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Social engineering: Concepts, Techniques and Security Countermeasures

Computers and Society 2021-07-30 v1 Cryptography and Security
Authors: Adib Mohammed Syed
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Abstract

The purpose of this report is to research the topic called Social Engineering in Cyber Security and present the explanation of the meaning, concepts, techniques, and security countermeasures of Social Engineering based on factual academic research.

Keywords

cybersecurity computer security

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@article{arxiv.2107.14082,
  title  = {Social engineering: Concepts, Techniques and Security Countermeasures},
  author = {Adib Mohammed Syed},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.14082},
  year   = {2021}
}

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