Ethical Hacking - Ethical Hacking Phases - Social Engineering Tutorial

Social Engineering involve art of manipulating human element (exploiting human kindness,greed and curiosity) and revealing some confidential information, which can be used to gain unauthorised access to remote machine.

How attacker gather information using social engineering

• Though fake phone call or fake email
• Blackmail
• Fake Website
• Insider Threats
• Shoulder Surfing
• Familiarity Exploit or third person approach
• Phishing

Social Engineering Prevention

Proper security measures should be put in place such as

• Social Awareness
• Use of Firewall to block something malicious
• Phishing detection through browser toolbar
• Use of social barriers to interact