Security News > 2020 > January > 2020 Rings in a New Era of Cyber Attacks - and it's Getting Personal
2020-01-24 17:00
The major differences now are that technology and scale play a greater part in the success of today's attacks.
In a few of my recent articles, I warned about the growth potential for attacks in the coming year and explored some of the methods being adopted by attackers that use technology to ensure greater success.
Pretexting covers several different attacks using emails, texts or phone calls.
Socially engineered attacks are especially nasty and effective because they rely upon natural human responses to be successful; anyone can be a victim at any time.
Educate consumers and employees on the risks and warning signs of these attacks.