Hi everyone! I’m working on my homework for my ethical haking course, and I need some help brainstorming ideas.
The assignment asks us to analyze how a social-engineering attack could target someone, but only from a theoretical and defensive perspective, so we can understand how to recognize, prevent, and mitigate these risks.
My specific prompt is: “Describe a hypothetical scenario in which an attacker might attempt to deceive the spouse of a CEO into transferring money, and then explain the vulnerabilities and protective measures.”
Does anyone have suggestions on:
what psychological triggers are typically exploited in these scenarios?
how a defender could identify red flags?
what best practices the CEO’s family should follow to avoid falling for such attacks?