Social Engineering
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008So what exactly is social engineering?
Trickery, subterfuge and exploitation of the human element in the security lifecycle.
Why bother to brute-force passwords when people will gladly give them to you for a chocolate bar.
Social engineering is a heartbreaking challenge for the security professional as it undermines any technical measures which you implement. It crosses the boundary of the binary veil and often results in physical harm to those who are attacked.