A threat actor creates a fake LinkedIn profile claiming to be an IT recruiter. They spend weeks chatting with a systems administrator before asking them to run a "skills assessment" executable. This scenario heavily utilizes...

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Pretexting. Pretexting involves creating a believable fabricated scenario (a pretext) to build trust over time before exploiting the victim.

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Hoax

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Whaling

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Phishing

A threat actor creates a fake LinkedIn profile claiming to be an IT recruiter. They spend weeks chatting with a systems administrator before asking them to run a "skills assessment" executable. This scenario heavily utilizes...

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