Wikipedia: Phishing
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Slide 9 - Phishing Email Example
- Spoofed sender address
- Urgent call to action
- Suspicious links or attachments
- Requests for login credentials
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Source: Wikipedia: Phishing
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Slide 10 - Voice Phishing
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Voice Phishing (Vishing)
Using Telephony to Steal Information
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Slide 11 - Vishing Tactics
- VoIP caller ID spoofing and IVR systems
- Automated TTS or live callers impersonating authorities
- Target credit cards, PINs, identity info
- Often preys on immigrants and elderly
- Emerging: Audio deepfakes for trusted voices
Source: Wikipedia: Voice phishing
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Slide 12 - Preventing Attacks
- User education and public awareness campaigns
- Legislation to penalize phishing
- Technical security: email filters, site verification
- Multi-factor authentication (MiTM-resistant)
- Verify unsolicited requests independently
Source: Wikipedia: Phishing
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Slide 13 - Scale of the Threat
> As of 2020, it is the most common type of cybercrime, with the FBI's IC3 reporting more phishing incidents than any other cybercrime.
— Wikipedia: Phishing
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Source: Wikipedia: Phishing
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