Ethical Hacking: Techniques, Tools, and Countermeasures, 4th Edition

Tracking an Organization’s Employees

Hackers can use online resources to find a wealth of information about a particular organization that can be used to help plan a future attack. The techniques described so far enable a would-be attacker to gather information on the financial health and infrastructure of a company and other information that can be used to build a picture of the target. But one area that attackers can exploit has yet to be explored: the human element.

Gathering information on human beings is something that until recently has not been easy. But now, with the ever-increasing amount of personal information that people put online themselves, this task has become far less difficult. Social media use is almost universal and creates ...