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If your services aren’t working, then you are effectively out of business. In this video, you’ll learn how denial of service attacks are used to prevent access to your important business systems. << Previous Video: Principles of Social Engineering Next: Man-in-the-Middle >>–> A denial of service is when the bad guys are taking a service
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Someone who’s well-versed in social engineering can easily talk their way into your network. In this video, you’ll learn about social engineering principles and what you can look for to protect against these attacks. << Previous Video: Watering Hole Attacks Next: Denial of Service >> Social engineering is a very low tech form of a
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If your network is secure, the bad guys might try to find an opening at the local watering hole. In this video, you’ll learn about watering hole attacks and how some real-world watering holes were poisoned by the bad guys. << Previous Video: Hoaxes Next: Principles of Social Engineering >> Let’s say you’ve been working
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A fake attack can consume as many resources as a legitimate security breach. In this video, you’ll learn about hoaxes and how they can fool your users out of their money and data. << Previous Video: Shoulder Surfing Next: Watering Hole Attacks >> In IT security, we tend to spend a lot of time dealing
If it’s on your screen, others can see it. In this video, you’ll learn about shoulder surfing and what you can do to protect yourself against prying eyes. << Previous Video: Dumpster Diving Next: Hoaxes >> At some point during your day, the information that’s on your computer screen is probably going to be pretty
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Some of your most important documents may be thrown out with the trash. In this video, you’ll learn about dumpster diving and how you can keep your important documents away from the bad guys. << Previous Video: Tailgating and Impersonation Next: Shoulder Surfing >> This is a dumpster. [? In ?] the United States, it’s
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Even if you don’t have a key, it can be very easy to pass through a locked door. In this video, you’ll learn how the bad guys use tailgating and impersonation to gain access to buildings and information that normally wouldn’t be accessible. << Previous Video: Phishing Next: Dumpster Diving >> Tailgating is a technique
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Phishing attacks can easily slip through email and URL filters, and the results can be devastating. In this video, you’ll learn about common phishing attacks and what happens when a phishing attack is successful. << Previous Video: Logic Bombs Next: Tailgating and Impersonation >>–> Phishing is a technique used by the bad guys to try
A logic bomb is one of the most difficult types of malicious software to protect against. In this video, you’ll learn about logic bombs and how real-world logic bombs have been used to create issues with our communication, financial, and power distribution networks. << Previous Video: Bots and Botnets Next: Phishing >>–> A logic bomb
