SEAtech: Deception Techniques in Social Engineering Attacks: An Analysis of Emerging Trends and Countermeasures

TL;DR

This paper analyzes deception techniques in social engineering attacks, highlighting emerging trends, psychological factors, and effective countermeasures to mitigate increasing cyber threats and cybercrimes worldwide.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive analysis of current deception tactics, emerging trends, and discusses countermeasures, enhancing understanding of social engineering in cybersecurity.

Findings

Identification of prevalent deception techniques

Emerging trends in social engineering attacks

Role of social engineering in cyber threats

Abstract

Social Engineering is the act of manipulating individuals to perform actions or reveal information. Social engineering tactics are widely recognized as a significant risk to information security. The increasing digital environment has increased the prevalence of social engineering attacks, bringing huge threats to both people and organizations. This paper explores current deception techniques used during social engineering attacks to understand emerging trends and discuss effective countermeasures. It is always a good idea to have knowledge of counter measures and risks from these increasing cyber threats. We have also explored the types of deception attacks and role of social engineering in Advanced Persistent Threats. Today major concern for cybersecurity and other web related attacks is due to social engineering attacks that is also the driving force of increasing cybercrimes worldwide. By uncovering emerging trends and analyzing the psychological underpinnings of these attacks this paper highlights the known deception techniques, emerging trends and counter measures of social engineering attacks.