Tag: social engineering

Building a defense from social engineering attacks
Building a defense from social engineering attacks
Last week Smarter MSP examined the security threat that social engineering poses to organizations of all sizes. Social engineering is a technique that hackers use to gain access to an organization’s network, without having to break down the metaphorical door....

Social engineering: a hacker’s most effective weapon
Social engineering: a hacker’s most effective weapon
What is the weakest link in your client’s network? It’s not unpatched software (although you should patch) or the unimaginative passwords (although you should change it). The weakest links are humans themselves. It’s Joan in accounting or Stan in human...