SOCIALENGINEERING

Social engineering

Social engineering, in the context of information security, refers to psychological manipulation of people into performing actions or divulging confidential information. A type of confidence trick for the purpose of information gathering, fraud, or system access, it differs from a traditional "con" in that it is often one of many steps in a more complex fraud scheme.

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social engineering

Noun

  1. Use of numerical data to inform social programs.
    Using social engineering, the new cardinal has efficiently re-arranged the Church's outreach.
  2. Use of propaganda by a government to sway perceptions and attitudes of its own citizenry.
    "" was a humorous failure at social engineering.
  3. The practice of tricking a user into giving, or giving access to, sensitive information, thereby bypassing most or all protection.
    After our hacking attempts failed, we tried social engineering, walking into the building and claiming we had to do some urgent work in the server room.


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