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What (who) is social engineering - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Social engineer; Social Engineering; Social engineering (disambiguation)
social engineering
<jargon, security> A term used among crackers and samurai
for cracking techniques that rely on weaknesses in wetware
rather than software; the aim is to trick people into
revealing passwords or other information that compromises a
target system's security. Classic scams include phoning up a
mark who has the required information and posing as a field
service tech or a fellow employee with an urgent access
problem. See also the tiger team story in the patch
entry.
[Jargon File ]
(2006-11-22)
social engineering
¦ noun the application of sociological principles to specific social problems.
Social engineering (security)
INFORMATION SECURITY CONCEPT: PSYCHOLOGICAL MANIPULATION OF PEOPLE INTO PERFORMING ACTIONS OR DIVULGING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
SOCIAL HACKING; Pretext call; Social engineering (computer security); Social hacker; Pre-texting; Famous Social Engineers; Pretexts; Pretexted; Blagging; Social engineering attack; Blagger; Road apple (social engineering)
In the context of information security, social engineering is the psychological manipulation of people into performing actions or divulging confidential information. This differs from social engineering within the social sciences, which does not concern the divulging of confidential information.
Wikipedia
Social engineering
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
Examples of use of social engineering
1. It is more interested in social engineering than academic excellence.
2. "This smacks of social engineering on a grand scale.
3. Who would be in charge of this social engineering?
4. I am sick of Labour and it‘s social engineering, smacks of communism.
5. But then Mr Balls has always shown himself far more interested in social engineering than education.