Netgain Healthcare IT Blog | email cons

Four Types of Email Cons Using Social Engineering

Posted by Charles Killmer - Netgain’s Security Officer on Apr 7, 2016 2:23:19 PM

Social Engineering is the psychological manipulation of people in an effort to have them perform actions or divulge confidential information, and it is a major security issue. For centuries, con artists have used this method to gather confidential information for criminal use. In the modern world, the con artist has additional tactics including the installation of malware.

Read More

Topics: email cons, social engineering

Thanks for visiting the Netgain IT blog.  The goal of our blog is to help our readers stay current on the changing needs and requirements of IT.  

We do this by proactively bringing ideas, expertise, and solutions to your attention, which enables you to communicate the related technology, security or compliance best practices to your employees.

 


 

Subscribe to Email Updates

Check out our latest resources:

New Call-to-action

New Call-to-action

New Call-to-action

 

 

 

Recent Posts

Posts by Topic

see all