Manipulating people has always been a beneficial approach for criminals. This also applies to our digital world. Social engineering is a tool used by criminals in cyber-attacks and it targets the user - you. Social engineering is about manipulating people to perform actions or disclosing confidential information. But how does it work?
As a behavioural scientist, Hanna Ljung has a deep understanding of human psychology and complex behaviour. She is an ethical hacker and will share real life stories from when she herself used social engineering to attack organizations and its users. Today, Hanna works as a security awareness expert and her goal is to reduce human risk, “By supporting our users to become more security-aware, we are simultaneously minimizing the cyber-criminal´s attack surface”.
Questions you will get answered during this session:
· What is social engineering?
· How is social engineering used in a cyber-attack?
· Why are you a target?
Välkomna!
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