{"id":3786,"date":"2021-09-21T10:55:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T08:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/10guards.com\/?p=3786"},"modified":"2021-09-21T10:57:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T08:57:34","slug":"what-is-social-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/10guards.com\/fr\/blog\/2021\/09\/21\/what-is-social-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Social Engineering?"},"content":{"rendered":"

D\u00e9sol\u00e9, cet article est seulement disponible en en<\/a> et ru<\/a>.<\/p>

Social engineering is the art of manipulating, influencing, or deceiving to gain control over your computer system. A hacker can use the telephone, email, postal correspondence, or direct contact to gain illegal access. Examples include phishing, spear phishing, and CEO Fraud.<\/p>\n

Who is doing social engineering? It could be a hacker from the United States who wants to damage or disrupt a business. It could be a member of a cybercriminal group from Eastern Europe trying to penetrate your network and steal money from your bank account. Or it could be a Chinese hacker trying to infiltrate your organization’s network for corporate espionage.<\/p>\n

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10 SOCIAL ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES THAT HACKERS USE<\/p>\n

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Pretexting<\/p>\n

A made-up script is used to attract a potential victim to increase the likelihood that the victim will take the bait. It is a false motive that usually involves some real information about the person to get even more information. For example, date of birth, identification code, residential address.<\/p>\n

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Diversionary Theft<\/p>\n

A scam is carried out by professional thieves and usually targeting a shipping or courier company. The goal is to trick the company into delivering a shipment not to its intended destination, but directly into the hands of a cybercriminal.<\/p>\n

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Phishing<\/p>\n

An attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card information by pretending to be a well-known organization. Attackers usually use attention-grabbing emails that bypass spam filters. In the emails, they pretend to be representatives of popular social sites, banks, auctions, or IT administrators. That builds people’s trust.<\/p>\n

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Spear phishing<\/p>\n

A small, targeted email attack on a specific person or organization that helps to break through their security. A spear-phishing attack is carried out after researching the target and has a special personalized component that pushes the target to do something against their interests.<\/p>\n

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Watering hole attacks<\/p>\n

That is a computer attack strategy in which an attacker investigates which websites an organization\/person often uses and infects them with malware. Over time, one or more members of the target group get infected and the attacker gains access to the security systems.<\/p>\n

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Baiting<\/p>\n

In this case, the attacker slips something to the victim to get them to act. It can be a peer-to-peer or social networking site in the form of a movie download (porn) or a USB stick labeled \u00ab\u00a0Q1 dismissal plan\u00a0\u00bb left in a public place for the victim to find it. After using the device or downloading a malicious file, the victim’s computer becomes infected, allowing the criminal to take over the network.<\/p>\n

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Quid Pro Quo<\/p>\n

In Latin it means \u00ab\u00a0something for something,\u00a0\u00bb in this case it is a benefit to the victim in exchange for information. A good example is hackers pretending to be IT support. They will call everyone in the company and tell them that they have a quick solution and \u00ab\u00a0you just need to disable your AV\u00a0\u00bb. Anyone who falls for this will get ransomware-type malware installed on their computer.<\/p>\n

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Stalking<\/p>\n

A method used by social engineers to gain access to a building or other secured area. An observer waits for an authorized user to open and pass through a secure entry, and then follows right behind.<\/p>\n

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Honey Trap<\/p>\n

A trick that gets men to interact with a fictional attractive female online. Derived from an old spy tactic that used a real woman.<\/p>\n

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Rogue<\/p>\n

Also known as Rogue Scanner, rogue anti-spyware, rogue anti-malware, or scareware, rogue security software is a form of computer malware that tricks or misleads users into paying for fake or simulated malware removal. In recent years, rogue security software has become a growing and serious threat to computer security. It is very popular, and there are dozens of such programs.<\/p>\n

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Source: knowbe4<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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