Overview[1]#

Social Engineering Attack refers to an Attack that uses psychological manipulation of people into performing actions or divulging confidential information.

Social Engineering Attack is a type of confidence trick for the purpose of Data Collection, fraud, or Unauthorized system access, it differs from a traditional "con" in that it is often one of many steps in a more complex fraud scheme.

Social Engineering Attack come in many forms:

• Pretexting
• Phishing
• Smishing
• Vishing
• Tailgating
• USB Attack

Social Engineering Attack Goals#

• Obtain your trust
• Coax you to divulge Sensitive Data about yourself on of your coworkers or your Organizational Entity
• Give them access to your network

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• HTML link
• Identity questions
• Phishing
• Pretexting
• Robocall
• Side-channel attacks
• Smishing
• Spam
• Tailgating
• Threat Model
• USB Attack
• Vishing

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• [#1] - Social_engineering_(security) - based on information obtained 2017-02-09-