An attack focusing on people rather than technology. This type of attack is psychological and aims to either gain access to information or to a logical or physical environment. A social engineering attack may be used to gain access to a facility by tricking a worker into assisting by holding the door when making a delivery, gaining access into a network by tricking a user into revealing their account credentials to the false technical support staff or gaining copies of data files by encouraging a worker to cut-and-paste confidential materials into an e-mail or social networking post.
Social Engineering (Wikipedia)
Social engineering may refer to:
- Social engineering (political science), a means of influencing particular attitudes and social behaviors on a large scale
- Social engineering (security), obtaining confidential information by manipulating and/or deceiving people and artificial intelligence
