Familiarity
Course: AP® Cybersecurity Shows up in: Unit 2: Securing Spaces
A social engineering tactic: pretending to be, or to know, someone close to the target to build trust.
Appears in the course and exam description (CED): 2.1.A.7
Why it matters in Unit 2
Trust in friends and family lowers our guard.
Example
“Your cousin gave me your number.”
Learn it properly, with a checkpoint 2.1 Cyber Foundations