Published: 01 Jun 2026 › Updated: 01 Jun 2026
Social Engineering Cyberattack Vectors
AI generated social engineering attacks leverage email, social media, and web apps.
Email remains the vehicle of choice for fraudsters, with 98% using email in some way!
Social media and web apps are also leveraged, but to a lesser extent.
Be wary as AI is making social engineering attacks more realistic and difficult to detect across all these vectors!
Data from the Verizon DBIR report: https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/reports/dbir/
I created several video shorts, discussing interesting aspects of this year’s DBIR, which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@CybersecurityInsights/shorts
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