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Instructions

What is social engineering? Simply put, it is “any act that influences a person to take action that may or may not be in their best interest.” Social engineering is a term that encompasses a broad spectrum of malicious activity.

Select one of the following social engineering attack techniques:

• Baiting.
• Scareware.
• Pretexting.
• Phishing.
• Vishing.
• Tailgating.
• Watering hole.
• Whaling.
• Spear phishing.

Use a Web search engine and search for information about your selected social engineering attack, or visit The Most Common Social Engineering Attacks [Updated 2020].

In addition, find articles about an instance where the chosen social engineering attack was used.

In a 1–2 page paper, respond to the following items:

• Describe the attack in detail.
  • Describe the technique of the attacks.
  • Describe the effects of the attack both in general and in the specific instance you found.
• Discuss three ways to prevent the attack. Provide a rationale.