Introduction - What is Social Engineering

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What is Social Engineering?
In the security context, social engineering is a process designed to trick victims into performing a function that they would not normally perform. Often it results in the disclosure of confidential information, ot the installation of malicious software.

A more detailed definition is to be found in The Social Engineeering Wikipedia entry

The Phishing Scam

Introduction: | What is: Phishing? | Pharming? | Social Engineering?

The Anatomy of a Phishing Scam: | Signs of a scam

Reporting Phishing Scams: | Fried Phish

Retrieving Email Source Code: | MWP | OE | Outlook | TB | Gmail | Hotmail

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