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:
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#
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- Identity questions
- Phishing
- Pretexting
- Robocall
- SS7 hack
- Side-channel attacks
- Smishing
- Spam
- Tailgating
- Threat Model
- USB Attack
- Vishing
- [#1] - Social_engineering_(security)
- based on information obtained 2017-02-09-