Older story -REPOSTED Social Engineering Fundamentals, Part1
Social Engineering Fundamentals, Part I: Hacker Tactics
Social Engineering Fundamentals, Part II: Combat Strategies
Sarah Granger 2001-12-18
A True Story, have you seen the movie Takedown……..What normal everyday people are vulnerable to. ~Peilo
One morning a few years back, a group of strangers walked into a large shipping firm and walked out with access to the firm’s entire corporate network. How did they do it? By obtaining small amounts of access, bit by bit, from a number of different employees in that firm. First, they did research about the company for two days before even attempting to set foot on the premises. For example, they learned key employees’ names by calling HR. Next, they pretended to lose their key to the front door, and a man let them in. Then they “lost” their identity badges when entering the third floor secured area, smiled, and a friendly employee opened the door for them.
Who’s coming to dinner?
Like many, once in a blue moon we need to be technical or at-least find some technical information. Here ya go……
