Die Rolle des Pretexting bei Cyberangriffen

This report explains pretexting—an attacker's use of fabricated identities and scenarios to deceive employees into revealing credentials, granting access, or transferring funds—illustrating how it underpins phishing, spear-phishing and BEC attacks, the typical attack lifecycle, common variants (e.g., invoice fraud, romance scams, crypto scams), and recommended mitigations like user awareness training and email security controls.