Security News > 2020 > December > 6 persuasion tactics used in social engineering attacks
IT security teams need to educate employees about the psychological techniques cybercriminals often use in social engineering attacks.
This type of automated response is not lost upon cybercriminals, nor on Chris Poulin, who was a strategist at IBM's X-Force, when he wrote his IBM Security Intelligence commentary 6 Psychological Elements Behind Sophisticated Cyber Attacks, which looks at how cybercriminals leverage human traits to improve their odds of a successful attack.
Poulin says this scam is used extensively in social engineering.
Cialdini's six principles of persuasion are simple, yet effective.
Now that you know the common psychological techniques used in social engineering attacks you can share this information with users and make sure your IT team is alert and ready to defend against such attacks.