This bachelor thesis deals with the issue of social engineering from the perspective of current times. The thesis consists of a theoretical and practical part. The aim of the theoretical part is to use the method of literature research to explain the term social engineering, to distinguish cybernetic and social engineering attacks, and above all to identify individual methods and threats of social engineering. Furthermore, important personalities who helped to define social engineering and the most famous cases of social engineering attacks are mentioned in the thesis. As part of the prevention against social engineering threats, the thesis also describes security recommendations for working in cyberspace. In the practical part, awareness o...