Social Engineering Examples
Attack Types
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Phishing
Vishing
Smishing
ClickFix & SEO Poisoning
Quishing
Deepfake & Synthetic Media
Physical Social Engineering
Pretexting & Impersonation
Agentic AI Attacks
Help-Desk & MFA Manipulation
Companies
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Google
Robertson, Smith & Kempson
CVS Caremark Corporation
Doorstep Dispensaree Ltd
FACC AG
General Communication, Inc.
Greenpeace Inc.
JE Cleantech Holdings Limited
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Threat Actors
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Organized Crime
Nation-State / APT
Unaffiliated Individual
Authorized Tester or Researcher
Corporate / Competitive Intelligence
Hacktivist
Autonomous AI System
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Techniques
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Business email compromise (BEC)
CEO fraud
Synthetic identity
Invoice fraud
Recruitment fraud
Pig butchering
Credential harvesting
W-2 phishing
Voice cloning
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Social Engineering Examples
Threat Actors
Browse documented cases by the kind of actor behind the attack.
7 THREAT ACTORS
Organized Crime
55 Cases
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Nation-State / APT
19 Cases
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Unaffiliated Individual
13 Cases
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Authorized Tester or Researcher
6 Cases
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Corporate / Competitive Intelligence
5 Cases
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Hacktivist
1 Case
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Autonomous AI System
1 Case
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Social Engineering Examples