Related Questions

• The basic goal of social engineering are the same as hacking: To gain unauthorized access to systems or information for malicious purposes. Please choose below the correct examples of social engineering. (Choose all that apply).
• An attacker is waiting outside an entry point where biometric authorization is required. When an authorized person or employee comes and opens the door, the attacker rushes in pretending his hands are full of heavy items. The attacker requests this authorized person to please hold open the door, who obliges allowing the attacker to enter. What type of attack has just taken place?
• To find out information that can help determine the identity of an email sender, one should look into the headers of an Email. True or False?
• Social engineering has been used to describe a number of attacks ranging from widespread phishing for identity information to narrow pre-texting for specific records
• In the context of pen testing; implementing a social engineering attack on a company's premises, impersonating a company employee with whom you are not legally contracted could result in charges for criminal trespassing.
• Pretending to be someone else is an example of impersonation. True or False.
• What is the main reason that stored biometrics are insecure and vulnerable to attack?
• Any act that influences a person to take an action that may or may not be in their best interest, is known as social engineering?
• Which of the options will contribute to countering social engineering?
• Phishing is a combinations of social engineering and _____?