Question

A few days ago someone calls to the air Asia office and try to gather some details from one of the staff, explain what is the term of social engineering and what is the purpose of those? *

Answer 1

social engineering is an attack vector that relies heavily on human interaction and often involves manipulating people into breaking normal security procedures and best practices in order to gain access to system, networking or physical locations or for financial gain.

the purpose of social engineering

the generic purpose of social engineering is to elicit a wanted adn or beneficial response form someone due to some external stimuli. It is nothing more than maniulating.

the purpose of social engineering is to study human behaviiour an then to find cracks or weaknesses inn this behaviour to change people's decision making process.

some techniques of a social engineering:

- engage in demographic targeting

- evoke fear and disgust n viewers

- strengthen bonds within your demographic base

- there are numerous techniques like reframing, pace and lead , etc.