Social engineering explained: How criminals exploit human behavior

ronjor · Sep 25, 2019

By George V. Hulme and Joan Goodchild Sep 25, 2019

Social engineering is the art of exploiting human psychology, rather than technical hacking techniques, to gain access to buildings, systems or data. Train yourself to spot the signs.
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guest · Jun 20, 2020

Social engineering Life-Cycle
June 17, 2020
https://lifars.com/2020/06/social-engineering-life-cycle/

According to Cert-Uk definition, Social Engineering refers to the manipulation of individuals in order to induce them to carry out specific actions or to divulge information that can be of use to an attacker.
The main goal of social engineering is to gain access to otherwise inaccessible systems or information by using psychological manipulation to trick users.

Social engineering attacks happen in one or more steps and they do not require sophisticated knowledge of cybersecurity. The Social Engineering Life Cycle starts from the Investigation of identifying the victim’s, gathering information and selecting attack methods via phishing emails or calls.
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The second process is called a Hook which means deceiving the victim(s) to gain a foothold by engine the target and taking control of the interaction.

The third process is called a Play in which the attacker executes the attack and gets the victim’s information. Also, the attackers send the ransomware attacks when the victim’s click on the malicious link and it spreads quickly all over the network of the victim.

The last step is called an Exit which means after the successful attack by the Social Engineer, they close the interaction by removing all traces of malware and covering tracks so that they won’t get caught.
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It totally depends on the human error, even though there is anti-malware, or any software to protect the system, Social Engineering attacks still could happen if the user is not trained properly about the attacks. It has five different techniques including Baiting, Scareware, Pretexting, Phishing, and Spear Phishing. [...]
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