What is social engineering

What is social engineering?

A social engineer was formerly known as the "scam." Technology, such as calling for vanity, calls for authority, and calls for greedy social engineering attacks are often used. Many social engineering attacks can only be helped by relying on the will of the person. For example, an attacker could pretend to be a colleague who has some problems that need to be addressed and needs to gain more network resources.

Popular types of social engineering attacks include:

Decoy: The decay is when an attacker leaves behind a malicious device that is infected with a physical device such as a USB flash drive in a place that will surely be able to find it. The viewfinder then picks up the device and loads it onto his or her computer, accidentally installing malware.

Phishing: Phishing is when a malicious party sends a fraudulent email disguised as a legitimate email, often claiming to come from a trusted source. The purpose of this message is to trick recipients into revealing personal or financial information, or by clicking on the link to install the malware.

Harpoon Phishing: Harpoon phishing is like fishing, but is tailored to a specific individual or organisation.

Pretexting: Pretexting is when one party is in another to access privileged data. For example, a pretexting scam may involve an attacker who pretends to require personal or financial data to confirm the identity of the recipient.

Counterfeit security software: Fake security software involves tricking a victim into believing that his computer is infected with malicious software or inadvertently downloading illegal content. The attacker then provides the victim with a solution that will solve the problem of false; in reality, the victim is simply trickery to download and install the attacker's malware.
Security experts recommend that IT departments regularly carry out penetration testing using social engineering techniques. This will help administrators understand what types of users are brought to specific types of employees who require additional training attacks, while also identifying the most dangerous. 

Safety awareness training can achieve a long way to go to prevent social engineering attacks. If people know what forms of social engineering attacks are likely to take, they will be less likely to become victims.