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Trust has always played a role in human communication technology.<ref>Peters, John Durham. ''Speaking into the Air: A History of the Idea of Communication''. University of Chicago Press, 2012.</ref>, and [[Cybercrime|people have long been able to take advantage of the networks that allow communication]] in part because trust dramatically expedites the flow of information.<ref>Dutton, William H., and Adrian Shepherd. "Trust in the Internet as an experience technology." ''Information, Communication & Society 9'', no. 4 (2006): 433-451.</ref>
Trust has always played a role in human communication technology.<ref>Peters, John Durham. ''Speaking into the Air: A History of the Idea of Communication''. University of Chicago Press, 2012.</ref>, and [[Cybercrime|people have long been able to take advantage of the networks that allow communication]] in part because trust dramatically expedites the flow of information.<ref>Dutton, William H., and Adrian Shepherd. "Trust in the Internet as an experience technology." ''Information, Communication & Society 9'', no. 4 (2006): 433-451.</ref>
==Social Engineering==
===Social Engineering===
[[Social Engineering Attacks|Social engineering]] refers to malicious activities accomplished through human interactions that take advantage of social norms and expectations of trust. Such asttacks rely on psychological manipulation to trick users into making security mistakes or disclosing sensitive information.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/raising-security-awareness-one-security-term-at-a-time-15-6-2015-en Raising Security Awareness, ICANN Blog]</ref>
[[Social Engineering Attacks|Social engineering]] refers to malicious activities accomplished through human interactions that take advantage of social norms and expectations of trust. Such asttacks rely on psychological manipulation to trick users into making security mistakes or disclosing sensitive information.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/raising-security-awareness-one-security-term-at-a-time-15-6-2015-en Raising Security Awareness, ICANN Blog]</ref>