Social Engineering Fundamentals, Part I: Hacker Tactics

Social Engineering Fundamentals, Part I: Hacker Tactics
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Social Engineering Fundamentals, Part I: Hacker Tactics 2005-12-03
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Social Engineering Fundamentals, Part I: Hacker Tactics 2005-12-21
JFC (1 replies)

Who decided to associate the word "Engineering" with criminal activity? As a Professional Engineer, I am deeply offended by this reference. The person who coined the expression "social engineering" for IT criminal activity should be ashamed as should all others who eagerly propagate the term....

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Re: Social Engineering Fundamentals, Part I: Hacker Tactics 2006-12-04
Anonymous

You take yourself and your career way too seriously.

"Engineering" is a word. It is in the dictionary. It is not reserved in any way for your profession. Perhaps this definition may help you make the distiction: - the action of working artfully to bring something about. Please, thank you and ...

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Social Engineering Fundamentals, Part I: Hacker Tactics 2006-05-01
Tech

JFC, give it a rest will you .... Police officers are social engineers when they go under cover, government agents and spies are social engineers, trying to compromise information to stop terrorists. Stop being so reactionary. ...

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Social Engineering Fundamentals, Part I: Hacker Tactics 2007-09-09
BlackJack

Wow, nice artical. I've always been a big fan of social engineerers.

Here is a trick I playedon a buddy. Talking to him on Windows Live Messanger, I got his hotmail email address. I went to hotmail.com and requested a new password. All I needed to know was where he lived (Which I already knew) an...

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Social Engineering Fundamentals, Part I: Hacker Tactics 2008-12-22
Anonymous

How is dumpster diving a social engineering technique??? If Social engineering is defined as the act of manipulating people into performing actions or divulging confidential information, I don't see this with dumpster diving. Dumpter diving is simply a technique used to obtain information that can...

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Social Engineering Fundamentals, Part I: Hacker Tactics 2009-04-15
Anonymous

Thats a good read, thank you very much.

I tried, to no malicious intent, some of the tactics you mentioned and it is impressive to see the effectiveness of it.

It provided a good laugh for a serious matter and I found a few good security flaws in my company, which in turn has been resolved.

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