Social Engineering
SKILLSET
Deceiving people with malicious intent; a psychological technique.
Related Questions
- Reverse engineering is same as social engineering.
- If a hacker follows an employee through a secure door, without actually having his/her own access credentials, then this activity would be called:
- Jimmy is standing outside a secure entrance to a facility. He is pretending to have a tense conversation on his cell phone as an authorized employee badges in. Jimmy, while still on the phone, grabs the door as it begins to close. What just happened?
- Piggybacking is a type of social engineering. Which of the following is also known as piggybacking but is differentiated from it in that it occurs without consent?
- A man is attempting to gain access into Medical Inc. to steal sensitive information. He calls the HR department and says he is from IT. He tells the HR representative that they have a virus and their computer is infecting the network. He adds that if he does not get access to their computer they could be fired for security noncompliance. Which social engineering principle is being used?
- Another alternate means for acquiring passwords is shoulder surfing, one of the downfalls of shoulder surfing is?
- Phishing is a combinations of social engineering and _____?
- What's spoofing?
- All are examples of social engineering EXCEPT:
- It is important to not only test your company's network and external facing applications, but to also test the knowledge and awareness of employees through this type of testing using illegitimate source email addresses.