The Jargon Dictionary wrote: |
social engineering n. Term used among crackers and samurai for cracking techniques that rely on weaknesses in wetware rather than software; the aim is to trick people into revealing passwords or other information that compromises a target system's security. Classic scams include phoning up a mark who has the required information and posing as a field service tech or a fellow employee with an urgent access problem. See also the tiger team story in the patch entry. |
ShaolinTiger wrote: |
Social Engineering is 80% of hacking the majority of situations. |
Chozen1 wrote: |
I had a m8 do some Social Engineering.
He walked into an office in York, used an internal phone and rang one of the managers, told them he was security, they had a hacker in the system and he needed his usernames and passwords. Then walked out! Cool EH! |
liquidz wrote: |
I think Kevin Mitnick said it, but humans are the weakest link in the security chain. |
WeeBit wrote: |
To me using Social Engineering to gather sensitive information from a business or even a home user is nothing more than a "con artist" at work hurting businesses or home users. I don't understand why when you discuss Social Engineering why you don't call it a con artist at work to do harm? |
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