Welcome to our beginner-friendly social engineering glossary.
This glossary offers easy-to-understand explanations, real-life examples, and practical prevention tips to empower you in safeguarding yourself against social engineering attacks.
- Angler Phishing
- Baiting
- Brand Impersonation
- Business Email Compromise (BEC)
- Catfishing
- CEO Fraud
- Check Cashing Scams
- Contact Spamming
- Deepfake
- Disinformation
- Diversion Theft
- Dumpster Diving
- Eavesdropping
- Executive Fraud
- Honeytrap
- Impersonation
- Malware
- Misinformation
- Multi-channel Attack
- Pharming
- Phishing
- Phone Scams
- Piggybacking
- Pretexting
- Quid Pro Quo
- Ransomware
- Scareware
- Shoulder Surfing
- Smishing
- Social Engineering
- Spear Phishing
- Tailgating
- Tech Support Scams
- Vishing
- Watering Hole
- Whaling