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social engineering: a standalone construct

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Computer security

manipulating people into revealing information or taking actions that compromise security, rather than attacking systems technically.

In computer security, social engineering refers to manipulating people into revealing information or taking actions that compromise security, rather than attacking systems technically. This meaning comes from Krombholz (2015) in Journal of Information Security and Applications.[1]

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Krombholz, K., Hobel, H., Huber, M., & Weippl, E. (2015). Advanced social engineering attacks. Journal of Information Security and Applications, 22, 113-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jisa.2014.09.005

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