Analyze Social Influence Tactics in Attack Scenarios

Let's put theory into practice. This article provides several highly detailed, real-world social engineering attack scenarios, from a fake job candidate sending a malicious resume to an attacker impersonating a top executive to approve a fraudulent deal. It breaks down the attacker's objective and the specific, personalized tactics they use to succeed. This is your chance to act as an incident analyst. By deconstructing these case studies, you can practice identifying the social influence tactics at play. You'll see how attackers build rapport (by referencing a shared conference), create urgency (a deadline to sign a new policy), and leverage authority (an email from a top executive) to manipulate their targets.