Remote Social Engineering

SOCIAL ENGNEERING

• Tricking or coercing people into violating security policy
• Depends on willingness to be helpful
• Human weaknesses can be leveraged
• May rely on technical aspects
• Bypasses access controls and most detection controls

PHISHING

• Phishing - people are contacted by a seemingly legitimate imposter in an attempt to extract sensitive information
  • Spear phishing
  • SMS phishing
  • Voice phishing
  • Whaling

QUICK REVIEW

• Social engineering is all about getting an authorized user to do your dirty work
• Relies on most peoples' willingness to be helpful
• Successful social engineering can bypass nearly all technical controls
• Phishing is attempting to get a valid user to click on a link to your exploit