Title: Social Engineering is The Art of What Three Things? | Cyber Security Portal
Headings: Social Engineering is The Art of What Three Things?
Social Engineering is The Art of What Three Things?
Table of Contents
Social Engineering Is The Art Of What Three Things?
1. Manipulating
2. Influencing
3. Deceiving
Social Engineering Attacks Techniques
1. Phishing
Phishing Technique 1
Phishing Technique 2
3. Spear Phishing
Spear Phishing Technique
4. CEO Fraud
CEO Fraud Technique
5. Vishing
Vishing Technique
“Your account has been compromised. Please call this number to reset your password”.
6. Pretexting
Pretexting Technique
7. Baiting
Baiting Technique
8. Tailgating
Tailgating Technique
Social Engineering Prevention
1. Never Provide Personal Information
2. Delete Suspicious Email And Do Not Click
TIPS
3. Use Antivirus Software
TIPS
4. Never Download Software From Unreliable Sites
TIPS
5. Don’t Browse Untrusted Websites
TIPS
6. Enter Personal Information Only On Secure Website
7. Up To Date Operating System
Tips
8. Check The Correctness Of Email Addresses
Conclusion
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Content: For example, a pretexter may call to victim as a police officer, and ask victim’s some questions. In these attacks, the pretexter usually says they need some personal information to verify their (victim’s) identity. The personal information can be Social Security numbers (SSN), usernames, passwords or other sensitive information. If victims provide his/her information, then pretexter will take an action for secondary attacks. 7. Baiting
Baiting is other types of social engineering which uses a fake promise of a product to attract victim’s interest. They (attacker) bait users into a trap and then steal victim’s sensitive information or damage their systems with malware. Baiting Technique
In that case, the baiter (cyber-criminal) will give up the malware infected flash drive in a eye-catching areas where victims can easily find out them such as bathrooms, elevators, reception desk, and parking place a targeted company. When the curious users plug it into their system and opened the flash drive then they compromised their system with attacker. 8.