---
id: 179
title: "The Human Attack Surface: A Serious Threat to Cybersecurity"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/the-human-attack-surface-a-serious-threat-to-cybersecurity/"
published_at: "2026-03-12 13:46"
tags: ["cloud", "attack-surface", "social-engineering", "basics", "human-factor", "security-awareness", "remote-work", "insider-risk", "human-risk", "insider-threat"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/179"
lang: en
---

# The Human Attack Surface: A Serious Threat to Cybersecurity

## Summary

People are the physical side of the attack surface: human error leads breach causes, while remote work, weak awareness, and misuse of devices and cloud services expand organizational risk.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2026-03-12 13:46
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/the-human-attack-surface-a-serious-threat-to-cybersecurity/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/179