Glossary
Social engineering
Techniques in which a threat actor uses social interactions or tailored content to manipulate a system or individual into improperly granting them permissions or benefits, or divulging protected information. For example, a threat actor may use social engineering to dupe a technology company employee into giving them password recovery information for an account that is not theirs, or they may convince a retail employee to grant them a refund for a delivery the threat actor actually received.
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