Social Engineering
Valerie Thomas Securicon, Lorton, VA, USA
Abstract
A common misconception is that all attacks are purely technical in nature. Social engineering is the art of gaining trust or acceptance in order to persuade someone to provide information or perform an action to benefit the attacker. The attacker then combines the newly acquired information, which is usually obtained through research and multiple attacks, with a technical attack to produce a result that is disastrous to the target.
Keywords
Social engineering
Phishing
Spear phishing
Dumpster diving
Deception
What is Social Engineering?
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