Social Engineering

Social Engineering is the word which is related to computer security. It means a skill of getting someone’s secret information often by tricking him or her into tell it. It happens on a computer, so the assailant and the victim never meet directly almost always. One reason of this damage is in people’s not paying enough attention to their private information. Erasing important information carelessly and setting simple password that can be speculated without great effort can be good targets for social engineers. Therefore, we need to understand the significance of information and the system of social engineering. In one case, a group used researches and tricks, such as remembering important employees’ names, and affecting to lost their keys and identity badges. Then, they succeeded in getting into a shipping firm, and accessing to the company’s network.