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A realistic social engineering attack in a workplace could potentially involve an attacker pretending to be someone from the company’s IT department (especially since a lot of companies outsource and hire contractors for IT). They could send an email or call an employee and claim that there is an issue with their account. They would most likely use authority and urgency to pressure the employee into giving sensitive information, or to get them to click a malicious link. This attack could work because of how it exploits human behavior, such as trust, or fear in consequences. Nobody wants to risk losing their accounts, or getting in trouble, and this could cause panic, which would create a lapse in judgement in an individual.
A good defense to this would be implementing a strict verification policy, such as being mandated to call the IT department to check for clearance, and to never give out passwords, no matter the scenario. There should also be strict and extensive cyber security training, which could involve simulated phishing tests to help employees recognize tactics.
From an ethical standpoint, this behavior should only be allowed during ‘ethical hacking’ and training. The goal is to improve overall security and well-being, not harm. It is unethical when the attacks are not authorized and the data is actually being stolen.
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