ETHCS303
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Social Engineering
The opening lesson of the social engineering chapter: manipulating people into giving up confidential information, and the damage that follows.
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IN THIS RECORDING
- Social engineering as the art of manipulating people, not systems
- What attackers want from an individual target: passwords and bank information
- Installing malicious software — keyloggers and trojans — for ongoing access
- The dangers: identity theft, data theft, data corruption, unplanned downtime, physical security threats