Social Engineering
སྤྱི་ཚོགས་བཟོ་སྐྲུན་གཡོ་འཕྲུལ།
社会工程学
Social Engineering · སྤྱི་ཚོགས་བཟོ་སྐྲུན་གཡོ་འཕྲུལ། · 社会工程学 · SOH-shul en-juh-NEER-ing · human hacking · Cybersecurity · fraud · people · trustCybersecurityhuman hacking/SOH-shul en-juh-NEER-ing/
Also known as: human hacking
Last updated August 7, 2026
Definition
Social engineering manipulates people into revealing secrets, approving payments, or installing malware by exploiting trust, urgency, or authority rather than breaking technical defenses.
Real-World Example
A caller pretends to be IT support and asks you to read a login code from your phone — that is social engineering.
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