Social engineering attacks
What is meant by social engineering attacks?
These are attempts by attackers to trick their victims into performing a certain action, such as clicking on a webpage or opening an attachment.
How they work
Most social engineering attacks involve a multi-step process. For example, a user could be approached on Facebook and offered to click on a video, which has been clickjacked. The user gets redirected to an infected website which encourages the user to download a plugin to see the video. The download link includes malware and PUA installers that steal login details.