Social engineering: Concepts, Techniques and Security Countermeasures

2021/06/23 by Adib Mohammed Syed, Syed, Adib Mohammed
Computer Science · Social Sciences · #Computers and Society (cs.CY) #Cryptography and Security (cs.CR) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Information and Cyber Security #Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks #Privacy, Security, and Data Protection #cs.CR #cs.CY

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2107.14082

arxiv created 2021/06/23 · openalex publication_date 2021/06/23 · arxiv updated 2021/07/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

The purpose of this report is to research the topic called Social Engineering in Cyber Security and present the explanation of the meaning, concepts, techniques, and security countermeasures of Social Engineering based on factual academic research.

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