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Building an Information Security Awareness Program
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Building an Information Security Awareness Program

by Bill Gardner, Valerie Thomas
August 2014
Beginner content levelBeginner
214 pages
5h 50m
English
Syngress
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Chapter 7

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?

“Nice weather we're having,” Mark said with a grin as he flicked his lighter to the cigarette in his mouth while struggling ...

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ISBN: 9780124199675