Social engineering is an attack that requires human interaction, persuading employees of the target company to act, such as opening a malicious document or providing authentication credentials.
While the social engineering delivery method is usually assumed to be email, many other channels such as SMS messages, calls, or social media may be used in the assessment. During the test, spear-phishing attacks are preferred, where a user’s personal information and position in the company are used to enhance a pretexting scenario, improving the success rate.
Usually, social engineering attacks are carried as a part of an adversary simulation assessment.
Social engineering assessments
