Name: [ONLINE] Social Engineering 101: Don't Get Manipulated by Attackers
Start: 2020-04-23T11:30:00-04:00
End: 2020-04-23T12:30:00-04:00

Nonprofits - This security-focused educational webinar will be presented by Erich Kron, a Security Awareness Advocate at KnowBe4!

Abstract:
Social Engineering is a practice we use almost every day of our lives. It is apparent in how we interact with our families, our friends, strangers and even those coworkers we don't really like. It's really just the practice of dealing with other humans.

By studying these interactions, attackers can become very adept at using these skills to manipulate people into actions that benefit them. Phishing, smishing, vishing are all tools of the trade that attackers use. The psychology used in these attacks to bypass critical thinking is becoming more and more advanced. By leveraging techniques like focus redirection and exploiting the way our brain filters can be tricked in to perceiving a different reality, attackers are outpacing our best efforts to defend ourselves. We do know that throwing money at a problem doesn’t make it go away. Social engineering methods and the cyber criminals behind the attacks are furiously innovating.

Fear, anxiety and outrage are all being used to spread ransomware and other types of malware, scam people and organizations out of money and disrupt business. It’s no wonder that social engineering and phishing are the most common way that successful breaches get started.

This session will look at the things social engineers use to trick users into performing the kinds of actions that lead to security breaches and ways to identify and counteract these attacks. It will also discuss recent real-world attacks and the social engineering tricks that made them effective.

Topics include:
- The Perception vs. Reality Dilemma
- Focus redirection
- Psychology behind the attacks
- Identifying and developing defensive practices

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