- Social engineering is the act of coercing or manipulating people into divulging confidential information or into taking actions that allow someone to steal confidential information. This is very different from using technical hacking techniques or exploiting computer or networking weaknesses to get this information. Social engineering works on our psychology. Just think of all the ads and scams that play on people’s emotions to buy something or donate money. It uses the same thinking...
- Social engineering is the act of coercing or manipulating people into divulging confidential information or into taking actions that allow someone to steal confidential...