Pretexting definition Pretextingis form of social engineering in which an attacker fabricates a story to convince a victim to give up valuable information or access to a service or system. The distinguishing feature of a pretexting attack is that the scammer comes up with a story — or pretext— to fool the victim. The pretext generally aims to […]
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